Māris Šustiņš, Raining Stars, 2016, promotional image, Art Gallery Putti, Latvia, photo: Art Gallery Putti The infinite possibilities of metal as a material for exploration and the magical aspects of the creative process underlie and inform Māris Šustiņš’s jewelry. In Raining Stars, his latest solo exhibition on show at Putti, each jewel is charged with […]
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Marjorie Schick, Tribute to Professor Alma Eikerman, 1995, necklace, papier-mâché, paint, 464 x 502 x 114 mm, photo: Gary Pollmiller Gaudy. Oversized. Humorous. “So American.” Marjorie Schick has been making louder work than anyone else in the field for the last 55 years. She also worked with performance as early as 1977, and tested
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Zorya, Virus Crystallized Cluster Necklace worn by Jodie Hruby, 2014, linen flax rope, white crystals, magnetic stainless steel clasp, 500 mm in circumference, photo: Tomáš Brabec and Patrik Borecký As part of Stockholm Design Week 2016, and in conjunction with the Czech Centre in Stockholm, Platina has shown the work of design duo Daniel Pošta and Zdeněk
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Love & Loss: Fashion and Mortality March 13–June 7, 2015 Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Austria The exhibition Love & Loss took place at the Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, in Upper Austria. The curator Ursula Guttmann puts her focus on the “new realism” in fashion emerging in the 90s and influencing the scene until today. While in the
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The Gijs+Emmy Spectacle February 22–August 24, 2014 Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Curated by Marjan Boot View of the original Stedelijk Museum (A.W. Weissman, 1895) and the new building designed by Benthem Crouwel Architects, from the museum’s website, photo: John Lewis Marshall Five years. In 2012, after a shutdown, renovation, and enlargement that lasted
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Sophie de Oliveira Barata, Stereo Leg, 2012, silicone, cast resin, studs, rhinestones chains, two old speakers; Viktoria Modesta wearing Stereo Leg, the Alternative Limb Project, 2012, photo: Rosemary Williams A new article format was launched in January 2014. This series, called “One on One,” consists of 500-word analyses of specific works that lend themselves to
The 2013 conference of the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) was held in Toronto, Canada, in May and was organized by Paul McClure of George Brown College and Melanie Egan of the Harbourfront Centre. The conference was a gathering of mainly North American professional jewelers, academics, and students. The activities included lectures, short PechaKucha-like presentations, interviews, exhibitions, a trunk
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Assemble, the Crafts Council’s 2012 annual conference, was held this year in the prestigious headquarters of the Royal Institute of British Architects in Portland Place, London on September 20. Its theme: The contribution craft makes to innovation and enterprise and the relationship between making, science and technology. This was a conference well overdue, given our
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The overwhelming success of Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, an exhibition of the late fashion designer’s work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art this past summer, was a stark proclamation of the influence that fantastical body adornment has over the public imagination. In just over three months the MET saw over 650,000 visitors to the exhibition
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Lola Brooks, brooch, 18kt gold, stainless steel, vintage ivory, diamonds, 4.5×4.5×1.5 The recent work of contemporary art jewelers such as Brigitte Adolph, Melanie Bilenker, Lola Brooks, Gesine Hackenberg, Anna Lorich, Mary Pearse, Monika Strasser and Renee Zettle-Sterling underscores the link, inherited or not, between past and present and establishes a framework for investigating the role
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