Cameos have existed since ancient Egypt and play an essential role in the history of jewelry. In materials such as onyx, agate, or mother-of-pearl, which contrast with the color of the gemstone backing, the cameo acted as a miniature canvas to present carved portraits of kings, emperors, or scenes from mythology. As the world of […]
Looking at the Cameo
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Céline Robin and Robert Mazlo, Sacrés Outils! Paris: Robert Mazlo Endowment Fund for Art and Contemporary Art Jewellery, 2022. Sacrés Outils! is one of the most curious books I’ve ever held. It sketches out jewelry tools of the past and highlights contemporary makers who make tool-related work. Also, it holds a list of institutions that teach jewelry.
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The second edition of the Lisbon International Biennial of Contemporary Jewellery will take place in various spaces from April to September 2024. Most events will take place in June Its theme is “Political Jewellery. Jewels of Power” Numerous Portuguese jewelers and international participants will reflect on the values of democratic society and the place and
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The book North By Northwest is engaging, informative, and very ably researched, with a lively graphic design Its large format is well-suited to presenting Laurie Hall’s work, which often consists of big narrative neckpieces with many components The authors present individual pieces with relevant backstories, personal circumstances, and useful explanations about social and historical references
Quirky, Playful, and Humorous Read More »
This bilingual catalog supported an exhibition of the same name Both the show and the book aimed to promote the role and history of women in Austria in the field of jewelry design and in Austrian jewelry history The book is not successful on a number of levels Ursula Guttmann, Susanne Hammer, and Gabriele Kutschera,
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Art Jewelry Forum has expanded its efforts to connect more directly with the jewelry community by regularly hosting live chats online. These feature artist studio visits, talks with gallerists about shows they’re hosting, interviews with curators and authors, and other programming tied to various jewelry weeks from around the globe. We record these all and
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After two decades in existence, Galerie Elsa Vanier held its final exhibition at the end of 2022 For 18 months prior, Vanier had run her gallery as a nomadic affair, showing four exhibitions in three different spaces around Paris. Vanier closed shop with the intention of curating independent jewelry exhibitions AJF checked in to learn
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This is just a small selection of the book reviews we’ve published. Check out the full list by clicking here. Clicking on any text colored red will take you to a review of that book. The Power of the Narrative in the 2020s A review by Davira S. Taragin of Jewelry Stories: Highlights from the Collection
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In a joint presentation by Arnoldsche and AJF during Schmuck 2023, Susan Cummins and Toni Greenbaum gave a brief talk about In Flux: American Jewelry and the Counterculture and North by Northwest: The Jewelry of Laurie Hall at Galerie Handwerk on Friday, March 10, 2023. Below this video of Laurie Hall, you’ll find the slides from the
The Story of the Making of Two Books Read More »
The Society of North American Goldsmiths honored Sharon Church (1948–2022) with its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018 An American Craft Council Fellow, she taught in the Craft + Material Studies department of the School of Art, The University of the Arts, in Philadelphia, PA Her jewelry often contained carved bone and wood in forms inspired
Beauty and Its Dark, Damp Underpinnings Read More »
How do you measure a person’s size? Maybe in the echo that stays behind when an actor has left the stage? Kadri’s echo is loud, as is only possible with an extremely talented, passionate, and hard-working performer. As a dedicated and fearless creative nature, Kadri had a talent that pulsated until her last
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“You have to live your life in [such] a way that if you collapse then everyone believes it has happened due to the ultimate feeling of happiness.” This sentence is quoted on the website of HOP gallerii in Tallinn, where in September 2022 Kadri Mälk produced a two-day installation. The quote, from tragi-comedian Ervin Abel,
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