This year’s three winners of one of the most prestigious awards in the field of contemporary jewelry each have very different approaches. They work with very different materials: Jounghye Park with silk; Nikita Kavryzhkin, stones; and Eija Mustonen, metal. I interviewed them about their ways of thinking, their sources of inspiration, and the issues they […]
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For me, one of the standout shows at this year’s Munich Jewelry Week was Goodness, a collaboration between jewelers from Aotearoa New Zealand and students from the Deutsche Meisterschule für Mode, the city’s school for fashion design. Twenty-six pieces of jewelry were displayed on a collection of capes hand made from natural calico by a
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The gallerist and collector gave this presentation as part of the “AJF Speaker Series: Jewelry that Makes You Think,” which featured 16 talks over five days. The series took place in the booth AJF shared with Arnoldsche Art Publishers at the Messe.
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Marta Costa Reis is a maker, an educator, and the chair AJF’s Board of Directors. She gave this presentation as part of the “AJF Speaker Series: Jewelry that Makes You Think,” which featured 16 talks over five days. The series took place in the booth AJF shared with Arnoldsche Art Publishers at the Messe.
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The curator and cultural manager gave this presentation as part of the “AJF Speaker Series: Jewelry that Makes You Think,” which featured 16 talks over five days. The series took place in the booth AJF shared with Arnoldsche Art Publishers at the Messe.
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Gaspar and Domingues gave this presentation as part of the “AJF Speaker Series: Jewelry that Makes You Think,” which featured 16 talks over five days. The series took place in the booth AJF shared with Arnoldsche Art Publishers at the Messe.
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The artist Evert Nijland gave this presentation as part of the “AJF Speaker Series: Jewelry that Makes You Think,” which featured 16 talks over five days. The series took place in the booth AJF shared with Arnoldsche Art Publishers at the Messe.
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Veiteberg has worked as as a curator, professor, art historian, head of exhibitions, writer, and more. She gave this presentation as part of the “AJF Speaker Series: Jewelry that Makes You Think,” which featured 16 talks over five days. The series took place in the booth AJF shared with Arnoldsche Art Publishers at the Messe.
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The American collector gave this presentation as part of the “AJF Speaker Series: Jewelry that Makes You Think,” which featured 16 talks over five days. The series took place in the booth AJF shared with Arnoldsche Art Publishers at the Messe.
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lambert gave this presentation as part of the “AJF Speaker Series: Jewelry that Makes You Think,” which featured 16 talks over five days. The series took place in the booth AJF shared with Arnoldsche Art Publishers at the Messe.
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Zellweger gave this presentation as part of the “AJF Speaker Series: Jewelry that Makes You Think,” which featured 16 talks over five days. The series took place in the booth AJF shared with Arnoldsche Art Publishers at the Messe.
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The South African maker and gallerist—and the winner of the 2025 Solo Exhibition Award—gave this presentation as part of the “AJF Speaker Series: Jewelry that Makes You Think,” which featured 16 talks over five days. The series took place in the booth AJF shared with Arnoldsche Art Publishers at the Messe.
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