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This research paper was presented at the Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference at Cranbrook Academy of Art in June,...

From early history through modern times, gemstones and jewelry have played a vital role in India's culture. Forget diamonds. An...

When the Babylonians observed the passage of the heavenly bodies across the firmament many thousands of years ago and believed...

Over the past forty years, jewelry making has become increasingly rich and diversified as the time-honored reliance on precious metals...

The interplay between the erotic and art has featured in all periods of history, on occasion crossing the line into...

Master jeweler Charles Loloma was a Hopi spiritual leader -- a member of the Badger Clan and a Hopi snake...

Since the late 60s, Gijs Bakker (b. 1942) has been influential to both Dutch and international jewelry design. His work,...

Dusty cobblestone streets traversed by oxen and donkeys pulling hay carts, anvils ringing, woodsmoke, chickens pecking next to the wooden...

In a promotional flyer from the early 1950s, Art Smith offered a "fanciful ring of space, silver and gold." The...

In this article Deborah Norton traces the rise and fall of this seminal 20th-century school. Although Bauhaus policy revolved around...

Everyone knows the famous picture from the film The Seven Year Itch, of Marilyn Monroe standing on a New York...

The South American Andes state can look back on a jewelry culture spanning over one thousand years. This has remained...

Manfred Bischoff has a fascination with language. Like many Europeans of his generation, Bischoff is fluent in several languages, including...

For four decades, Marjorie Schick has been one of the pioneers of original avant-garde jewelry. Her works are based on...

Long recognized for the ubiquitous turquoise and silver squash-blossom necklaces and concho belts, the traditional metalwork of the Southwest has...

Ed Wiener exemplifies the studio jewelry artist of the late 1940s and 50s. The first time we met, this fascinating...

Recently, collectors have discovered a body of silver jewelry, eclectic in scope—by turns serious and whimsical—creative, original and quintessentially modern....

Not so many years ago Thomas Mann figured that 2002 would be his year to retire. But the projected date...

People have gazed at adorned ears for many millennia. Discoveries in tombs and old legends tel of how ears were...

Urushi is the sap from a staghorn sumac tree (rhus vernicifera) which is native to East Asia. Japanese and Chinese...

The history of contemporary Canadian jewellery, like that of Canada itself, has struggled with the assimilation of foreign influences, economies...

The gold and silversmith Friedrich Becker has succeeded in uniting technology and art in a fascinating manner. Through his work...

My trips to Germany in 1980 and 1982 were the most satisfying experiences in relation to my metalwork. They were...

Björn Weckström had a decisive influence on the idea of Finnish style. Over four decades of cooperation with Lapponia Jewellery...

No single item is more used yet more neglected than flatware. It is used in one form or another by...

Eating and drinking have been part of life forever. And people have always striven to make something special out of...

Five thousand years of Korean goldsmithing was interrupted from 1913 to 1953 due to the Japanese invasion and the Korean...

The accomplishments of Paul A. Lobel, industrial designer, metalsmith, sculptor and cartoonist/illustrator, may be viewed as the quintessential American success...

A pretty red brick building from the 19th century is located not far from the city center of Geneva, a...

Harry Bertoia was not simply a metalsmith or a furniture designer, sculptor or printmaker, artist or craftsman. He was all...

The history of the School for American Craftsmen (SAC) can be seen as a microcosm of the history of the...

To begin with, it might be important to present some background material on Kyoto itself. The Emperor Kammu founded Kyoto...

The imposing seven-story Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry, often photographer for architecture magazines because of its unique design, juts up...

Dutch jewelry designer Emmy van Leersum, who died November 2, 1984, had been internationally recognized for over 20 years. Her...

The Helen Williams Drutt Collection offers a personal view of the development in fine art jewelry over the past 20...

Silver has been a part of American domestic ritual and tradition since the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when bourgeois families...

As the global economy expands and the Internet gives us access to faraway destinations in a matter of minutes, there...

Firtz Falk, the curator of the Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, was the first to call it the Padua School, back in 1983....

This is a continuing series of metalsmith's guides to cities, regions and museums throughout the world. The purpose of these...

One function of art is to challenge the status quo-to persuade, shock, or seduce us into seeing the world, and...

For Giampaolo Babetto, the student occupation of the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice in 1968 was a harsh blow....

Ivory and bone have been used by humans for sculptures and jewelry purposes from very early times. The Upper Paleolithic...

The fact that the jewelry by Turkish designer Sevan Bicakci looks like they come straight from the legend of Ali...

Imagine walking into your studio and having the skill and confidence to create anything you desire. From the tiniest ladys...

From the ancient Greeks to contemporary art – this Vienna-based enamel workshop excites its clients throughout the world with artistic...

Rome. Truly the eternal city, where every monument reflects simultaneously the past and the present. As Goethe so aptly states...

Porcelain – for over 600 years a well kept secret of the Chinese, before it was discovered for a second...

Peru, Land of the Inca, the Sun Worshippers, Land of Gold (the "Sweat of the Sun"), Land of Silver (the...

It takes a powerful psyche to cope with and build on the kind of support and inspiration that has surrounded...

Votives are objects offered to a deity in exchange for favor and in the cultures of southern Italy and Sicily,...

From 1988 to 1989, German goldsmith Hermann Jünger was celebrated in his native country with a major retrospective of his...

I first discovered Allan Adler's Silversmithing Shop about 23 years ago when I arrived in Southern California to begin my...

"There are no rules there. At one point there will be an idea...and I will find a material that is...

Author Richard W. Hughes discusses Gem and drug smuggling in Burma, along with the CIA and British involvement in the...

Visitors to craft shows may know Steven Ford and David Forlano by their company name, CityZenCane, the polymer clay guys,...

In the mid-twentieth century, studio jewelry activity centered around two cities in southern California: Los Angeles and San Diego. There...

A changed world and new perceptions of life determined the development of jewelry art in the period before the Second...

Due to their magical variety of color, opals are evocative of a solidified rainbow. These gemstones seem to have captured...

In our April issue, we reported the 189-piece collection (including 9 Fabergé Imperial Eggs) owned by the late Malcolm Forbes...

The Kremlin Armory houses unique collections of precious items that mirror the artistic wealth of the country and the relations...

From 1919-23 the Bauhaus also had a jewelry workshop run as a private enterprise by Naum Slutzky. He was on...

In cast iron we recognize only the machine-made copy of a copy; in wrought-iron we feel the presence of the...

Earl Pardon's work has an elusive quality that is difficult to describe, yet this quality has motivated him throughout years...

Clear floral motifs or forms like from a dream world, mystic color contrasts with soft waves, patterns that appear like...

Kiff Slemmons: Uncommon Means of Measure Kiff Slemmons’s jewelry is created as much for the mind as for the body....

Quoting the scholar, Nyozekan Hasegawa, Masataka Ogawa Calls Japan the country of "the culture of hands." Over the centuries, no...

A representative cross-section of jewelry design in Switzerland in the last century, entitled "The Art of Jewelry in Switzerland in...

In 1946 a small band of metal enthusiasts in Toronto, Canada, formed the Metal Arts Guild (MAG) "to promote and...

Phillip Baldwin Now that The Year of American Craft is here, the list of artists deserving immediate recognition and overdue...

Richly detailed portrait sculptures of great American heroes—in solid pewter, solid brass and fine enamels. An heirloom chess set to...

It seems only just, when so many barriers are collapsing, that one of the more prophetic artists of the late...

Opinions are divided when it comes to beetles: while some people flee as soon as one of these six-legged creatures...

Sometimes when you are looking for one thing, you discover something else. The unexpected can change your course and you...

The most intriguing characteristic of Arline Fisch's work, particularly the textile constructions, is their utter transformation when worn. What may...

Of all the luxury commodities in the world, fragrance is the most paradoxical. Volatile and ephemeral, it nevertheless summons up...

At Rhode Island School of Design’s recent exhibitions of work by graduates of the Munich Academy of Fine Arts, objects...

A taboo was broken when the word ”feminist" was used in the review of "Form Beyond Function" in Metalsmith (Spring...

Breslau-born Dorothea Pruhl (in 1937) has been dealing with jewelry as a statement and the design of jewelry for four...

If you wish to create filigree jewelry using porcelain, up to now you had been forced to make a mass...

… And so it came to pass that of the mostly sons and occasional daughters of the Heroes, there was...

In the three years since her retirement from 31 years of teaching, Ramona Solberg has had three exhibitions of her...

"It is allowing machines to be our masters and not our servants that so insures the beauty of life nowadays."...

The following text is edited from two interviews taped in 1982 with Irena Brynner, one by Dorothy Van Arsdale in...

Everybody knows Pat Flynn. Pat Flynn, the jewelerly jeweler. Pat Flynn the goldsmith’s goldsmith. The bear of a man from...

Christian Schmidt is infamous for his contribution to the 1964 "Fiber, Clay, Metal" exhibition at the St. Paul Art Center,...

It is named after a great architect, located in the southern part of one of Europe’s most interesting cities and...

Machines have always fascinated Mary Ann Scherr – first the drill press, bandsaw and oxyacetylene torch, and now the computer;...

Santa Fe jewelry designer Kathleen O’Rourke is describing a move whose opening shot shows a Celtic queen riding horseback, her...

Professions and professional skills change over the years. In this context, it is an undeniable fact that computers have revolutionized...

This is the second in a series of articles about production jewelers. This installment concentrates on design versus saleability, the...

The latest watch and design trends in 2004 make it obvious that the trend is going towards larger casing sizes...

The fork that lays to the left of the dinner plate has a rich past, not often enough considered when...

Once upon a time, all art was about nature, the simplification or elaboration of natural forms. Egyptians assembled leaves of...

On January 7, 1921, a son was born to Rex of the Sand and Tobacco Clan and Rachael Loloma of...

In many cultures, exchanging rings as a symbol of eternal togetherness is an integral element of the wedding rituals. Other...

Professor Hermann Jünger, one of the most defining personalities in goldsmith art over the second half of the last century,...

When Venetian glassmakers sold out their state secrets to Czech glassmakers, Jablonec began its hegemony in glass beads. The region...

Along with a desire to know how things work and how to do things, I have had a lifelong fascination...

Nothing is simple in Tokyo—not the language, not the culture, not the geography. Even getting information is a major task...

When I sought out a writing project Metalsmith proposed Phillip Fike, a founding member of SNAG, and resident of my...

Since her first year of studies at the Edinburgh College of Art, Katharina Bianca Vones has been deluged with awards...

Golden, white, and rose-colored pearls of dubious quality dangle from her outstretched arms. At least 20 more strands are draped...

Upon entering his studio, anyone familiar with Heinz Brummel’s work will recognize the playful geometry of the vignette making up...

People who think exclusively of geometric forms when they hear the name Alberto Zorzi only know half the story. His...

Although the political situation has caused a reorientation and reevaluation of the entire society for years, not very much has...

Charon Kransen, a New Yorker by choice, has dedicated himself with passion to innovative jewelry design – he has been...

A provocative dilemma evolves when one attempts to use the written word to describe things which are in essence ineffable....

The Swedish silversmith and designer Sigurd Persson retained his most typical characteristics to a ripe old age: his creativity and...

The origins of metallurgy are shrouded in mystery, contributing to the mythology that dev eloped around the metalsmith's art. With...

This talk was the part of a speech about the history of the Ganoksin Project Website and its growth. The...

Where else, if not in Hamburg, this unique riverside city, has jewelry earned a platform that exceeds the bounds of...

Large and comfortable – this is the style of the rings created by the Munich-based jewelry designer Angela Hübel. The...

A petrified miracle of creation – most deserving of this kind of finely sensual description is agate. Agate is found...

February 11, 1954: “Traces of work appear to be something akin to ornaments of contemporary society. If you, Klaus Ullrich,...

Jade Snow Wong 1922 – 2006 Jade Snow Wong, an extraordinarily accomplished enamelist, ceramist, and author, died on Thursday, March...

The various education centers for jewelry design offer very different ways of completing a course of stuides to become a...

On the second floor of a historic wooden building in an elegant shopping area of affluent Concord, Massachusetts, is found...

Orsolya Ráski Nagy and Daniel Nagy Splendor Jewellery Budakeszi, Hungary First Place, Professional Excellence (4 or More Years in Business)...

By the mid-nineteenth century, European ironwork was in decline due to innovations brought about by the Industrial Revolution. Cast iron...

Fred Woell's spirit was born in and of the sixties. His molten slogans register, graffitt-ilike, upon the collective "wall" of...

Early in 1984 Jack called to see if I'd be interested in creating an anniversary gift to celebrate twenty-five years...

What you should be is excited to read this article and see what others just like you have to say...

Fabergé – the name carries special significance even today. It is inextricably linked with the glamour of pre-revolution Russia. Fabergé’s...

An article in the February 19, 1982 issues of the San Francisco Chronicle ironically suggests that "No body of water,...

Masks & Facades – Perspectives on St. Petersburg is a book handling themes of jewelry and the pleasure of wearing...

When the Tea and Coffee Piazza was introduced to the US by the Max Protetch Gallery in the early 1980s,...

The unique style of the designers Björn Weckström, Zoltan Popovits, Christophe Burger, and Pekka Hirvonen has been the creative imprint...

Joe Wood says he was first attracted to jewelry for its economy – the opportunity to focus a great deal...

In the Ojibway language, Toronto means "meeting place." At this site on the northern shore of Lake Ontario 18th-century French...

Editor’s Note: This is the full text of a speech, submitted by Florentina Nichols, given by Christine Hew at the...

This article was completed just weeks before Robert von Neumann's accidental fall and subsequent death on April 23, 1984. Books...

'The Art of Gold,' curated by Michael Monroe, is the first major survey of contemporary American goldsmithing. The traveling exhibition...

Daniel Pedersons planishing hammer came into the possession of William Frederick in a way that still provokes emotion. Pederson, a...

In a poem of the T’ang dynasty, the cultivated man who eats his meal from a polished bowl gazes into...

Chang's work is intentionally anthropomorphic, disturbingly so. She likens her technique to that of a plastic surgeon, shaping and sculpting...

The assumption the business economist and philosopher Dr. Ulrich Freiesleben invented two revolutionary new diamond cuts out of pure boredom...

Electrum Gallery was founded by Barbara Carlidge in June of 1971. She was prompted by the significant changes in the...

The idea that she should become a goldsmith actually came from her biology teacher. Could this be the reason why...

Gilbert Poillerat French ironwork of the 1920s, as exemplified in the work of Edgar Brandt, represented a pinnacle of technical...

Lisa Gralnick makes jewelry of rare power from imagined artifacts of our own time. Its extraordinary impact derives from her...

Tompkins was born in 1933 in Everett , Washington. His Parents were lifelong teachers, mainly in small rural western schools,...

I attended a school for goldsmiths in Norway and worked as an apprentice for a total of 3 years before...

Andrzej Bielak emerged as a gallery owner from his production and design of jewelry. Together with his wife Barbara Kanska...

The new campus is still a building site and will most likely not be ready for opening until 2009. However,...

Chunghi Choo captures her joyful creativity in sensuous forms and beguiling surfaces, but, despite this sumptuousness, simplicity harmony and tranquility...

As many and varied as the reasons may be to publicize a message or to make a very personal statement,...

Light and filigree, yet robust and elastic: feathers are one of nature’s true works of art. This magnificently colored dress...

I was introduced to enameling during a required Enamels course at the Bezalel Academy Jewelry Department. We were given an...

On a desk in David Secrest's living room sits an antique ophthalmology machine. Meant for the examination of the inner...

Claus Bury's rejection of his immediate past, a long standing European tradition in goldsmithing, and his defection to the fine...

Flamboyant colors and forms ranging from the simple to the expansive characterize the sculptural jewelry of the American metalsmith and...

A recent graduate who is selected straight out of school for a book portrait, international awards and distinctions, students invited...

Jewelry plays an ancient and well-documented role in broadcasting social status, but charm bracelets, known to almost all American women...

Due to a recent comprehensive exhibition at the San Francisco Craft & Folk Art Museum, we reintroduce to our readers...

Since earning a BFA at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1983, Enterline has narrowed her focus to a...

Rarely do we think of jewelry as a matter of life and death. On the contrary, ornament is typically perceived...

Over the last several years museums from around the country have been quietly purchasing sterling hollow ware made by Cleveland...

One observation on the career of John Prip (more often called Jack) is the way in which the man and...

Ardagh now is scarcely more than a place-name; it is in County Limerick in Ireland. In 1868, while a peasant...

This is an excerpt from an interview with Stanley Lechtzin about the life of Olaf Skoogfors. Olaf Skoogfors and Stanley...

A swirl of myths and sagas surround this clear stone, which burns, releasing a beguiling, aromatic scent. The interior of...

At mid-career, goldsmith Glenda Arentzen still produces jewelry with the freshness that has been her hallmark for a quarter of...

In northern Greece, sometime after the death of Alexander the Great, a master goldsmith fashioned this unusual medallion with its...

It has been decades since .jewelers have started claiming they were artists, but the long legacy of craft-as-design continues to...

Daniela: The thing about the jewelry is that it’s not just a little picture. It’s everything that surrounds it and...

Solveig Haukaas started to work in an enamel workshop in Bergen, Norway when she was near 17 years old. One...

One fundamental quality for a successful designer is the ability to manage a solo career, battling to establish ideas in...

It was about seven years ago, I was living in Paris, spending a typical Sunday afternoon scouring the flea markets...

Someone once called Donald Stuart a Renaissance Man, an that doesnt seem too far from the truth. In a career...

Although the entry period was the busy Christmas season, The 21st International Cloisonne Jewelry Contest received about 100 entries from...

Saara Hopea-Untracht died on Monday, the 25th of June this year. She lived and worked in Porvoo, Finland where she...

Five German jewelers who chose not to follow the traditional vocational training of "master goldsmith," but rather opted to study...

Björn Weckström, a Finnish designer who has enjoyed a virtually unparalleled opportunity in his native country, was the keynote speaker...

Plastic is not a cheap, surrogate material for her jewelry art in the eyes of the Berlin-based designer Svenja John....

In a speech recently delivered at the Platinum Day Symposium, entitled Evolution of a Design, Ms. Evans detailed her affinity...

A dark room paired with elements of light makes contemporary jewelry glow in Andronikos Sagiannos’ Gallery in Athens. He opened...

An artist's studio can tell a story about the life and attitudes of the creative soul who inhabits the space....

What started ten years ago as youthful pin jewelry is now becoming a valuable line. After all, Ehinger-Schwarz, the firm...

Jewelry was never on his mind—at least not while he was studying art and anthropology in college. It was filmmaking...

When I returned from Europe in 1951, my friend Margaret de Patta called and invited me to join a group...

The Department of Gemstone and Jewelry Design of the University of Applied Sciences of Trier is the only one of...

Pál Tóth, a wildlife painter, graphic artist, and enameler from Pusztaszer, Hungary, has been working with glass on metal since...

This is a continuing series on galleries that specialize in jewelry and metalwork. The Yaw Gallery is owned and operated...

Lisel Salzer, 99, Seattle Artist Who Fled Nazis by Sheila Farr, Seattle Times art critic from The Seattle Times, Tuesday,...

"Culture of materials," an expression originating from the early 20th-century teaching of Russian Constructivist Vladimir Tatlin, defines the artist's deliberate...

Several disparate techniques and a clear personal philosophy came together over a period of years to produce these extraordinary pieces....

What were you doing in June 1971? Are you still doing it today, 25 years later, and in the same...

Deborah Norton interviewed Caroline Broadhead regarding her recent retrospective at the Crafts Council in London and her recent change from...

Archetypal images in sheet-constructed holloware, the vessels of Robly Glover give concrete form to the most ethereal and intuitive of...

Barring punctuality, Germany and Japan don’t seem to have a lot of things in common culturally. Still, the ties that...

On September 13, 1990, Adda Husted-Andersen, familiarly known as Andy, died in Copenhagen, Denmark, her native land. She was a...

Some 20 years ago, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London sponsored "Towards a New Iron Age, "aninternational exhibition of...

Success in Silver Even as a child, he wanted to be an artist - today he is an internationally renowned...

Some people keep written diaries, others carry a camera, while others use the latest in video technology to record their...

This article is an interview with jewelry designer Mark Loren. Read on to get his insights and genius behind his...

Two gold brooches arrive in the post – each bear an applied spiral on the surface not unlike Brancusi’s symbol...

Many galleries have tried to exhibit artistic jewelry in the past, but only few remained. They have gained international reputation...

John Cage was a pioneer of modern sound art with his idea of incorporating complete silence and accidental everyday noise...

The jewelry industry has seen a veritable flood of new technologies in recent years—from CAD/CAM and laser welders to new...

In 1898, Wilhelm Krische, owner of a factory that made history books and a stone printing shop, patented one of...

The tendency to dismiss enamelwork as a superficial art­literally, as a matter of surfaces glossing over the duller hues of...

The track record of the modern watch was when the art of watch making mutated from a more or less...

Kimonos have neither pockets nor button. Things such as wallets or small, lacquered boxes with lots of compartments (inro), containers...

With his international exhibition concept, which supports and promotes dialogue between foreign jewelry artists and those from Germany, Udo Adam-Pasquale...

Born in Bredsjo, Sweden, June 27, 1930, Olaf Skoogfors initially came to the United States when he was four years...

Dorothee Striffler has made her choice: the square is far and away her favorite form. And, there are good reasons...

Bernard N. Jazzar, President of the Board of Directors of the newly formed Enamel Arts Foundation, announces that the Foundation...

This article showcases the various exhibitions in the form of collected exhibition reviews published in the 1986 Fall issue of...

Having turned 80 with the spring this year, Fridl Blumenthal qualifies as a grand old lady of metalwork. Like grande...

Green. What was once seen as a fringe-element rallying cry has grown into a planet-changing initiative that touches countless aspects...

Ken Vickerson’s jewellery is a study in balance. While respected as a consummate craftsman, a deep philosophical streak compels this...

Cheuk Ying Kwan Hong Kong Design Institute Hong Kong First Place, Future of the Industry Cheuk Ying Kwan, a student...

People have adorned their bodies all round the globe since the dawn of time. They drew on paints, scars, tattoos,...

A number of metalsmiths have shown an interest in including text as an integral part of their work. Many of...

...it’s daybreak in Honolulu. Wolf-Peter Schwarz known to most jewelry-cognoscenti as the inventor of Charlotte variable jewelry, has come up...

From autodidact to prize-winning designer: 30 years ago, the Brazilian national Antonio Bernardo founded his jewelry production firm in Rio...

Although Thomas Gentille has the distinction of having a black ceramic glaze named for him, it is his little-known recovery...

The artistic treatment of jeweler in South Africa has long been a subject of neglect. Now, this nation with its...

It is a year now since Peter Schmid took over the reins from the world-renowned goldsmith and designer Michael Zobel....

Whether in ancient Greece or in China, in Peru or India, gold has not only been appreciated due to its...

Watches are normally round or angular, usually with an analogue and sometimes an additional digital display. In the past decades,...

His cosmopolitan origins are reflected in the choice of artists that he represents. Together with his wife, Laura Lapachin, Stefan...

Robert Lee Morris is a one-man revolution in the contemporary jewelry industry. What first comes to mind when you hear...

Over the last several years, a growing number of North Americans have been obtaining nontraditional pierces. Pierced penises, nipples, navels,...

The Kremlin Armory houses unique collections of precious items that mirror the artistic wealth of the country and the relations...

While Lisa Norton’s works give evidence to her interest in the concepts of value, utility, function, form and the cultural...

The English enameller, Alan Mudd, born in Lancashire, began his studies in the fine arts, and served an indentured apprenticeship...

Isabella Corwin resides in Maine, only 65 feet from the ocean. Her setting influences her with it's flotsam and jetsam....

This article is a review on the Jewelry & Small Objects Exhibition by James Evans held at the Prime Canadian...

After many years of success, Bernd Munsteiner, one of the most renowned, creative, and innovative gemstone cutters from the village...

Missiles chase one another around Mark Rooker's Circular Reasoning. Beneath the smoke plumes, lustrous silver water ripples on the bracelet's...

While living in Little Neck, NY, during the mid-sixties, I took an enameling class at the local YWHA. It took...

A visit to Bloor Street and Avenue Road here in Toronto, Canada brings you face to face with the old...

The modern designer-jeweler must contend with a great range of alternative ornaments: with antique pieces and diamond studded ornaments, with...

“Just what did I find in Santa Clara? Why did I feel this mountain village surrounded by pine forests was...

Antonia Schwed, who died peacefully in September 2006, was one of the great enamelists of our time, and a pioneer...

The Novorit polyceramics system has been on the market for a year and offers fascinating possibilities for the creative color...

When Gary Griffith wrote this poetic meditation (see below) on the status of his work for an exhibition at the...

This is the third in a series of articles from Metalsmith about production jewelers. This installment concentrates on marketing production...

Linda MacNeil “How do I get inspired? That’s one of the hardest questions”, muses Linda MacNeil. “I look through art...

A year before the first appearance of the Memphis collection at the Milan Furniture Fair in 1981, Leslie Leupp was...

It seems as though the Tahitians were granted their wish: Tahitian pearl supply is down, and prices are up. Strict...

Before moving his studio operation to a ground-floor space in Soho, just last year, Ted Muehling lived and worked in...

The most copied and still a hit: the pearl necklace “Galaxie” by pars pro toto puts its tenth birthday behind...

The development of Czech jewelry design is contectualised within a wide spectrum of artworks, objects, sculptures and jewelry in its...

Ellamarie and Jackson Woolley. The names are always said together, blended as if they were one person. Yet this visionary...

Several Italian locations are bound to the typical manufacturing that has made them famous: Murano has its glass, Torre del...

The goldsmithery and jewelry factory of Dr. Sabine Brandenburg-Frank and Egon Frank is located in an imaginatively-remodeled country house in...

In this article, renowned enamelist Leila Tai discusses her many motivations and inspirations as well as her creative process in...

Three weeks before "Towards A New Iron Age" was to open at the Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina, it...

The contents of some projects are not restricted solely to creating a presitigious symbolic value, but which instead provide an...

There are a lot of goldsmiths and jewelry designers out there who would state unequivocally that the Faculty of Jewelry...

Pearl jewelry has come a long way from the days of grandmother’s proverbial strand of round pearls. In today’s retail...

Megan Thorne, owner of Megan Thorne Fine Jewels in Fort Worth, Texas, loves antique jewelry. In fact, she shares that...

This appreciation by Robert McDonald, former chief curator of the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art in California, was written...

Frederic Braham selects the technique and material for a piece of work depending on what the idea demands. He is...

Hosting over 130 exhibitors and welcoming roughly 3,000 show guests from all over the world, the Intergem is the leading...

When one looks at a world map to find New Zealand, it's easily overlooked due to its location and size....

This year’s fall and winter fashions are decidely subdued. The necklaces worn at Anna Sui’s Fall 2006 show reflect the...

Pat Peat O'Neil, now ninety-two, started enameling in Girl Scouts when she was sixteen. They used a torch to fire...

Myra Mimlitsch-Gray occupies a well-recognized position in the field of metalwork. She produces both jewelry and holloware, the latter being...

On British Jewellery and German Jewellery, contrary to what one might infer about this exhibition, mounted at the Crafts Council...

Sculptor, jeweler, teacher, pioneer in large-scale studio metal casting, Byron Wilson has just turned 73 years-of-age. He is a fascinating...

This article is a review on the Works In Metal Exhibition by Randy Long held at the Fine Arts Gallery,...

Welcome to the Mystery Box Challenge! You are among the select designers who have received this box of materials, Your...

For 25 years now, the married couple and British goldsmiths Gill and Alan Saunders have run their own studio under...

Eighteen months ago, New York City-based designer Lisa Jenks began a partnership with Origins, the well-known skin care products store....

John Marshalls position in American art is an awkward one. His sculptures of fine silver with acrylic, Corian, wood, and...

The New York-based designer Chhaya Kapadia has now produced a new line featuring motifs taken from the exotic flora and...

This exhibit, which originated at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London in 1982, will be traveling for two years...

Serik became acquainted with enamel while studying at college. He graduated in 1988 with the specialty of "Art Processing of...

The fields of art, craft and design are becoming increasingly intertwined and the boundaries between them ever more fluid. The...

In April of 1983, a simple and relatively unpretentious store joined the ranks of the illustrious "boutiques" and other high-priced...

Fred Fenster is a compact man whose quiet friendliness and diffidence belies the intensity that lies just beneath the surface...

Agate cameos are made from dyed multiple layered agates, which are a regional specialty of the cutters around Idar-Oberstein in...

For Felix Lindner, a goldsmith who was born in Erfurt in 1973 and has lived there for some time now,...

This is the third of a series on galleries that specialize in jewelry and metalwork. The Quadrum Gallery is owned...

Zoe Zong ZoeZong LLC McKinley, Texas First Place, Professional Design Excellence (1-3 Years in Business) "We're born, but we make...

A bright light shone over the world of South African design for the seventh time when the DTC Shining Light...

"How to Wrap Five Eggs" was a dilemma posed by a cult book of Japanese packaging design in the mid-1960s....

Christian Bauer is one of the major global players in the wedding ring business. The hightech smith from Welzheim near...

“It’s one of those childhood memories that doesn’t escape you, but I remember being a kid, and I don’t remember...

David Paul Bacharach is a part of the growing contingent of American metalsmiths who are challenging the Modernist tradition of...

This article showcases various exhibitions in the form of collected exhibition reviews published in the 1987 Fall issue of the...

“I don’t wear jewels, I drive them!” This statement by the Dutch jewelry and product designer Gijs Bakker wrote history...

The Antwerp Diamond Council (HRD) organized from 10th October to 10th November 2002 the exhibition “Living diamonds, fauna and flora...

The third week of October was, ostensibly, a week like any other. But in the art world, it was a...

Watch enthusiasts have long since succumbed to the elaborate and additional mechanical functions, the so-called complications. Classics among them include...

Jessica Calderwood's work consists of enamels that walk a fine line between the beautiful and the bizarre. The process of...

Enamelist Karl Drerup's (b.1904) successful career in the United States illuminates the mid-century craft revival in this country. Arriving on...

Olaf Skooglors died at the age of 45 on December 20, 1975. In memory of Olaf Skoogfors these excerpts were...

Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington, is ninety miles east of Seattle across the high Cascade Mountains range and a...

It all began in 1978. Gretchen Klunder-Raber issued an open invitation to all persons interested in metalsmithing in the Washington,...

Recent cultural developments in America can be characterized by a conspicuous blending of manner and subsequently, class distinctions. The image...

Growing up in the house of a silversmith is an unusual experience, the more so if the place where one...

In her 20th year of creating jewelry, Aninka Harms has returned to the place where her training as a designer...

Marcia Bruno has had to work long and hard to reach the level of simplicity for which she is becoming...

The Carinthian goldsmith, photographer and painter Sepp Schmolzer exercised a highly significant influence on jewelry design in the second half...

I have been an artist in enamelling for nine years. In 1999, I took a specialist jewellery course with completely...

My recollection of the first piece of metalwork I owned is of a pin consisting of two poodles connected by...

This article is an interview with jewelry designer Gregore Morin. Read on to get his insights and genius behind his...

The Belgian designer Nico Taeymans has a lot of stories to tell: The one about the boy who grew up...

Barry Sack is a London-based artist who also works and lives in his native South Africa. Barry is a painter,...

Colored gemstone mining is a hard thing to pin down. The vast majority of mining is still done by independent,...

There are few artists who can subtly control the relationship between what they perceive and the manner in which this...

With the exception of "New Departures in Jewellery," held at the American Craft Museum last summer as part of the...

While gold's mystique is indisputable, we must resist being so entranced by its luster that we fail to recognize and...

Together they’re a collective of elitists: The most creative and best watchmakers have joined forces in the Academie Horlogére des...

Sculptural Jewelry ‘82 Contemporary Artisans Gallery, San Francisco October 27-November 20, 1982 Under the theme "Sculptural Jewelry '82" Contemporary Artisans...

At the start of the year, inhorgenta europe in Munich will provide answers to the questions on how jewelry will...

Getting the best and not the most out of every stone – this is the motto employed by the gemstone...

Gorham Company was 45 years old when its 2,000-ounce "Century Vase" celebrating the nation's centennial won great acclaim at the...

This past year, we were treated to a major retrospective of the work of John Prip in an exhibition that...

Paul Robilotti of Robilotti Fine Jewelers in Binghamton, New York, doesn’t like to let inspiration pass him by. He always...

Threadgills keen interest in ornament undoubtedly arises from her longstanding practice of etching motifs into the surfaces of her works,...

Editor’s Note: If we are what we eat, then are we whom we wear? While wearing your own jewelry designs...

To Bryant Clark design is foremost, and the designs for his hand-crafted knives are created from his knowledge of history...

Twenty first-century artists consider how best to relate to our changing world in a meaningful way. Pittsburgh artist ROY has...

  Leo Fried and Nanz Aalund Blue Heron Jewelry Co. Poulsbo, Washington Responsible Practices Distinction Nanz Aalund was looking for...

The history of contemporary English jewelry started in October 1952, when the young painter Gerda Flöckinger registered at the Central...

Vada Clark Beetler, designer craftsman in metal, passed away December 7, 1984. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Vada Beetler received...

At a time when the country is still reeling from the vogue for Indian jewelry displayed around the necks of...

Among the most distinguished known surviving pieces of New Orleans-made silver is this tureen made by Adolphe Himmel. With its...

Collect 2006 – discover the art of collecting The third Collect will take place at the Victoria & Albert Museum...

The marketing concept of the new German stainless steel jewelry maker TeNo is as clear and clean-cut as the material...

You never know how visiting the doctor could change your life. While Tony Snodgrass of Kent Jewelry in Rolla ,Missouri,...

Sam Tho Duong always springs to mind whenever I think of ginger. The spicy and stubbornly shaped condiments is inextricably...

Practical Experience Counts     What seems practically impossible in Germany is no problem at all in England. Here, applicants can apply...

This article showcases the various exhibitions in the form of collected exhibition reviews published in the 1985 Fall issue of...

I have long suspected that I have a great deal of "dyslexic" company in the arts. As more and more...

Vienna-based jewelry designer Fritz Maierhofer is an important pioneer of modern individualized jewelry. As a protagonist of a new style...

The recent exhibition, “Metal Under Glass,” at the Southwest Missouri State University, exemplifies some of the ways in which studio...

While managing the renovation of the Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building, Lloyd Herman had a vision. In an independent proposal...

This article is an overview  and contain details for Ornamenta 1:  International Exhibition of Contemporary Jewelry held on September 30...

When Theo Janson and Vanessa Compton moved into the winding basement studio space on Toronto's Markham Street in May 1978,...

The conservation lab, located at the Tiffany ' Co. manufacturing facility in Parsippany, NJ, is a long, stark room with...

Happy Birthday: 25 Years of the Goldsmiths’ Fair Ben Day Katharina Vones Malcolm Betts David Goodwin Regina Aradesian   For over...

This is the fourth in a series of articles from Metalsmith about production jewelers: design, marketing and business. ************************* Business...

This specialist company has brought out a catalogue, tailor made for the jewelry and tool industry. It includes one of...

The hammer falls powerfully on to the red, glowing iron. Sparks fly. Sunny the mare nervously whips its tail. The...

This article is a continuing dialogue on the State of Metalsmithing and Jewelry by Donald Friedlich and Judith Mitchell with ...

Diana Porter: “I love all of it – my beautiful spacious shop in the center of Bristol with our workshop...

We’re all nostalgic for something. Usually, it’s reminiscence from our childhood, as in Adel Chefridi’s case. Chefridi, owner of Adel...

Information and limitless communication calls for an exchange of ideas and opinions above and beyond political borders and cultural spheres...

Sascha Brastoff was known for his talent and ability in many fields of art, both performing and visual, both fine...

Karen Jablonski is an award-winning artist from Monticello, Georgia, who works in the medium of painting enamel, among other media....

Traveling down Stony Acre Drive in Cranston, Rhode Island, one cannot help but wonder at the use of this particular...

Fall Trade Shows - Ordering for the Christmas Period Jewelers, goldsmiths and specialist retailers are ordering on increasingly short notice....

The present is lively. This becomes particularly apparent during a meeting with the managing director of one of the most...

I.H.M. 2004 with Shining Jewels The International Crafts Fair in Munich (March, 4 to 10, 2004) will focus this year...

Al Pine has been a fixture at Cal State Long Beach for over 25 years, where he teaches with Dieter...

Nanz Aalund’s career has been far-ranging. An award-winning jewelry artist based in Poulsbo, Washington, she’s taught jewelry and metals classes...

Galerie Jocelyne Gobeil, which opened in early 1987, is the only gallery in Canada devoted exclusively to the exhibition and...

An exhibit of this new work was mounted last spring at the Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery at the University of the Arts,...

For over 25 years now, the jewelry class at the Art College “AR.CO” in Lisbon, Portugal, has analyzed to what...

There is something of the alchemist's magic in Pat Flynn. Like those artful wizards of long ago, he changes common...

What an anniversary celebration: in 2008, the Munich Academy of Fine Arts celebrates its 200 year anniversary. The class for...

The twelve-volume “Practical Goldsmith” series offers an entirely new means of imparting knowledge and skills in a goldsmith’s various work...

Ruth Robinson has an unusual and special position among the grand dames of contemporary jewelry art. The encounters with the...

“Colors are vitamins for the human soul”, claimed the German painter Professor Hans Jaenisch. In saying this, he emphasized the...

Mounted in Paul McClure's silver pendant, Alveoli, are two pearls taken from a necklace his mother left him when she...

My affair with precious metals began while working with my father a talented jeweler who worked with spring movement. He...

This article is a review on Recent Works  of Natalie Paul, an exhibition held at the Venture Gallery, Lathrup Village,...

Last April 2008, at Galeria Medellin 174,in Mexico City, under the name of "Esmaltes Sobre Metales," two artists exhibited their...

The name Barbara Schulte-Hengesbach stands for a concise concept that conveys a message without intricacy or ornament. The goldsmith, jewelry...

The artist Klaus Dupont transforms old finds into new objects – seldom have these old pieces been more cheerfully staged...

Gallery 21, an all-white exhibition space in Spanish Village, San Diego, California, became home to the enamel exhibition, RADIANCE from...

Naive, primitive, anonymous, magical are characteristics that often accompany our image of the folk artist. In reality, he is an...

East meets west – the cultural mixture of eastern and western influences on jewelry, fashion, furnishings and architecture is no...

She is just as passionate about abstruse stories as she is about droll jewelry. Bruna Hauert and “Friends of Carlotta”,...

This article is a review on the Knifemaker's Art Exhibition held at the Edward H. Merrin Gallery of Antiquities, New...

An object in space is exactly what the name implies, namely one which by design has left the company of...

Marcia Budet didn’t set out to be a jewelry designer. Although she grew up collecting rocks, crystals, and hematites, she...

Progress, in its 19th-century understanding as industrial innovation, has rarely been a friend of women. Some may even say it’s...

Often the paramount achievement of technical mastery is the ability to “remain invisible.” The virtuoso violinist is heralded less for...

C2 – when the name of a fair hall is automatically associated with electrifying innovation and ground-breaking design, it can...

Creative Jewelry in Florence It’s hard to believe, but true: in Italy, where more than in almost any other country...

This article series from Metalsmith Magazine is named "Recent Sightings" and here Bruce Metcalf talks about art, craftmanship, design, the...

The very word PRECIOUS, the concept of PRECIOUSNESS is anathema to most contemporary artists, especially painters and sculptors, and perhaps...

Entering the enameling studio, one is struck by its openness. Light fills the space. Shelves are lined with organic vessel...

Stones have a soul. For Klaus Fessmann, they are not inanimate material, but individuals that under a skilled hand can...

Robert Montgomery surrounds himself in a silent optimism that does not simply ignore adversity, but rises above it. His generous...

The jewelry manufactory Niessing started with the development of very different colored gold alloys as early as 1984. Since then...

The companies Perlen Yukie and Innopoint are joining forces: one supplies the pearls, the other produces the necklaces – and...

An Assessment of a Lecture Series and Panel Discussion at the Program in Artisanry of the Swain School of Design....

This is the second in a series of projects for students, created to provide a forum in Metalsmith for provocative...

So much of contemporary culture is filled with apropriations, reconstructions, and fragmented borrowings from our past that that past seems...

This article showcases the selected works from the enamelist John Smith exhibition at Kaskaskia college. The exhibition took place March...

Susanne Hammer’s pieces are neither an attractive means of self-adornment, nor a status symbol. They throw traditional jewelry conventions into...

One of my roles for the last few years has been that of an innovation awards judge for MJSA. This...

Adam Neeley Adam Neeley Fine Art Jewelry Laguna Beach, California First Place, Laser Distinction Look back over the list of...

Ross Palmer Beecher The Yankee qualities Ross Palmer Beecher mentions in discussing her art – thriftiness, tradition, waste not/want not...

This is the first in a series on galleries that specialize in jewelry and metalwork. The Vo Galerie is a...

As early as during the acceptance exams, preferred creative people are selected not only for their artistic talent, but also...

From time to time, Metalsmith will locus a series of articles on a particular aspect of jewelers. Beginning in this...

For Marie van den Hout, renowned owner of the Gallery Marzee, there is quite simply no doubt: Jewelry satisfies all...

In 1970 Philip Guston exhibited paintings with estranged images of the Ku Klux Klan, old shoes, pink cities, and incongruous...

Charlotte Meyer’s main body of work resulted from her study of the red light district of Amsterdam. Her night-time forays...

The gallery-owner Marie-José van den Hout has focused on contemporary jewelry art in her gallery in Nijmegen in Holland for...

There are no limits to what we can learn from one material. And I feel that I still have a...

Jonathan Bonner is a pleasant young man with a quick smile and an easygoing manner. If you saw him in...

One can get tired of it all and want to be entertained, but the media outlets for distraction can look...

Sign of Belief The competition New Traditional Jewellery is being held for the second time and is focusing this year...

Colored gemstone mining is a hard thing to pin down. The vast majority of mining is still done by independent,...

This is the fourth in a series of projects for students, created to provide a forum in Metalsmith for provocative...

Fly now! International jewelry makers should note this date. From August 6-12, 2007 Ruudt Peters helds this years' jewelry course...

Inspiration The leisurely lifestyle that artists such as Picasso or Matisse convey in their sun-drenched, love-filled paintings. The atmosphere created...

Translated into English, Korea means "chosen." Komelia Hongja Okim, a native of Korea, has faced a great many consequential choices...

Luxury is in no way defined by sparkling items of jewelry, overburdened with jewels or in pompous designs. Real luxury...

Ricardo Basta Ricardo Basta Fine Jewelry Los Angeles First Place, CAD/CAM Distinction Ricardo Basta believes in melding traditional jewelry-making techniques...

Mac McCall is a Western shaman, or, as Elizabeth Sasser claims, a wizard of ambiguity. In this focus, she offers...

Strictly speaking, the metalworker's contribution to the Japanese tea ceremony is confined primarily to the teakettle. This accoutrement traditionally has...

How did you become involved in enameling? Observing the World. 21x21 cm. Wall panel, sgrafitto technique. 1991. This happened accidentally....

Alraune Lifestyle does not simply follow fashion trends. The brand name is always slightly ahead of time and is numbered...

Strings of sweets, chocolate bars set in porcelain and bras made from colorful chocolate sweets – the diversity of the...

“It is not good for people to be alone, particularly not to work alone. Rather, they need participation and stimulation...

Editor's Note: Terry's Retrospective Exhibition had more than 30 enamels. The Retrospective Catalog has 26 pages with 31 illustrations. There...

Stone, metal and space compose the careful balance in Deborah Aguado's work. Her first geometric formalisms constructed in metal were...

Andrzej Boss (47) is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, Polamd, where he runs the Goldsmithing...

MADE IN THE USA: Where We Stand is an update on the jewelry industry’s efforts to promote homegrown products. It...

Haute Couture Deluxe Any woman wearing this magnificent cocktail dress doesn't need any other jewelry. After the luxury pearl brand...

The National Drawing Academy in Hanau was founded as early as 1772. It is one of Germany’s oldest education and...

This article is an interview with jewelry designer Mark Schneider. Read on to get his insights and genius behind his...

In 1987, some drawings I had made were exhibited (about 30 etchings) in Szolnok, Hungary. A friend of mine, László...

Like many other metalsmiths, I am a time traveler. I am writing this on a computer, skipping over to the...

The textured surfaces of Barbara Heinrich's gold jewelry deceive with their simplicity. At first glance, they clearly appear to be...

Lois Etherington Betteridge Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa June-September, 1983 Yaneff Gallery, Toronto November, 1983 The silver objects of Lois...

The message was a revolution. While the wounds of the Second World War were eased in Europe using conciliatory kitsch...

In 2004, when I was preparing the 8th International Enamel Symposium in Erfurt, Germany (title : "SPIEGELUNGEN - REFLECTIONS") -...

Barbara Nakae 1922 – 2006 Barbara Nakae of Newcastle, CA, born April 24, 1922, passed away peacefully in her sleep...

Tony Papp - A Tribute Tony Papp and I met during our sophomore year at Parsons School of Design in...

Martha Glowacki's works are sculptural abstractions on the theme of landscape. They demonstrate her interest in the imposition of order...

Pekka Hirvonen, a Finnish goldsmith and jewelry designer, has been designing for Lapponia since 2002. Hirvonen worked there as a...

Jenny Pohlman and Sabrina Knowles Heroic in scale, the prayer beads of Jenny Pohlman and Sabrina Knowles could be envisaged...

Trade fair in Vicenza: Shapes of Jewelry According to the fashion gurus, jewelry manufacturers should focus on the immaterial value...

For someone who began making jewelry in high school and who usually makes work no larger than two feet, working...

"What's so good about enameling is that you can learn a new technique and then approach your work with a...

One of the more difficult challenges Chihiro Makio of 314 Studio in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, faced when creating her Orange...

In my capacity as Liturgical artist I recently received a commission from St. Columban's Catholic Parish to create a work...

Reduced lines, minimalist forms and clear colors characterize primarily the jewelry collection by the Freiburg-based jewelry designer Bernd Wolf. However,...

“Brand New – New Brand,” held at the Munich jewelry trade fair Inhorgenta Europe, is a new platform for young...

This is the third in a series of projects for students, created to provide a forum in Metalsmith for provocative...

The Transparency Theory has long maintained an indomitable position at the core of any philosophy of art. Simply expressed, the...

Haute Horlogerie is familiar with a magic word: it is called manufactory and stands for the highest art of watch...

As a moviegoer in the 1950s and 60s. I watched intently as insects and crustaceans were transformed into gargantuan monsters...

Concrete - It Depends what You Make of It For years in Germany, this was the advertising slogan used by...

Cowboys were especially particular about their gear and took pride in buying the best equipment they could afford Blacksmiths generally...

There is an internationally renowned education center for jewelry designers right in the middle of the live Rhine metropolis: the...

This work is an attempt to make visible and wearable a meeting point between the two worlds of Art and...

Colored gemstone mining is a hard thing to pin down. The vast majority of mining is still done by independent,...

Andy Cooperman's Sargasso Server, a contemporary sterling silver fish slice, evokes life in the sea. The blade resembles a squid's...

A mesmerizing flame melting spectacularly colored glass into a perfect bead. The possibilities of infinite shapes and sizes. The beautiful...

After a long break we have restarted the JSW Enamel Studio, Vashind, Mumbai. A major effort was made in October...

The Secret of Hammering Gold Traditional crafts can disappear more quickly than one might think. To keep traditional gold hammering...

"The creative process is basically a process of focus. ...If I look at things that I think are related, other...

One of the debatable inclusions in the recent Metalsmith Exhibition in Print was a pair of computer renderings by Margaret...

I started in enameling 40 years ago by accident. 10 Commandments. 3’x6’. Wall Hanging. Copper enamel, stained glass. Brass tablets....

Juanita Hill, an Ohio resident, is known for her generosity of spirit as well as talent. Much of her work...

Since 1981, Marianne Schliwinski and Jürgen Eickhoff have consistently presented contemporary jewelry in their Munich-based gallery Spektrum. Their declared goal...

Berlin Mitte is one of the most popular addresses for creative people and their agents. The new and traditional heart...

The magic of the moment is revealed in a summery fresh flower bouquet. As a symbol of vitality and transience,...

The Brat Pack at the Inhorgenta Every industry benefits from the energy and innovative ideas of its young talent. The...

Drawing on the motto “Zeitzeichen” (Signs of the times), this years Intergem will feature striking exhibitions by ten young designers....

Luxury is a true growth industry in all categories, right through to “inexpsensive luxury”! The successful report by Cartier, Richemont,...

Colored gemstone mining is a hard thing to pin down. The vast majority of mining is still done by independent,...

This article features an Exhibition by 10 Japanese Designers in New York held at Gallery 91, New York City on ...

First impressions being what they are, sometimes on target, and at other times missing the bull's eye by a wide...

The following interview between Akiko Busch and Etienne Perret and Michael Good was held as a result of the business...

Gold and silver smithing is one of the oldest artistic crafts known to humanity. It has a long tradition in...

If you follow the constantly ascending curving road in the picturesque Taunus mountain range from Kelkheim near Frankfurt am Main...

The Turkish designer Kemal Simsek chose an acacia as his corporate logo. And this jewelry company, not yet 10 years...

This article is one of a series of articles from Metalsmith Magazine "Fads and Fallacies".  For this 1987 Winter, A....

Axel Fritsch from Bastian sees his products as an alternative for design-focused goldsmiths and jewelers. Unlike the jewelry form major...

Didi Suydam The grave of the German poet and polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is marked by a simple sphere....

One of the newest earring findings to hit the market is showing a little earlobe midriffand it could turn the...

Where did you learn to enamel? Daniel: I had completed my high school diploma 2001 at the Walter Gropius compartment-Highschool...

This article is one of a series of articles from Metalsmith Magazine "Art and Technics" talking about techniques in craftsmanship...

My earliest awareness of the art of enameling occurred when I was only ten or eleven years old. My father,...

This article features the 57th Annual National High School Art Exhibition held at the Corcoran Gallery and School of Art,...

There are few disciplines that depend primarily upon visual observation for an understanding of human creativity and meaning behind objects....

Coming to terms with the work of Kai Chan is not so much a matter of definition as of communication....

The married goldsmith and designer couple Sabine Brandenburg-Frank and Egon Frank have, after 23 years, released themselves from the obligations...

David Clifford, a recent graduate of California College of Arts and Crafts, has added a new twist to recycling. Seeking...

Gold, silver, platinum and gem stones are increasingly getting a bad name. Environmental catastrophes, financing of criminal syndicates or warlords...

Inhorgenta europe is presenting the special show “brand new – new brand” for the third time. Like in the previous...

New design trends are by no means a product of coincidence. They develop hand in hand with contemporary events and...

Part I "I'll become a miner." Manfred Kuettner made this decision when he learned, while he was looking for an...

German art awarded Dutch prize The SilverArt Foundation was established in 2001 with a view to bringing modern silverwork to...

Fall, the season for international jewelry and watch trade fairs, is here once more. The International Jewelry Shows in New...

Obsession and desire, whetted and starved by a society inundated with images of perfection and the elusive satisfaction concomitant with...

What do space travel, airplane construction and the car industry have in common? They all influence watch-making. Luxury brands like...

This is the fifth in a series of projects for students. These projects were created to provide a forum in...

The traveling exhibition ‘Neue Horizonte – zeitgenossischer Schmuck aus Sudafrika’ (New Horizons – Contemporary Jewelry from South Africa) will start...

Colored gemstone mining is a hard thing to pin down. The vast majority of mining is still done by independent,...

What is the purpose of a SNAG conference? Why do people come? What are their expectations? Why do some cease...

We invited Ettagale Blauer, formerly New York Editor for Jewelers' Circular-Keystone, to attend the 1986 Society of North American Goldsmith’s...

In 1959, Victor Papanek gave the third-year students in his creative engineering seminar at Ontario College of Art this problem:...

The corporate philosophy was already clearly defined when the firm was founded back in 1998: Customer centricity is the focal...

New gold and carat scales for stationary and mobile use – working with precious metals and high-carat gemstones calls for...

"Thema: Stahl" is the title of an exhibition that the North Rhine-Westphalian Colloquium proposed and organized for showing in a...

Dan Feldman uses the utensil as both object and idea. Consequently, his work reveals both personal history and associations with...

American crafts are under-going self-examination. Expressed in countless ways, varying from anxiety to optimism, the observation that the field is...

Cécile Chancerel, jeweler and enameler in La Baule, France, received "Le Grand Prix des Métiers d'Art" (the Grand Prize of...

Ben Cunningham considers the complex histories of the uses and functions of metals and jewelry, that in a lesser artists...

People who think exclusively of geometric forms when they hear the name Alberto Zorzi only know half the story. His...

Not everyone who enjoys a cup of coffee in the afternoon pays attention to the little sachets of sugar on...

As trite as it might sound, we still form our opinions about people as a result of "first impressions." In...

The history of the pocket watch started in the 15th century. Until then, blacksmith had fashioned the iron clockwork; however,...

Prix Golay 2006 The "cultured" pearl served as this year's theme for the Prix Golay, as participants used a South...

Big names, small prices – this principle is familiar to us from the furniture industry, but less so from the...

Imagine a small boy in a Kansas field in the 1950s. The boy, aged five, has constructed a wooden airplane...

The Austrian city of Steyr has been a trading post for iron and a center of metalworking for many hundreds...

Not until the last century did the malicious and false concept arise that artists—painters, sculptors, printmakers—were anti-intellectuals. During the Renaissance...

I stood on Kawaramachi Street in downtown Kyoto. Kyoto, capital of Japan, home of the emperor from 794 to 1868,...

This article is one of a series of articles from Metalsmith Magazine "Fads and Fallacies".  For this 1987 Fall, A....

Swiss quality in the tool sector Edenta, the specialist company guarantees absolute quality consistency. Its range of top grade abrasive...

What if They Gave a Conference and Nobody Came? In this article, Donald Friedlich offers his insight and review the...

A textured surface is information to Andrew Cooperman. Torn, distressed, and manipulated surfaces that weave a common thread throughout his...

This article features the Objects D'Dart Exhibition held at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City organized by Chuck...

It's hard to think of a comparison. While I can haphazardly categorize today's non jewelry metalsmithing as either traditional holloware...

We are a group of artists who call ourselves "Nine Lively Ladies." A year ago, I had to come up...

It is often multi-professionals that enrich contemporary jewelry design with their new points of view. This is also true of...

Decorate-package-furnish is the motto of the company Lange, a supplier specialized in the jewelry and watch industry. The full Lange...

Discover the top jewelry trends in gold, silver, and platinum—and what you can expect to see in the metals markets...

Magic and the mystery of preciousness It was designed as the project of the century, just as expensive as it...

For the last four years, ten young gemstone designers from Rhineland-Palatinate have been collaborating under the title of ‘ZeitZeichen’ (time...

From March 21 through March 24, 2007, The W.W. Carpenter Enamel Foundation held a Large Scale Enamel Workshop featuring Harold...

What would be your reaction to an invitation to come and teach an enamel workshop in the middle of February...

Ten years after it was first established, the ‘Alchimia’ private School for Goldsmithing and Jewelry, together with the ‘Opera Rebis’...

The stories are undeniably heartbreaking. Yang Renping, 41 of two children, coughs continuously and walks only weakly. He’s suffering from...

Colored gemstone mining is a hard thing to pin down. The vast majority of mining is still done by independent,...

If you are on the road a lot doing business, you know what it means to reduce your luggage by...

Karl Lagerfeld is the person to thank for elevating tie pins to haute couture. "I love neckties, but I only...

Linda Weiss-Edwards provides a list of Onsite Consultation for Artists and Schools from each state in the United States in...

When and how did you become involved in enameling? I saw great work of enamel in an art museum eight...

The Tanphanie Edition from German-Japanese pearl dealers Perlen Yukie is much more than just a jewelry collection. Each individual piece...

Fourth Annual Selected University Metalsmiths Norman R. Eppink Art Gallery, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS October 24- November 11, 1983...

About 30 miles north of Buffalo, New York, less than 10 miles downstream from Niagara Falls, is a unique facility...

Every pair of Marion Knorr’s ‘Wilde Ehe Ringe’ (or wild wedding rings) tells a story. This terms is a play...

Many people I know romanticize an afternoon in a cage in a cultural mecca - maybe Paris or Rome -...

This article is one of a series of articles from Metalsmith Magazine “Fads and Fallacies”.  For this 1987 Spring issue, ...

S. J. Perelman covered his leaflets. This “Fantastic Jewelry” appeared in scored of articles in periodicals from Design Quarterly to...

Colored gemstone mining is a hard thing to pin down. The vast majority of mining is still done by independent,...

Craft and commerce came together with spirit and style at the 1983 Society of North American Goldsmiths' conference held at...

This article features the  Metals Invitational Exhibition held at the Southwest Texas State University on February 15-March 8, 1984 by...