If you think building a career as a jewelry designer is challenging today, imagine what it was like 50 years... Read More
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Ananda Khalsa launched her career as a jewelry designer while living in Boulder, CO, where Todd Reed was an early... Read More
Calder began making jewelry for his sister’s dolls at age 6, and produced 1,800 pieces in his lifetime, always carrying pliers and wire in his pockets. “I think best in wire,” he once said. Read More
Edwardian jewelry is delicate and feminine with fine detail and classical motifs, often made with faceted gems and seed pearls. It's perfect for layering. Read More
One of the finest independent craftsmen working in French Art Nouveau was actually Belgian. With his delicate florals and scary Medusas, Philippe Wolfers was a master of that era's mystical, sensuous jewelry. Read More
Crafts shows are coming back! Some are still virtual this year but many are going live again for the open-air... Read More
Viviana Langhoff is the talented designer behind Adornment+Theory, a cool little jewelry store in downtown Chicago that's getting lots of buzz lately - partly for the owner's advocacy for BIPOC design and culture. Join us for some shop talk. Read More
With the ongoing pandemic, many jewelry events have postponed or moved online. Here's a listing of important upcoming events currently scheduled, to be updated. Read More
When I was a kid, I went door to door selling jewelry my brother made. We were the new kids on the block. He was shy. I was curious. We both wanted some cash. Read More
Do you have post-divorce wedding or engagement rings burning a hole in your jewelry box? Join the club. About 43... Read More
Ethically sourced, fair-mined, eco-friendly, sustainable – these are buzz words in jewelry now. So many jewelers are claiming that as... Read More
Baiyang Qiu combines the precision of industrial design with a love of organic form to create her unique award-winning jewelry. Read More
Carving and setting opal is like sculpting stained glass. Not only is the opal fragile and unpredictable, it dictates form. Making jewelry from it requires patience, flexibility, and a taste for living on the edge. Read More
Five years after JAR Jewels opened at the Met, the costume jewelry he designed for its shop is appearing at auction, along with the Somerset florals. If you sprang for those $2,000 baubles, here's how your investment panned out. Read More