Martin Katz came to Los Angeles three decades ago, fresh out of Indiana University, thinking he’d have an adventure before...
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Thomas Mann made his reputation in the early ‘70s as a pioneer of the art jewelry movement. He grew up...
I can’t believe I’m just getting around to profiling Norah Pierson here. How do you profile someone you loved? Norah...
Among the best-known art jewelers in this country, Carolyn Morris Bach found her calling early and enjoyed immediate and sustained...
First season of Elvis Costello’s Spectacle is now on Netflix Instant Watch – and so worth streaming. Both seasons (2008-2010)...
After three decades on 47th Street, working her way from vendor of a 47th Street booth to head of her...
Michael David Sturlin had been a goldsmith for about 15 years when he turned to chain-making two decades ago. He...
Margaret De Patta pioneered so many aspects of studio art jewelry we see now that many pieces she designed before...
Paula Crevoshay has always designed around stones, and she’s never been one to shy away from a bold interplay of...
Few people have done more to push contemporary studio art jewelry forward than Helen Drutt. She was teaching craft history...
Whether you want a degree or just basic metalsmithing and/or lapidary skills, here are well-recommended sources of education on the...
Sky and water often come up in discussions of blue. Topaz, boulder opal, and chrysocolla are the Mediterranean through a...
Many jewelers are no more certain than the rest of us exactly why they resonate with the blue-green of chrysocolla...
Joyce Scott’s beaded jewelry is often figurative, and not in a subtle way. Her figures swell beyond jewelry proportions: faces...
Wearing your heart on your sleeve or someone else’s heart near yours – that’s a tradition that goes way back....