SOFA comes to Chicago next weekend bringing, among other things, amazing examples of art jewelry, past and present. Now on...
Ananda Khalsa launched her career as a jewelry designer while living in Boulder, CO, where Todd Reed was an early...
Trent Mann was painting canvases and sculpting full-time when he started his lapidary business 21 years ago. He learned production...
Do you have post-divorce wedding or engagement rings burning a hole in your jewelry box? Join the club. About 43...
For jewelry lovers, few things equal the pleasure of looking at jewelry firsthand - except maybe looking at jewelry and reading about it at the same time. I have yards of bookcase devoted to this topic. Here are some recent favorites.
"To some extent, jewelry is body enhancement, so if it doesn't glitter or sparkle it's not doing its job," says studio jeweler Susan Chin. "But bone and ebony don't glitter and sparkle, they just feel really good."
Only three years after graduating college, Niki Grandics of ENJI Studios has racked up a pile of awards and grants for her edgy but wearable handmade jewelry. Here's the backstory of this talented emerging designer.
Selling jewelry online requires compelling digital images, and lots of them. If you have the time and money, you can hire a professional product photographer to shoot your jewelry - or you can do it yourself. More and more jewelry artists are learning to do just that. A few are really good at it.
In this day of mass production, with high-end craft galleries shuttering at an alarming rate, studio jewelers feel a mounting...
Good news: there has never been a better time to get creative with pearls. A few tips for what to look for and how to get the must luscious pearls for your money.
Whether you want a degree or just basic metalsmithing and/or lapidary skills, here are well-recommended sources of education on the...
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.
Inspired by the Victorian tradition of jewelry made from the hair of loved ones, Melanie creates jewelry from drawings made with her own hair. Only ten years out of art school, she has already made into major art museums all over the world.
World’s largest aquamarine carving, the 10.363-carat Dom Pedro, goes on display Thursday at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural...
Nothing is more captivating than the glow of ancient gold under museum lights, except maybe for ancient gold in an...