John Hatleberg has done just about everything imaginable with rare gems: pasting them on naked women, making vegetables out of...
Sherris Cottier Shank has always been fascinated by moving water, particularly waterfalls and streams. She spent years studying and photographing...
As you might expect from a goldsmith trained in Germany but living in California, Birgit Kupke-Peyla makes jewelry that blends the exquisite craftsmanship of her homeland with the multicultural influences of her adopted home.
I admit it. I’m obsessed with jewelry boxes. This is partly because my own jewelry is overflowing my current jewelry...
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.
Jacob Albee makes meteorite look like precious metal from outer space - which, if you ask him, is exactly what it is.
Trent Mann was painting canvases and sculpting full-time when he started his lapidary business 21 years ago. He learned production...
Ever dream of dropping everything, moving to an island and making art for the rest of your life – surrounded...
When you first look at the sleek ring designed by Montreal-based jewelry artist Pierre-Yves Paquette, nominated for last year’s Niche...
Lucie Heskett-Brem makes chains, but not as we’ve come to know them. She makes chains Old World-style: hand-crafted, luxury items...
World’s largest aquamarine carving, the 10.363-carat Dom Pedro, goes on display Thursday at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural...
There’s a Japanese feel to Bonnie Blandford’s designs, with their gentle curves and bamboo-leaf patterns. The Chopstick earrings she often...
When you have to produce new jewelry images every week, as many sucessful Etsy shop owners do, it helps to have nature working for you. Sheila Arguello Slick's backdrop is the tropical paradise in her own backyard.
For jewelry designers like Todd Reed and Alex Sepkus who have a signature look, making wedding rings is a matter...
Sky and water often come up in discussions of blue. Topaz, boulder opal, and chrysocolla are the Mediterranean through a...