• Jewelry Maker
    Jewelry Maker

    Femme métal: women who paved the way for today’s jewelry designers

    What to do with your wedding ring after the marriage ends

    Ananda Khalsa: an artist-run studio/gallery in a college town

  • Jewelry
    Jewelry

    Eugenie brooch among 8 jewels stolen from the Louvre

    How to wear jewelry like a rock star, part II

    Femme métal: women who paved the way for today’s jewelry designers

    • Ask an Expert
    • Vintage
    • Contemporary
  • About
    About

    About

    • About me
Latest
  • Latest
  • Oldest
  • Random
  • A to Z

Contemporary

ContemporaryJewelry Maker

Fabergé for fidgeters: Grant Robinson’s kinetic jewels

Grant Robinson designs and constructs kinetic jewelry, usually in the form of animals or plants that spring to life when...
Read More
Contemporary

A little JAR for the ears: getting radical with pavé

Who says a bespoke jewelry designer can’t be a rebel? Joel Arthur Rosenthal is proof that you can be both...
Read More
Contemporary

Wonder Woman, Skyler White and me: power of the warrior bracelet

I was at a Mexican restaurant not long ago, surrounded by a dozen women sipping margaritas and talking at once....
Read More
ContemporaryJewelry Maker

Designing outside the box: my essay from a new book on earrings

A fun new coffeetable book on earrings just hit the stands, tracing our fascination with ear ornament from medieval times...
Read More
Contemporary

Valentine’s Day gifts for him, Game of Thrones style

Guys often get overlooked on this lovers’ holiday. Hey, I love chocolate, flowers, and heart-shaped baubles as much as the...
Read More
ContemporaryJewelry Maker

Tools rule: secrets behind award-winning jewelry

If you talk to studio jewelers about their jewelry, you wind up discussing technique. And it’s impossible to talk about...
Read More
Contemporary

8 secrets for buying a woman jewelry (redux)

With the holidays fast approaching, men everywhere are facing that age-old problem: what to get the jewelry-loving women in their...
Read More
ContemporaryJewelryJewelry Maker

Shoot it and wear it: photographs tell stories (and jokes) in art jewelry

Earliest use of photos in jewelry were locket-style portraits, an extension of the painted miniatures people were wearing by the...
Read More
ContemporaryJewelry Maker

Designers’ holy grail: getting jewelry on celebs, TV, movies

Ever wonder where costume designers go to find the jewelry they use in movies and television shows? Jessica Cohen is...
Read More
ContemporaryVintage

Heart-shaped jewels on the block

A woman has to be sentimental or wildly in love to appreciate heart-shaped jewelry – unless, of course, it’s just...
Read More
ContemporaryJewelry Maker

Seed chic: jewels from the garden

Botanical jewelry in the design gallery of the Philadelphia Flower Show, largest in the world, turns chickpeas into pearls and leaves to precious metal. Flower show jewels are judged not just on creativity but on how closely they replicate the real thing.
Read More
Contemporary

7 JAR jewels & world’s 4th largest polished sapphire on the block

It’s not the record-breaking 18-piece JAR collection that went on the block last year or the legendary 17 actress Ellen...
Read More
ContemporaryJewelry Maker

Best books for jewelry lovers: Jewellery in Israel

“The entire history of the state of Israel is reflected in the jewellery created during its 65 years of existence,”...
Read More
ContemporaryTrends

Trending on Pinterest: color, layers, bib necklaces, vintage style

How can you predict what people want to buy before they buy it? Look at what they’re pinning. Pinboards have...
Read More
ContemporaryExhibits

New JAR jewelry & watch collection for sale at the Met. Worth the price?

Joel Arthur Rosenthal designed a special collection of jewelry and watches to sell exclusively at the Metropolitan Museum with the...
Read More
Load More
©2025 Cathleen McCarthy, The Jewelry Loupe. All rights reserved.
Press ESC to close