Karen Gilbert doesn’t consider herself a chain-maker in the traditional sense, even though she has been obsessed with exploring the...
Whether you're in the mood for avant garde design, breathtaking gems, or historical treasures, here are a few exhibits worth a trip: a list of temporary exhibits of gems and jewelry on display coast-to-coast this year.
Keith Richards made skull jewelry a rocker must-have. Now, no self-respecting rock star can be seen in public without at least one. Just look at Steven Tyler, Dave Navarro, Nikki Sixx or Axel Rose.
A look back on the days when men were peacocks, with jeweled monocles and lace cuffs, Mason's aprons and - more recently - bondage suits designed by Vivienne Westwood. Even George Washington wore a necklace.
A lot has changed since Marne Ryan began making wedding rings three decades ago, including the price of gold and interest in sustainability. Ryan uses only recycled metal now and it usually comes from her customers.
If metalsmiths are the sculptors of the jewelry world, attracted to form and texture, enamellists are the painters, obsessed with...
Curator Sarah Coffin talks about the “Bejeweled Lives” section of the exhibit opening this Friday at the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels.
Since the beginning of time, it’s been used as a symbol of mortality, victory, the ultimate Memento Mori. Long before...
December birthstones blue topaz and turquoise play starring roles in the jewelry collection QVC launched in September, based on the Smithsonian Institution's historic gems and jewelry. Judith Ripka took her design cue from a famous blue diamond.
For jewelry designers like Todd Reed and Alex Sepkus who have a signature look, making wedding rings is a matter...
Lucie Heskett-Brem makes chains, but not as we’ve come to know them. She makes chains Old World-style: hand-crafted, luxury items...
Not that you have to get literal with the valentines, but there is something about that shape. It’s tempting to...
While musicians and poets were rebelling against the status quo in Greenwich Village in the mid-20th century, metalsmiths like Art...
Once again, pink diamonds ruled the Christie's Hong Kong jewelry sale - with Asian private collectors paying big prices for the world's finest colored gems and jewels.
Forget the mislabeled citrine and the cheap, irradiated blues. Here's a new look at an old gem that's making a comeback, in all its glorious and often-overlooked variations.