Michael David Sturlin had been a goldsmith for about 15 years when he turned to chain-making two decades ago. He...
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....
Oh, just admit it. You’re watching Revenge, that Sunday night soap that takes place in the Hamptons. I started watching...
Sky and water often come up in discussions of blue. Topaz, boulder opal, and chrysocolla are the Mediterranean through a...
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)...
Trent Mann was painting canvases and sculpting full-time when he started his lapidary business 21 years ago. He learned production...
Holidays are approaching, as is Black Friday. No reason to brave the madding crowds when you can make a jewelry...
I can’t believe I’m just getting around to profiling Norah Pierson here. How do you profile someone you loved? Norah...
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...
A master machinist, Lew Wackler is famous for reviving long-forgotten lapidary techniques using 19th-century machinery that he restores himself. For...
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.