Whether you want a degree or just basic metalsmithing and/or lapidary skills, here are well-recommended sources of education on the...
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...
Thomas Mann made his reputation in the early ‘70s as a pioneer of the art jewelry movement. He grew up...
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...
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...