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Best books for jewelry lovers: Celebrating Jewellery

Holidays are approaching, as is Black Friday. No reason to brave the madding crowds when you can make a jewelry...
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Patricia Tschetter: white hot granulation

Except for the help of electricity and modern chemistry, most of what jewelry artists do at the bench isn’t all...
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Joan Sonnabend’s artist-made jewelry on the block

On September 11, what’s left of the amazing jewelry Joan Sonnabend once wore and sold at her New York City...
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Tiffany puts a ring on it: Super Bowl XLVI rings for New York Giants

Once again, Tiffany & Co. nabbed the jewelry commission of the year and it was for a bunch of guys:...
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Snakes and stones: Jean-François Fichot, ex-pat designer in Bali

If you’re ever in Bali, check out Treasures Gallery in Ubud where you’ll find three primary designers – Carolyn Tyler,...
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How to photograph jewelry: DIY tips from successful designers #3

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.
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Pierre-Yves Paquette: modern mokume gane

When you first look at the sleek ring designed by Montreal-based jewelry artist Pierre-Yves Paquette, nominated for last year’s Niche...
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Family history: hawking handmade jewelry on the boardwalk

Both of my grandmothers were good with their hands, made and designed their own clothes, taught us all to love...
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Lily Safra’s JAR jewels sell for a world record $11.5mil

After donating a pile of jewels to charity at Christie’s Geneva today, Lily Safra had the pleasure of seeing them...
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JAR in full flower: 18 rare jewels on the block

As Christie’s prepares to sell the largest private collection of JAR jewels ever offered at auction – at Geneva’s Four...
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Buddha carved in stone

Given the spiritual powers attributed to gemstones over the centuries, it’s not surprising that – faced with a particularly juicy...
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So Young Park: hammered, soldered abstractions

You can tell at a glance that So Young Park combines several ancient techniques in her jewelry, but the designs...
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Georges Braque: jewels in flight

This small work on paper by Georges Braque titled “Oiseaux” (birds) will be auctioned at Christie’s London next week, one...
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Season of JAR: a connoisseur’s approach to gems

As yet another eye-popping jewel by the Bronx-born designer known as "JAR of Paris" goes on the block next month, a few observations of what a designer can achieve by going against convention when it comes to gemstones.
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Jewelry shopping in Curaçao

If your particular island fantasy is to open a little shop and sell baubles to the tourists, here’s an option...
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