Calder began making jewelry for his sister’s dolls at age 6, and produced 1,800 pieces in his lifetime, always carrying pliers and wire in his pockets. “I think best in wire,” he once said.
Marianne Ostier was the innovative designer behind Ostier, Inc., a Manhattan jewelry firm she ran with her husband, an Austrian court jeweler, after they emigrated in 1938. Ostier was known for organic textures and designs that reflect her training as an artist and sculptor.
SOFA comes to Chicago next weekend bringing, among other things, amazing examples of art jewelry, past and present. Now on...
Thomas Mann made his reputation in the early ‘70s as a pioneer of the art jewelry movement. He grew up...
A ring containing a portrait of Dora Maar made for her by Pablo Picasso in the 1930s is expected to fetch half a million at Sotheby's this month. That's a lot more than it sold for at the 1998 estate sale in Paris following Maar's death. No one knew Picasso had made jewelry by hand but the news was overshadowed by those paintings.
A year or two out of college, these jewelry artists are winning awards for creativity and craftsmanship, even on a budget. How do they do it? With the perfect saw and a portable photography studio.
Crowds will pile into the Museum of Modern Art this weekend to see Yoko Ono’s art. Saturday night they will applaud...
On September 11, what’s left of the amazing jewelry Joan Sonnabend once wore and sold at her New York City...
An Alabama art jeweler began making jewelry from used motorcycle inner tubes and coffee pods, and it ended up on runway models and fashion magazines.
Niki de Saint Phalle's pop art from the late '60s are everywhere lately - on display and at auction. Her cartoon-like snakes and plump, joyful women became one of the era's most resonant feminist messages: a battle cry for women's liberation. Her cartoon snakes and joyful, leaping women were translated into all media, including jewelry by Gem Montebello. An enticing collection is on display in London now.
You may know Verdura as one of the designer flagships along the glitziest couple blocks of Fifth Avenue, but the...
Michael Dyber scored the grand prize this year in two major gem-cutting competitions. Seems he's invented a new cutting technique that reflects optical illusions. Cool!