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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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Jewels, gems and treasures: inaugural exhibit at Boston MFA

Who needs fertility treatments when you can wear jewelry instead – particularly, jewelry like this? Among the earliest treasures on...
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Birgit Kupke-Peyla: German craftsmanship, California style

As you might expect from a goldsmith trained in Germany but living in California, Birgit Kupke-Peyla makes jewelry that blends the exquisite craftsmanship of her homeland with the multicultural influences of her adopted home.
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Wedding rings reinvented: hands-on collaborations

For jewelry designers like Todd Reed and Alex Sepkus who have a signature look, making wedding rings is a matter...
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Wedding rings reinvented: customizing for couples

If you ask me, a couples’ wedding rings should be their first major collaboration, assuming they don’t already have one....
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Making art and jewelry on a Caribbean island

Ever dream of dropping everything, moving to an island and making art for the rest of your life – surrounded...
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Barbara Bayne: from the woods

Barbara Bayne’s jewelry is often dark and organic, like something dug from the earth. Perhaps this has something to do...
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Karen Gilbert: science and nature as muse

Karen Gilbert doesn’t consider herself a chain-maker in the traditional sense, even though she has been obsessed with exploring the...
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Vintage

Salvador Dali: bejeweled surrealism

Jewelry designed by Salvador Dali is the hot ticket these days at auction and museums. Three major exhibits are spotlighting...
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Jewelry by Modern artists: Calder, Picasso, Braque and Man Ray

Many famous twentieth-century painters and sculptors designed in jewelry at some point in their careers, usually in close collaboration with trained goldsmiths. Most of it looks a lot like their art - and some of it opened doors for both celebrity designers and creative studio jewelry.
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Fullerton-Bahr: mokume gane

John Bahr and Lynda Fullerton like to learn new things. Having designed jewelry together since 1990, they had the basics...
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Wedding rings reinvented: customizing through a gallery

Not all designers work individually with couples to customize wedding rings, but sometimes galleries that represent those designers will serve...
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Lucie Heskett-Brem: gold weaver, snake charmer

Lucie Heskett-Brem makes chains, but not as we’ve come to know them. She makes chains Old World-style: hand-crafted, luxury items...
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Contemporary

Wedding rings reinvented: customized by Todd Reed

Todd Reed has made wedding rings for almost two decades. It was a logical progression for a goldsmith who specializes...
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Albert Paley: bodily ornamentation

Albert Paley has been known as a sculptor since 1974 when he won national acclaim for creating the forged gates...
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