Giovanni Corvaja is an Italian artist from the northern city of Padua. Fascinated by the unique properties of gold he has dedicated his experimentations and research to this material, creating objects from the...
René Lalique was a real revolutionary of his time. He invented the new way of looking at the jewelry. His work you can’t confuse with anyone else. It assumed imprint of its creator and...
Look at this amazing gold earrings. The abstract constructive design could be contemporary, couldn’t it?! The three-dimension form is so impressive and composed of almost sharp geometry: squares and spheres. This type of earrings...
The color of aquamarine contains a rich and mysterious shade of silver-pale blue, mystery of the sea surface which reflects the vastness of the azure sky. The treasure of mermaids it was a talisman...
Vicenza Oro is one of the most prestigious international jewelry exhibitions and worth visiting destination for discovering designers and famous brands from different countries, gems trading and jewelry manufacturers. This time I had only one...
During my last trip to New York I was fortunate to meet with jewelers from Germany Tom and Jutta Munsteiner. Their jewelry always featured always unique and modern fantasy gemstone cut constantly flashes in...
A few days ago on Christie’s website I stumbled on an curious gold amulet found in the Balkan territory and created around the 5th millennium BC. Technically it can be divided into two parts:...
About gold ring “René Descartes” by German artist Manfred Bischoff. In his work the artist researched parallels, artistic interrelation between language, drawing, sign and jewelry. For me, as a philologist, his art is of...
Publisher: Thames&Hudson, 2012 Language: English Review: Interesting journey from shell beads worn by Palaeolithic hunters, beauties of Egyptian and Byzantine jewelry art through Renaissance gold work and Art Nouveau enamels to experimental and contemporary...
Recently one article caught my eye. The author described some human activities that UNESCO had included in the list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity. It made me think how fragile and vulnerable our...
