Farrah Al-Dujaili 2011 EAA Winner

Agnes Larsson 2010 EAA Winner

We have been looking for a few new people to join some of our committees. We have invited Märta Mattsson, a jeweler from Sweden, Bella Neyman, a writer from New York, Marthe LeVan, a writer, editor and co-owner of Mora from North Carolina and Ivy Ross, who was formally a jeweler and is now a marketing wiz from Mill Valley, California, to join us in working to make this organization all it can be. If you are interested in volunteering some time to help us, please send me an email. 

We continue to post articles on the website at a rate of one a week and blog posts at the rate of about two a week. We feel this is very ambitious and it provides you with probably more reading than you can keep up with but it is also adding to the repository of history of this field where students and researchers, writers, journalists and others can find pertinent information when they need it. It is a place to find good stories and interviews that anyone pursuing an interest in jewelry can enjoy. Below you will find a list of the most recent articles on the blog and website. Take a look.   

Speaking of reading, the jewelry book I have been enjoying during the last couple of weeks is Contemporary Jewellers: Interviews with European Artists by Roberta Bernabei. She begins the book with a clear statement about what contemporary jewelry is and where it came from and then she interviews the usual suspects who have some insightful, revealing and entertaining responses to her questions. If you are curious, visit our Bookstore, where you can read a review and order the book directly from Amazon. We will get a few pennies for the referral. Try it out and enjoy the book.

Unlike any other jewelry event in the country, LOOT 2012 gives jewelry collectors the opportunity to meet some of the most innovative creators in the field and acquire work directly from them. This twelfth edition of LOOT will be the largest and most international ever, with jewelry by more than 50 emerging and acclaimed artists, hailing from twelve countries. It will also showcase the work of jewelry students from New York's own Fashion Institute of Technology. To learn more about the artists, exhibition and sale, the jewelry study day and to order benefit tickets online, please visit their website. 

Matthew Kangas reviews Knitted, Knotted, Twisted and Twined: The Jewelry of Mary Lee Hu.

Artists this far away from New York are easier to ignore and, among some collectors, curators and critics, there is a sense that local favorites are not necessarily worthy of a big push beyond the area. East Coast artists still fare better than West Coast artists and painters, while sculptors have always garnered more attention than jewelers. Read more...