National Let's Laugh Day
Although the origin of Let’s Laugh Day is unknown, it has been celebrated since 2019 as a way of stressing “laughter is the best medicine.” The national day stresses the benefit of l ...
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Artist Birthday: Alexander Calder
Alexander is an artist who is renowned in art history for his pioneering exploration of movement in sculpture, and abstraction. He also became renowned for making jewelry which was a combination of mo ...
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Beauty in Weeds and Flotsam: Jan Yager
Jewelry typically functions for its beauty alone, an adornment for the wearer to display wealth, identity, or style. For artist Jan Yager, her jewelry is meant to give voice to marginalized people and ...
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Contemporary Jewelry Pioneer: Eleanor Moty
On a cold January day, I stop and look at this beautiful brooch by Eleanor Moty and wonder why I haven’t introduced you to her jewelry?! She is a fellow Illinoisan by birth, and actually grew up ...
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Never "Pin" an Artist to One Art Form! Harry Bertoia
The word “pin” was entirely accidental in the title of this posting, but I’m sticking with it. In the 1980s, I received a broken-down version of Harry Bertoia’s (1915–197 ...
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Fantasy Christmas Present: Steven Ford and David Forlano
Although I don’t wear a lot of jewelry other than my wedding ring, I’ve always been fascinated with jewelry design. I’m pretty sure that jewelry was one of the few art forms that did ...
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Sculpture as Jewelry: Liv Blåvarp
As you know, I consider artists in any medium to be ARTISTS, not “artisans” or “craftspeople” or “decorative artists.” When one looks at jewelry, even if it has bee ...
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Art on the Body: Annamaria Zanella Jewelry
Jewelry is one of those art forms that had previously been lumped under the designation “craft,” which you all know I hate, or decorative arts (not much better). The consideration of jewel ...
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