Eating Diamonds
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Julia Turner
Julia Turner’s Eden Earrings are quiet, but they linger. Long, enameled steel bars in muted greens, violets, and blues hang from a dark wooden base. Each piece is slightly uneven, catching light in its own rhythm. The arrangement feels calm yet deliberate; a sentence with perfect pauses. There’s an ease in how Turner balances control…
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Myung Urso
In Arirang No. 5, Myung Urso composes a soft and deliberate rhythm; one stitched from memory, material, and motion. Named after the iconic Korean folk song Arirang, the necklace hums with cultural resonance while remaining formally abstract. Each form is hand-dyed and sewn, shifting gently in scale and color as the necklace circles itself. Arirang…
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Gabriella Kiss
In Gabriella Kiss’s Royal Necklace, a sense of quiet opulence emerges through restraint. Composed of 18k yellow gold, salt-and-pepper diamonds, and a single Zambian emerald, the necklace balances regality with an earthy intimacy. The design is both sculptural and organic. Each gold link slightly irregular in silhouette, as if shaped by hand and time rather…
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Annemiek Steenhuis
In The Jewel Without Repeat, Dutch artist Annemiek Steenhuis transforms yarn, childhood memory, and generational craft into a contemplative necklace full of soft volumes and rich symbolism. The piece was originally created for the Confrontations competition held by New Traditional Jewellery, exhibited at the SIERAAD Art Fair in Amsterdam and later at Museum Arnhem between…
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Jack Cunningham
Jack Cunningham’s Fragments & Curiosities (2011) exemplifies the potential of narrative jewelry to operate as both personal artifact and conceptual object. Composed of oxidized silver, Perspex, cultured pearls, 18ct gold, and found objects, the brooch functions as a miniature site of inquiry by layering visual symbolism with material juxtaposition to provoke open-ended interpretation. Cunningham, a…
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Joyce J. Scott
Joyce J. Scott’s necklace Run Down on the Highway of Love presents a complex visual narrative using meticulous beadwork, sewn leather, and small sculptural forms to explore themes of trauma, intimacy, and identity. Made in 1986, the piece is emblematic of Scott’s signature style of using traditional bead weaving techniques to craft figurative compositions that…
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Sotiria Vasileiou
Sotiria Vasileiou’s necklace Love Modern Embroidery Necklace from the Underneath the Shadow collection is a rich tapestry of technique, symbolism, and craftsmanship. Meticulously hand-embroidered with cotton threads, the piece draws inspiration from Renaissance embroidery patterns, the meditative clarity of mindfulness, and the narrative strength of text-based art. It is a layered composition that both materially…
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Leonore Jock
Leonore Jock’s ring series presents a focused exploration of form and surface through a minimalist yet sculpturally assertive vocabulary. Each ring consists of a cylindrical silver volume, joined visibly to emphasize its construction, with brightly colored enamel interiors that add a surprise note of contrast. The outer surfaces are left with a satin finish, allowing…
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Morgan Hill
Morgan Hill’s Pimm’s Cup brooch, part of her Bad Habits collection, transforms a quintessential summer cocktail into a vibrant, wearable sculpture. Glossy enamel-painted charms: lemon slices, strawberries, limes, mint leaves. gather in an exuberant cluster that captures the visual and sensory excess of the drink it references. The dangling elements evoke both the ingredients of…
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Karin Roy Andersson
Karin Roy Andersson’s Loboria I brooch presents a careful study in both material transformation and natural observation. Constructed from recycled plastics—specifically soap and body lotion bottles—along with steel and thread, the piece demonstrates Andersson’s ongoing interest in environmental consciousness and surface texture. Measuring 14 × 11.5 × 5 cm, Loboria I occupies a scale large…
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