Lapidary and Metalsmith In 1972, 25-year-old Lee Angelo Marraccini accompanied his wife Pam to the art studio in Washington, DC, where she was taking pottery classes. On a whim, he enrolled in a...
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Patty Bolz began her career as a designer and goldsmith in 1980. Since that time, she has maintained a studio and a home in Camden, Maine, where she lives with her husband and three children. Over the...
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Jewelry Designer Although Dominique Cohen didn't study design in college, she has always been visually artistic and won awards in photography. She first started by making jewelry for herself, but...
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What exactly is art jewelry? Some jewelry is just too beautiful and too unique to be called anything but art jewelry. Some of it is too precious and/or fragile to wear. And, to me at least, it also...
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Jewelry Designer Jewelry is in Caroline Ballou's blood. Since 1886, four generations of the Ballou family have made their company one of Rhode Island's most important manufacturers of fine...
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Ross-Simons, a trusted jeweler by over 4 million customers since 1952, offers a fabulous collection of jewelry that sets the standard for exquisite design. Their jewelry experts work hand-in-hand with...
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Maurice Barouh taught his son Jack the essentials of watch making - patience and a dedication to quality. It was an education in both the business and the craft of the industry, a lesson that Jack...
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Smersh Design was founded in 1994 and is powered by Frances and John Smersh. Their focus is on clean design, and they utilize alternative materials to create jewelry with contemporary lines. Frances...
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Yellow has been a favorite color since this past winter, and what better embodiment of that trend in jewelry than gold. Though it's ever so pricey, yellow gold has made a comeback in a big way...
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Christine MacKellar creates jewelry with layers of rich textures and an unusual twist to the two-tone idea made popular by jewelry designers like David Yurman and Steven Lagos. Her signature look...
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Palladium is a platinum group metal, which also includes platinum, ruthenium, osmium, iridium, and rhodium. These metals are found together in nature and have similar qualities. They are white in...
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Hot Jewelry Trends: Spring 2008 Collection Since 1958, Palm Beach Jewelry has sold jewelry and fragrance merchandise to over 20 million satisfied customers. Their exclusive online showcase brings you...
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Laura Love Rose is emerging as a world class jewelry designer whose collections exhibit a sophistication and a worldliness seldom seen in new designers. Her jewelry is reminiscent of the classic...
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Jewelry Technique: Nerikomi Kenwood Porcelain is a collection of ceramic jewelry handmade from colored clays. The various patterns seen in the multicolored disks are created by layering and...
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Dana Melnick's Dana David Collection redefines modern luxury with jewelry for the way we live. Inspired by graphics and architecture, Dana's bold sculptural designs combine classic elegance...
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Cuff Daddy is an online cufflink store based in metro Washington D.C. Cuff Daddy specializes in unique, high quality cufflinks not found elsewhere in the United States. They source the best discount...
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Sarah Baroni has been creating her collection of handcrafted sterling silver jewelry in Arcata, California, since 1991. She is inspired by the natural beauty of her home town on Cape Cod,...
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Zavier Boutique is an online specialty store offering fashion-conscious customers exclusive high-quality products at truly affordable prices. Zavier, originally a fine jewelry brand known for its...
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Somers Randolph is not a jewelry designer, he's a sculptor. Known for his larger pieces, Somers has also spent 30 years carving in miniature. When his wife Hillary discovered a virtual treasure...
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Judith Neugebauer has worked as a jeweler since 1974. Prior to that, she was trained in classical ballet, having studied extensively with the American Ballet Theater in New York City. She performed...
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Jeannine McKenzie has been a jeweler for more than thirty years. She displayed her work on the art show circuit from 1974 to 1986, winning numerous awards at some of the finest juried shows in the...
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Zoe is a trained goldsmith and describes her work as being inspired by friends, who are dynamic and fashion forward women, and who know how to mix and match styles, colors, textures, and trends to...
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John Hardy traveled to Bali from his native Canada in 1975, and fell in love with the exotic locale. He learned ancient jewelry-making skills from traditional Balinese silversmiths and incorporated...
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Max & Chloe is an online jewelry store that offers fashion jewelry, diamonds and fine jewelry, handbags, and accessories. They feature quite a few brands, like CC Skye, Kenneth Jay Lane, Pade...
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