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Jewelry Journey Podcast

Apr 26, 2021

What you’ll learn in this episode:

  • Why Amanda started collecting 60s and 70s jewelry, and how the view of jewelry from this era changed over time
  • The story behind the collection shown in the exhibit “Simply Brilliant: Artist-Jewelers of the 1960s and 1970s”
  • Who the independent jewelry artists of the 60s and 70s...


Apr 25, 2021

What you’ll learn in this episode:

  • How San Francisco’s art jewelry scene has changed over the last three decades.
  • Why art jewelry made from non-precious materials is still worthy of a high price tag.
  • How the Society of North American Goldsmiths has responded to the coronavirus pandemic, and how you can help support...


Apr 12, 2021

What you’ll learn in this episode:

  • What inspired Alexia to combine historical designs with tropical-colored gemstones
  • What Alexia’s experience as a Black jewelry designer is like, and why the idea that there are no Black jewelry professionals is a myth
  • How artisanal small-scale gem mining helps protect workers...


Apr 5, 2021

What you’ll learn in this episode:

  • Why you don’t always need to focus on big cities when looking for art jewelry
  • How Ornamentum finds and selects artists to represent
  • How Stefan defines conceptual jewelry
  • The inspiration behind the work of Jiro Kamata, one of Ornamentum’s well-known artists
  • How Ornamentum has...