Dispatches from Milano

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Wire Crochet Design Experiments

Wire Crochet tubular bracelet.  November 20, 2011. I have been busy conjuring up objects from wire. As architects, jewelry is the smallest realized design we can create. Next of course there are the futuristic 3D printers, but I like the analog character of crochet, using my hands, painting with metal and ending up with wearable [...]

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New Jewelry Design: ‘Three Talismans | Nodes’ necklace

A talisman (from Arabic طلسم Tilasm, ultimately from Greek telesma or from the Greek word “telein” which means “to initiate into the mysteries”) is an amulet or other object considered to possess supernatural or magical powers. (thankyou wiki.) Each spacer/bolt has the word intre·pidi·ty embedded on it. Susan Lenart Kazmer, of Industrial chic ,gives us [...]

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Fabric City, Kisses and Beads

The Fabric City is finally finished! Yay! Back to collages and sketches now. From this… …to a process of cutting and puzzle-making… to this: Tomorrow the ‘city’  will be cut and applied to a presently plain backpack and signed. I also want to share this impromptu jewelry design, my second, kindly modeled! Finally, work inspired by [...]

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