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Happy November! I can’t believe how fast the last 10 days have gone by – Halloween, our friends’ wedding, NYC for work, Esplanade benefit, houseguests – now we’re at November 6th – crazy! It was nice to get an extra hour of sleep last night and I’m pretty sure I spent that hour banging around […]
Read More// Nov.6.2011
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After weeks trapped in the decorating mindset we’re taking a mini-break this weekend and heading to Chicago. The impetus for the trip is the hockey game tomorrow but in the spirit of leaving our “nearly there” apartment behind, I’m scamming only on jewelry today – specifically Pomellato jewelry, which was featured in the Financial Times’ […]
Read More// Mar.25.2011
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I came upon Eduardo Garza’s work in an issue of Lonny Mag and immediately was smitten. The objects they showed were, at the time, very high end bookends that were beautiful geodes encrusted in gold. Since they appeared in the magazine they’ve more than doubled in price on his website to an unattainable cost but […]
Read More// Dec.24.2010
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Larry Kling is my great uncle, so perhaps this post is biased. He was a jeweler who worked through the 60s making beautiful pieces for all sorts of customers from his family to, as the rumor goes, Marilyn Monroe! Larry is sort of a mythical person in my family and his jewelry is no different. […]
Read More// Dec.19.2010
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Today is Thanksgiving here and while we wait for our 30 pound turkey to finish cooking I’m online shopping…naturally. Even though my family never abides by it, I enjoy making Christmas lists, it’s fun and hopeful! Courtney, my friend, is here with me and we got to talking jewelry. She introduced me to Melissa Joy […]
Read More// Nov.25.2010
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Michael, my brother, strikes again with an awesome exhibit that sadly just closed at the Museum of Art and Design called, Dead or Alive? From the show page I learned about some of the awesome artists included and one completely caught my eye, Tracy Heneberger. The above, for example, is amazing. Her use of natural […]
Read More// Oct.28.2010
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I have seen this amazing jewelry designer at a series of boutiques in the last five years on both coasts and in between. Nava Zahavi’s name though didn’t stick in my mind as strongly as the style of her pieces, which are unique in both rough stone choice and technique. In my years making jewelry […]
Read More// May.11.2009