Upcoming Conference 2013

The Association for the Study of Jewelry & Related Arts and Adornment sponsors an Annual Conference on Jewelry & Related Arts.

The 2013 Conference will take place in New York City in October 2013. Details of the conference can be found at jewelryconference.com.
Back issues of Adornment from 2007-2012 are available.

In addition to the feature articles/reviews listed below each issue includes: jewelry news, jewelry terminology, maker's marks, jewelry translations, auction report, international calendar of jewelry related exhibits, events and more. Please download the order form here.

Volume 6 No. 1

  • The Story Behind the Martha Custis Pocket Watch
  • Donald Freidlich: Site Adaptive Glass Jewelry
  • Civil War Medals in the Lynn Museum
  • Chyarm Belts: The Latest Charm Phenomenon
  • The Goldsmiths of Marché: The Pinceni Legacy
  • All About Quartz
  • Book Review: Agates Treasures of the Earth

Volume 6 No. 2

  • A Revivalist Bracelet in the Assyrian Style
  • A Primer on Masonic Jewelry
  • Zulugrass Jewelry—Designs from Masai Women
  • French vs. German: Modernist Jewelry Design, 1930-1960
  • Jewelry by Artists: The Daphne Farago Collection
  • Exhibit Review:
    Wunderkammer: Jewelry and Ceramics by Pauline Wirtz
  • Book Reviews:
    Helfried Kodre
    Fritz Maierhofer: Jewelry and More!
    Reflections of Eternity

Volume 6 No. 3

  • Lover's Eye Jewels—Their History and Detecting the Fakes
  • A Group of Compacts by Paul Flato
  • Exhibit Reviews:
    Stepping Out in Style: Outerwear from the Last 150 Years
  • The Dazzling Jewels of Marilyn Cooperman
  • Introducing Wen Liueh Kueh
  • The Little Blue Box: A History of Tiffany & Co.
  • A Gentleman's Jewel...Cat's-Eye Chyrsoberyl
  • Drawing on the Past, Designing for the Present...Victoria Waller's Jewelry
  • Book Reviews:
    Jewelry Handbook: How to Select, Wear & Care for Jewelry
    Shared Images: The Innovative Jewelry of Yazzie Johnson & Gail Bird

Volume 6 No. 4

  • Chinese Thumb Rings: From Battlefield to Jewelry Box
  • The Gold Jewelry of Andrea Cagnetti
  • Wedding Jewelry in the Historic New England Collection
  • Exhibit Reviews:
    GlassWear: Glass in Contemporary Jewelry
  • Stylized Sculpture: Contemporary Japanese Fashion from the Kyoto Costume Institute
  • Indonesian Jewelry in New York
  • Brilliant Bijoux: National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden, The Netherlands
  • Book Reviews:
    Turquoise, Mines, Mineral & Wearable Art
    Sculpture to Wear, The Jewelry of Marjorie Shick

Volume 7 No.1

  • The Scintillating Jewelry of Barbara Berk
  • The Art and Craft of Jewelry...Richard Grinstein
  • The Newark Museum Acquires Key Examples of White Jewlery
  • In the Eyes of the Beholder: Optik Art Jewellery
  • Forged from Scraps of War: Trench Art Jewelry from Western Europe, WWI and II
  • A Tale of Two 19th Century Watches at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • The History of Cranbrook Academy
  • Angeli Puri: Miss India-World: International Jewelry Designer
  • Exhibition Reviews:
    Hidden Afghanistan
    Real Jewelry: Portuguese & Brazilian Contemporary Jewelry
  • Book Reviews:
    Signature Prints: Jet Set Glamour of the 60s and 70s
    Art is Flowering--Flowers in Jewelry
    Glasswear

Volume 7 No. 2

  • A Chinese Kingfisher Feather Headdress
  • Alexandrite—It’s Magic
  • Indian Lacquer Bangles: Rainbows on the Wrist
  • Jewelry Artist Combines Arts of Goldsmithing and Flytying
  • Marjorie Merriweather Post’s Emerald Brooch
  • Lucien Gaillard Belt Buckle
  • From the Village to Vogue: The Modernist Jewelry of Art Smith
  • Wiener Werkstatte Jewelry

Volume 7 No. 3

  • Imperishable Beauty: Art Nouveau Jewelry
  • Arousa el Burqua: The Pride of the Carirene Veil
  • A Gemologist Looks at Lalique Jewelry
  • Alan Bronstein: A Passion for Colored Diamonds
  • New Jewelry at the Museum of Arts & Design
  • Michael Zobel Retrospective
  • In Her Mind's Eye: The Jewelry of Ines Villaneuva
  • Book Reviews:
    Middle Eastern and Venetian Glass Beads: Eighth to Twentieth Centuries
    American Costume Jewelry, Art & Industry, 1935-1950. Volume A-M, N-Z

Volume 7 No. 4

  • The Mary Todd Lincoln Suite
  • A Silver Uraeus Ring from Meroe
  • A Cut Above--The Carved Bakelite of Brad Elfrink
  • Nature Examined: The World of Jennifer Trask
  • At the Shows 2008
  • Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry
  • Book Reviews:
    Asian Ivory, The Fat Booty of Madness, Artistic Luxury, Faberge´, Tiffany, Lalique

Volume 8 No. 1

  • Quiet Ripples: Jewelry of Yoshiko Yamamoto
  • A 15th Century Niello Betrothal Medallion
  • Ready, Set, Bid
  • Opal, The Essence
  • Thewa Jewelry from Rajasthan
  • Yogendra Sethi: Artist and Jeweler
  • Vanessa Swarovski Launches New Line
  • Masterpieces of Ancient Jewelry
  • Book Review:
    Warman Costume Jewelry Figurals

Volume 8 No. 2

  • Jewelry of the Arts & Crafts Movement
  • Berlin Iron Work
  • A 19th Century Bangle
  • Peretti Jewels
  • Mary Fisher Artist and Humanist
  • Romancing the Stone
  • The Colburg Eagle
  • Estate Jewelry
  • Book Reviews:
  • Ancient Modern: Polymer Clay and Wire Jewelry
    Pure Silver Metal Clay Beads
    Amber: Jewelry, Art & Science

Volume 8 No. 3

  • A Unique Perspective on Modernism: The Jewelry of George Brooks
  • Jewelry with a Heart: Seeking the Untold Story
  • The Nature of Diamonds Exhibition Review
  • The French Blue: Book Review
  • Silver Seduction: The Art of Mexican Modernist Antoni Pineda:
    Exhibition Review
  • Hidden Treasures of Jordan: Traditional Silver Jewelry in
    Amman

Volume 8 No. 4

  • Nature in Gold: The Jewelry of Lilly Fitzgerald
  • Seven Rings by Sculptor Ulrich Beier
  • Whatever Happened to Hip-Hop Jewelry
  • The Khallli Collection of Enamels
  • The Willard Family Portrait: A Story Told in Details

Volume 9 No. 1

  • Jewelry in the Age of Queen Victoria
  • The Colt Necklace
  • New Trends in Jewelry
  • Notable Jewels: North African Jewelry
  • Jewelry of the Nizams
  • The Architectural Rings of Natalia Kransnodebska
  • Rakhi Bracelets
  • Glories of Ancient Greece

Volume 9 No. 2

  • The Resonating Genius of Carlos Sobral
  • The Origins of Florentine Openwork
  • The Luminous Studio: A Visit with John Hatleberg
  • Everything You to Need to Know about Jewelry Insurance
  • The Golden Age of the Ballets Russes

Volume 9 No. 3

  • Two Jewels by Mrs. Newman
  • Modern Marvels: The Jewelry of Giuliana Michelotti
  • Abbushan—A Design Melange
  • Traditional Jewelry and Dress from the Balkans
  • The Glamour and Glitz of Van Cleef & Arpels
  • Jewelers of the Hudson Valley
  • Museum of Fine Arts Boston Opens Jewelry Gallery

Volume 9 No. 4

  • The Elizabeth Taylor Estate
  • Joan Crawford at the Museum of Fine Arts
  • More than One to Make One: Kiff Slemmons