UPCOMING CONFERENCE - FALL 2008

Adornment sponsors an Annual Conference on Jewelry & Related Arts.

Ahead of Its Time: Art Jewelry in the Milieu of 1900....October 11-13, 2008 in conjunction with the exhibition Imperishable Beauty: Art Nouveau Jewelry currently on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston through November 9.

An all-day conference takes place Sunday, October 12 at The Massachusetts College of Art. The extra study day on Saturday, October 11 is sold out but space is still available for the extra study day on Monday, October 13.

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Back issues of Adornment from 2007 and 2008 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.

Winter 2007 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

Summer 2007 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

Fall 2007 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

Winter 2007/2008 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

Spring 2008 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