OUR WRITERS

Elyse Zorn Karlin, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief

Elyse Zorn Karlin is the founder and executive editor of Adornment Magazine. She is also the author of the definitive book on jewelry of the Arts & Crafts Movement, Jewelry and Metalwork in the Arts & Crafts Tradition and co-author of Imperishable Beauty: Art Nouveau Jewelry.

She is also a freelance curator. Finer Things: Jewelry from 1880s-1930s was on view at Stan Hywet House & Gardens, Akron, Ohio, the home of F. A. Seiberling, the co-founder of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (www.stanhywet.org).

Her current exhibition, Out of this World! Jewelry in the Space Age, is at The Forbes Galleries, New York City through September 7th, 2013.


Yvonne J. Markowitz, Editor

Yvonne J. Markowitz is the Rita J. Kaplan and Susan B. Kaplan Curator of Jewelry at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. It is the first curatorship of its kind in America and she the editor of Adornment Magazine. A frequent lecturer, she has published extensively in the area of ancient and contemporary jewelry.

She is the author of Artful Adornments: Jewelry from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and is the co-author of the books Artistic Luxury: Jewels from the House of Tiffanyand Imperishable Beauty: Art Nouveau Jewelry.

Her most recent curatorial efforts have been Imperishable Beauty: Art Nouveau Jewelry and Jewelry, Gems, and Treasures, Ancient to Modern currently on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (www.mfa.org).


Eric J. Hoffman, Contributing Editor, Asian Subjects

Eric J. Hoffman has written about subjects including Chinese jades, archer rings and snuff bottles for Adornment. An aficianado of Chinese jades for over 35 years, he is a member of Friends of Jade, a jade consultant to the Chinese Cultural Relic Association, and a frequent lecturer. Following 40 years as an engineer in the space program, he now runs Hoffman's Far East Gallery, an online jade business.


Gail Brett Levine, G.G., Contributing Editor, Gemology

Gail Brett Levine is a GIA graduate gemologist and the owner of Timeless, a jewelry appraisal business. She is also the Executive Director of the National Association of Jewelry Appraisers, runs the online service Auction Market Report for Gems & Jewelry, and is the program director for the GIA Alumni Association, New York Chapter. She writes for Adornment on gemological subjects as well as other jewelry subjects.


Chitra Balasubramaniam, Contributing Editor, India

Chitra Baslustramian lives in New Delhi, India and writes about crafts and jewelry subjects. She writes on both traditional and historical jewelry of India for Adornment


Sigrid van Roode, European Contributing Editor

Sigrid is a heritage managment consultant. She specializes in Bedouin jewelry from north Africa and the Middle East, in particular its social and apotropaic aspects.

Numerous other writers including curators, jewelry historians, gemologists, and experts write for Adornment as well. We have writers in Europe as well as in the United States who contribute to Adornment.