I recently took my 12 SACI Jewelry Design students on a studio visit to Microfficina, to meet jewelry artist, Federico Vianello. Is it just a coincidence that his last name contains the word for “ring” in Italian, anello? Microfficina is a small design studio, workshop, and gallery in Florence, Italy, where Federico creates, displays, and… Read More jewelry studio visit: federico vianello
The last functioning goldsmith atelier left on the Ponte Vecchio.… Read More inside fratelli piccini – the last goldsmith on the ponte vecchio
Rigore e Libertà (Rigore and Liberty) is an exhibition featuring three major Italian masters of contemporary jewelry: Mario Pinton, Francesco Pavan, and Giampaolo Babetto. The extensive exhibition of almost 150 pieces is being housed within the Marino Marini Foundation Museum in Pistoia, northwest of Florence, through March 24, 2019. Marino Marini taught Mario Pinton sculpture… Read More rigore e libertà – contemporary italian jewelry
Silver (Ag), argentum in Latin, is a mineral that has been known to have natural antibiotic and antibacterial properties. It has been used historically for thousands of years by ancient civilizations to disinfect and treat diseases. It also helps to preserve foods and liquids from contamination. The ancient Greeks and Romans stored perishables in silver vessels.… Read More blue bloods and colloidal silver
Silver is a natural antimicrobial, antifungal, and antibacterial metal that also contains anti-inflammatory agents. In the case of the nipple shields, it heals and prevents cuts, wounds, cracks, soreness, and infections. … Read More metallic nipple shields
How exciting that one of the more important contemporary art museums in Italy, the MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Art, is dedicating an exhibition to contemporary art jewelry in relationship to architecture… two of my passions!… Read More body, movement, structure. contemporary jewelry and its construction [at the MAXXI, Rome]
