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]
Many years ago, one of my first casting projects in silver was inspired by Cimabue’s frescoes in the Basilica of Assisi—the colors, forms, and his stylistic story telling. I was particularly drawn to the architectural depiction of an Italian city in the Upper Basilica, a… Read More “ytalia,” cimabue, and contemporary italian art
PREZIOSA 2017- Florence Jewellery Week From 24th to 28th May 2017 Le Arti Orafe Jewellery School (LAO) hosted PREZIOSA 2017-Florence Jewellery Week, a unique event in Italy that places the emphasis on the interactions between tradition and artistic research, manual skills and new technologies. Today was the final day with artisan demonstrations, while yesterday’s calendar… Read More preziosa young 2017 winning jewelry artists
