Volumes & Issues

Tag: accessories

  • Magazine of the Week

    Welcome back to our Magazine of the Week! This title is published by the Society of North American Goldsmiths.  It focuses on the boutique jewelry industry, with an emphasis on fine metals and modern design. Their website is here: http://www.snagmetalsmith.org/metalsmith-magazine/metalsmith-digital/ In case you were curious, FIT’s Jewelry Design page is here: http://www.fitnyc.edu/2538.asp In service to…

  • Cinderella, the Sasenach, and Other Fantasies

    Who doesn’t love a ball and a wedding?  Especially fantasy ones… http://tinyurl.com/k8cmvkt Cinderella’s ball gown caught my eye on the billboards, and I’m dying to see the movie.  I was also dying to see the gown’s construction.  It’s interesting that so many of the techniques used to make this very grand gown were pulled from…

  • Vines and Whorls from the Anglo-Saxons

    Last month I wrote a bit about my obsession with curving vines and acanthus leaves.  Someone at the British Museum must have heard my cry, and just posted this about how to decode (and thereby reuse!) the complicated knots and whorls of Anglo-Saxon art.  The British Museum being the foremost holder of such treasures, not…