We are proud to announce that SIERAAD will celebrate its 15th anniversary in November with an exceptional exhibition. The fair will feature a special selection from the largest ethnological jewellery collection in Holland. It is the outcome of an inspiring...

We are so proud to announce this years 15th edition campaign. So happy to work with the designs of John Moore and the picture by Chris Bulezuik.

By: Isabella van den Bos Sometimes jewellery will go beyond its elementary function of body adornment. When this is the case, the issue is not the question of beautiful and/or ugly (which in essence is not relevant, but that is another story, literally and...

By Isabella van den Bos As far as we are concerned we would like to see it more often, much more often: XXL jewellery in public spaces. The examples are mainly about scaling up, there is no question of developing new imagery. Neither is this necessary: it is...

Artjewellery?    by Isabella van den Bos In the inbox an invitation from a London gallery featuring an exhibition of jewellery by topdesigner Ron Arad. With this email, the question arises if jewellery by designers and renowned visual artists is considered a...

Mindf*ck 2  by Isabella van den Bos Forget everything you know about (semi-) precious stones. Ignasi Cavaller (alumnus Fachhochschule Trier, campus Idar-Oberstein) makes magic: what you see is not what you get… We’re in Galerie tal20 (Schmuck 2016, Munich) looking at...

Mindf*ck 1   by Isabella van den Bos Magic happens if what you see is not what you get. It started with a classic fire truck in front of the monumental Neue Sammlung in Munich. The truck was in fact a mobile gallery featuring Common Ground with jewellery by Helen...

All exhibitions we were able to visit during SCHMUCK 2016. WHERE DOES THE PARALLEL WORLD EXIST?  Mari Ishikawa HATARA PROJECT, TIME PERCEPTION VOL.2; Christine Jalio, Helmi Lindblom, Melina...

It’s very likely some kind of professional deformation if you only have eyes for jewellery when looking at the biggest acquisition in fine art in years. That’s exactly what happened to us when we first say pictures of the wedding portraits of Maerten Soolmans and his...