On a cord around his neck, Turkish jeweler Gurhan Orhan sports a well-worn Sumerian jasper pendant carved with cuneiform symbols, an early form of writing that dates to around 3500 BC. Although he has ...

When a prominent Munich art collector commissioned Stefan Hemmerle to create a diamond ring for his wife in 1995, he set one condition: no flashy settings. His wife, he said, detested them. To meet ...

A necklace is never just a necklace for jewelry-maker Ruly Deen. From the initial carving to the final polishing, the artist imbues all her works with emotional intent. Her rings, necklaces and ...

There’s a face in the gold earrings on the table of Nadja Arnaaraq Kreutzmann’s workshop. It’s the profile of an ammassak fish—a small, silver species that Inuit Greenlandic people have relied on for ...

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