“A Talk with Terhi Tolvanen”, Contemporary Art Jewellery Maker

“Nature & Culture, Rough & Elegance, Raw & Modesty” the work of Terhi Tolvanen in a nutshell.This time I had the honour to have lunch with Terhi Tolvanen from Finland, working in France and easily speaking Dutch because she lived for eighteen years in Amsterdam where she still spends a lot of her
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‘The Crown Jewels of Hollywood’, The collection of Elizabeth Taylor at Christie’s New York

‘Celebrating The Life and Legacy of Elizabeth Taylor’, this totally stunning jewellery collection will be for sale at Christie’s New York within a few days. Enjoy this immens beautiful jewellery collection which is devided in ‘The Legendary Jewels’ and ‘Jewelry’ at the Christie’s evening auctions. The profits will be for ‘The Elizabeth Taylor
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Lisa Walker received Francoise van Den Bosch Award! Now at Exhibition the Cobra Museum!

My heartfelt congratulations to Lisa Walker of New Zealand for receiving the impressive Francoise van Den-Bosch award! The award she lately received at the opening of her solo exhibition at the Cobra museum in Amstelveen, near Amsterdam (NL). The exhibition shows a funny, colourful and refreshing collection of re-used materials made into assemblages made over the last year. A beautiful
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IJL, International Jewellery London

From 4 until  7 September INTERNATIONAL JEWELLERY LONDON’ will be held.Meet the Gem-A team at this year’s IJL at stand J50 for a free gem-seminar, Click here to register online for a meeting. Doug Garrod has become a highly anticipated ‘show regular’ in the programme of excellent seminars held each
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“The Walters Art Museum”, Baltimore USA

Being on the internet for my preparings of “Gem-Session 2” I entered the web-site of The Walters Art Museum. Because there’s so much more to see than only the famous conch pearl ‘cage’ pendant, where I was looking for, I have to share this with you right away. An amazing varied and aesthetically beautiful jewellery collection! This museum contains
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Margriet Sopers

Margriet Sopers, FGA

Having a diploma in jewellery, FGA and a propaedeutic of the Academy of Art followed-up by interesting years as a jewellery expert at Sotheby's & Gemeentelijke Krediet Bank, as well as being a member for years of the Society of Jewellery Historians, I am glad to share with you today's world of jewellery.

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