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Line and Light: What the Daniel Brush Retrospective Taught Me in Paris

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Line and Light: What the Daniel Brush Retrospective Taught Me in Paris

Tucked inside the Hôtel de Mercy-Argenteau on the Boulevard Montmartre is L'ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts — a school founded by Van Cleef & Arpels in 2012, not to sell jewelry, but to teach people about it. They run courses on gemology, jewelry history, and the hands-on techniques of the trade, plus talks, a library, and rotating exhibitions. It's a rare thing: a space built entirely around the culture of jewelry. I was recently in Paris and went to see their current exhibition, "Daniel Brush, the Art of Line and Light", running through October 4th. Daniel Brush was not an...

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Heading to Massachusetts for a Trunk Show!

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Heading to Massachusetts for a Trunk Show!

I’m excited to share that I’ll be kicking off the fall season with a trunk show at Loveday in West Concord, Massachusetts!

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Back From the Big Apple 🍎

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Back From the Big Apple 🍎

I’m just back from a few whirlwind days in New York for the Melee wholesale show, and it was such a lovely mix of work and fun. I picked up two new shops — Deva in Winston-Salem, NC and Wear Ever Jewelry in Alexandria, VA — and restocked some of my favorite longtime accounts. You can see the full list of retailers here. The show takes place at Chelsea Piers, right on the water, and my showcase was in front of a huge window with the Hudson River stretching out behind me. Although the trip was mostly business, I did...

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A New Trade Show and an Amazing Symposium!

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A New Trade Show and an Amazing Symposium!

It’s been a fantastic summer – after I went to Albuquerque for the Saul Bell Awards and the Santa Fe Symposium, I went to Las Vegas to exhibit at Premier, and shortly after that headed up to Grand Marais, Minnesota for the Findings Symposium at the Grand Marais Art Colony.

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A Fun Trip to Albuquerque ... Where I Won the Saul Bell Award!

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A Fun Trip to Albuquerque ... Where I Won the Saul Bell Award!

I just returned from Albuquerque, New Mexico, where I attended the Santa Fe Symposium and the Saul Bell Awards (spoiler alert: I won!), both hosted by the jewelry supply company Rio Grande. My husband Adam was excited to join me, and we had the best time on our trip!

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