Double Feature: Erfurter Schmucksymposium & a Review of Body Control

Jewelry That Makes You Think.

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Read on for this week's two featured articles.

ARTICLE

THE 17th ERFURTER SCHMUCKSYMPOSIUM

News from the Middle of Germany

by Susanne Knorr

"This year, the 17th Erfurter Schmucksymposium took place August 5–19, 2019. It had the motto—and how could it be any different on the centennial of the most important design school of the 20th century?—"100 years of Ba uhaus." This is the only meeting of jewelry artists that, in addition to the theoretical part, focuses on working together for 14 days. Almost the entire elite of international jewelry design has already participated in this symposium. As on every occasion, 10 participants took part: Mandy Rasch, Katharina Kielmann, Ketli Tiitsar, Sophie Hanagarth, Anat Shiftan, Jamie Bennett, Melanie Isverding, Sarh Schuschkleb, Felix Lindner, and Karola Torkos."

Image caption: Felix Lindner, salt cellar, oyster shell, blackened silver, photo copyright Stadtverwaltung Erfurt / V. Gürtler

REVIEW

JEWELRY THAT RAISES (TOO MANY) QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BODY

The Body Control Exhibition

by Saskia Kolff

"Jewelry and fashion, worn on the body, can express concerns about issues in our society. It seems that, lately, many of these issues are about that body itself. A hairy skin ring, a brooch of cast labia, and many less explicit specimens are on show in the Netherlands. The exhibition Body Control assembles the current perspectives."

Image caption: Exhibition view, Body Control, 2019–2020, overview with skin-print curtains, Museum Arnhem, The Netherlands, photo: Eva Broekema. In this show, fashion is presented on mannequins but jewelry is usually not.

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FEATURED AJF LIBRARY CONTENT

Glitz, Glamour, and Guys

This excerpt from AJF's book On and Off was written by jewelry artist Jillian Moore. It takes a look at the tailor Nudie Cohn and his use of rhinestones to create opulent garments for clients such as Elvis and Liberace, successfully subverting gender norms while doing so.

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