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Silver & Gold

These precious metals have been part of the lexicon of jewelers since humans mastered blacksmithing, thousands of years ago.

RAPHAEL SANZIO PENDANT
by Roberta and David Williamson.

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Ornament at 50 Volume 44.4
Robert K. Liu Robert K. Liu

Ornament at 50 Volume 44.4

Robert K. Liu takes us back through fifty years of Ornament Magazine and the Bead Journal, showing through photographs the magnificent journey that he and the late Coeditor Carolyn L.E. Benesh have undertaken, and the incredible people they have met along the way.

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Wearable Artists

As the 60s and 70s, the heyday of wearable art as a new medium, fade into the past, contemporary wearable art has become more refined, minimalistic, and influenced by fashion. This divergence has seen some of the spiritual successors to wearable art branch off into popular culture, such as Burning Man, cosplay, and fursuiting.

JACKET by K. Riley, of hand-carved blockprinted fabric, 2019.

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