The ancient craft of sil­ver­smithing has some­thing new to say in an exhi­bi­tion at Aaron Faber Gallery that begins tomor­row, Tues­day, June 23^rd and runs through August 8^th. The firm has long been the cham­pion of both master-contemporary and up-and-coming stu­dio arti­sans. The group of about one hun­dred pieces was worked by thirty-four sil­ver­smiths whose aes­thet­ics mix tra­di­tional and inno­v­a­tive tech­niques with a mod­ern sen­si­bil­ity. The col­lec­tion pos­sesses a strong per­spec­tive that (hint, hint) is must see for any­one in fash­ion look­ing for some direc­tional afflatus.

Ster­ling sil­ver ring by Tanja Nie­der­mann (Aaron Faber Gallery, NYC)

Brooch, Oxi­dized ster­ling sil­ver and fresh­wa­ter pearl by Clara Breen (at Aaron Faber Gallery, NYC)

Neck col­lar. Sil­ver. By Arline Fisch (at Aaron Faber Gallery, NYC)

“Frag­ments, 2008″ mixed media brooch by Jack Cun­ning­ham (at Aaron Faber Gallery, NYC)

“Tan­ta­lus” ster­ling sil­ver neck­lace by Alexan­dra Hart (at Aaron Faber Gallery, NYC)