Mining precious metals is a murky business. Cyanide leaching is just one of many health, safety, and ethical issues that makes mining precious metals so questionable in practice and in theory. Once the metal is extracted, the ore is crushed, piled in enormous heaps, and sprayed with cyanide. This causes the gold to leach out […]
It’s brutal in New York. Pushing around more hot air, even in a blog post, just isn’t cool so this one is short and to the point. Trolling the web today, I was struck by how some women wear jewelry so well, even in the movies. Think of these images as my en plein air […]
My first Locket and Fathers post may be read here. Please also follow me on Twitter @jewelhistory. Good morning. It’s about 5:50 am now — I’ve risen a little early to get some work done and see our fifteen year old off to tennis camp. It’s just the two of us today, my husband took […]
The Couture Fall 2011 shows are exhibiting now and out of the gate comes designer Giambattista Valli with bejeweled and gold belts. There is no mistaking that his statement is meant to be more ornamental than sartorial. The look reads frivolous rather than cinching by necessity, or by tailored finishing. The focus is placed at […]
Image by Michael Lionstar
