Category: Jewelry World

Book is guide to costume jewelry
By Marta Salij
Detroit Free Press
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 03.18.2006
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Can a woman ever have too many fabulous jewels? This is a question we put to Carole Tanenbaum, collector extraordinaire of antique and vintage costume jewelry.
Too many? Consider: She has more than 3,500 pieces in her personal collection and more than 8,000 in her retail Carole Tanenbaum Vintage Collection. (Ogle them at www.truefaux.com)
Fabulous? Oh, yes. She has a particular love for bold, colorful jewelry from the 1950s, the sort of statement-making pieces that take a strong personality to carry off.
Which Tanenbaum cheerfully agrees she has. Read more about Book is guide to costume jewelry …

ART A FAMILY AFFAIR FOR ORCHID GALLERY OWNER
Curry Coastal Pilot
Published: March 18, 2006

By Marjorie Woodfin
Pilot staff writer
Charles Lai, owner of the newly opened Orchid Gallery in Brookings, is a young man who makes up his mind in a hurry and doesn’t look back.

Lai stopped in Gold Beach a few months ago while looking for a place to open an art gallery. He was unable to find a suitable location in Gold Beach and decided to head back down to his home in the San Francisco Bay area Read more about ART A FAMILY AFFAIR FOR ORCHID GALLERY OWNER …

Tippecanoe Arts Federation to debut jewelry exhibit by Kirstin Eismin
Lafayette Journal and Courier
By Tim Brouk
tbrouk@journalandcourier.com

Kirstin Eismin wants her art to look good and feel good.
A jewelry artist from West Lafayette, Eismin goes to great lengths to make sure her necklaces, rings, cuffs and earrings are pleasing to the eye and skin.

“I have reservations putting these under glass. They are meant to be felt,” Eismin said. “I’d tell people these need to be touched. … If a piece is not appealing to the touch, I just let it sit.”

Currently an American studies graduate student at Purdue University, Eismin has been creating jewelry for only a little more than two years.

Her first solo exhibition, “Independent Beauty,” opens Friday and will continue through April 23 at Tippecanoe Arts Federation, 638 North St. An opening reception will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at TAF. Read more about Tippecanoe Arts Federation to debut jewelry exhibit by Kirstin Eismin …

Product recalls: Aquariums, Children’s jewelry, Tea light candles
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Friday, March 17, 2006

Aquariums
Current USA Inc. is recalling about 1,000 AquaPod 12-gallon aquariums. These aquariums have three power cords, two for the aquarium lamps and one for the air pump. When only one of the two lamp cords is plugged in, the unplugged lamp cord can become energized, posing an electrical shock hazard.

This recall affects AquaPod aquariums with model number 7050. The model number is not written on the aquariums, but is on the owner’s manual and the packaging. Only aquariums without a white label containing the manufacturer date and a bar code, which is attached to the light reflector inside the lid of the aquariums, are included in this recall. Read more about Product recalls: Aquariums, Children's jewelry, Tea light candles …

PSU exhibit tells sci-fi tale through jewelry
Joplin Globe

PITTSBURG, Kan. – When most people picture a jewelry exhibit, images of precious metals or gems draped on chains in some cold, clammy museum probably come to mind.

But a jewelry exhibit showcasing the works of artist Mark Rooker that is currently on display in the University Gallery at Pittsburg State University is light years away from ordinary.
Rooker, an assistant professor of metal jewelry in the School of Art and Art History at James Madison University in Harrison, Va., uses jewelry to tell a science-fiction story.

“He does a lot of work with storytelling and narrative, particularly in science fiction,” said Stephanie Bowman, gallery director. “He has created kind of a cast of characters, robot species characters that are sort of responsible for the little bits of mayhem that are in our life, like losing screws in our glasses or spilling paint on our shirt or getting our tooth knocked out.” Read more about PSU exhibit tells sci-fi tale through jewelry …

Inside Laura M. Fine Jewelry: More Than Meets the Eye
Palisadian-Post
March 16, 2006

Linda Renaud , News Editor
Like many designers, Palisades businesswoman Laura Geller started out creating jewelry for herself, having gained ample practice making baubles for her beloved Barbie dolls. Then after becoming a mother, she found herself working from home, filling orders for friends who admired her designs. In 1989 she turned her hobby into a business when she rented 100 sq. ft. inside the original Whispers, a high-end women’s boutique on Swarthmore (where BOCA is now located).

”’There, I sold my first lines from a single display case,’ Geller recalled Read more about Inside Laura M. Fine Jewelry: More Than Meets the Eye …

Bella Rose hosts trunk show for festive fashions
Lexington Herald-Leader
By HarrietT Hendren
HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER

Bella Rose, 126 West Maxwell Street, will have a trunk show Thursday through March 18, featuring styles from Lazaro.

Designs include looks for weddings, Derby balls and spring galas.

Seeking this year’s models

Macy’s in Fayette Mall is conducting a model search for an upcoming prom fashion show.

Girls and women ages 13 to 19 are invited to sign up from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the store’s mall entrance by the cosmetics counters.

Twelve winners will model the latest in prom wear at a fashion show at 2 p.m. March 18 in the store’s “social occasion” department. They’ll each also receive a $25 prom wardrobe certificate and a goodie bag of prom products Read more about Bella Rose hosts trunk show for festive fashions …

Opal Jewelry
ClickPress (press release)

If you are different and really particular about the color of your jewelry, you must have appreciated the myriad hues of opal that looks gorgeous and stunning with its vivacity and exclusive colors. Due to this, opal is really popular among jewelry lovers and collector as it has different color combination in every stones. You can find various ornaments in opal whose gleaming hues gave augment a phrase called opalescent because of its exceptionality and unmatched beauty Read more about Opal Jewelry …

Collectible vintage costume pieces are bright, bold fashion statements
Waterbury Republican-American
Tuesday, March 14, 2006

By Marta Salij
Copyright © 2006 AP Wire

Can a woman ever have too many fabulous jewels? This is a question we put to Carole Tanenbaum, collector extraordinaire of antique and vintage costume jewelry.

Too many? Consider: She has more than 3,500 pieces in her personal collection and more than 8,000 in her retail Carole Tanenbaum Vintage Collection. (Ogle them at www.truefaux.com.)

Fabulous? Oh, yes. She has a particular love for bold, colorful jewelry from the 1950s, the sort of statement-making pieces that take a strong personality to carry off.

Which Tanenbaum cheerfully agrees she has. “I love the `wow’ factor of `50s jewelry,” she says by phone from her home in Toronto. “Like my personality is kind of bigger than life, so is my jewelry. I’m a very small person — I’m 5 feet — but I wouldn’t think twice about wearing three pins at one time or multiple necklaces. Read more about Collectible vintage costume pieces are bright, bold fashion statements …

History of women’s jewelry detailed in Hanoi
Thanh Nien Daily

A display of women’s ornaments and jewelry is on at the Women’s Museum in Hanoi, categorizing items that beautified Vietnamese women over generations.

The exhibition features unique pieces of jewelry worn by Vietnamese women from the Phung Nguyen and Dong Son periods thousands of years ago.

More contemporary forms of jewelry are on display, from feudalist reigns including Ly, Tran, Le and Nguyen between the 11th and 19th centuries. Read more about History of women’s jewelry detailed in Hanoi …