I have been collecting Betty Cooke jewelry since the early 1980s and have always been attracted to the elegance and simplicity of her designs, which gives her jewelry a timeless quality.
Betty has been designing jewelry since she graduated from the Maryland Institute in 1946. Back then she and her husband, Bill Steinmetz, renovated a house [ Read More ]
A native of The Dominican Republic, Francisco Rebajes emigrated to the US in the early 1920’s. In the early 1930’s, while the nation was in the grips of the great depression, Rebajes was selling his small hand made metal sculptures on the streets of New York just to survive. Then one day, at the famous [ Read More ]
After searching major craft shows for years, I finally made my find.
While most contemporary craft jewelry is fairly similar in style, Lisa & Scott Cylinder’s jewelry is exciting and innovative, which touched my soul. Their jewelry from beginning to end finishes well, like a good book. From their creativity & [ Read More ]
Last weekend I took a trip down to Philadelphia to visit some friends and stop by the Antiques Center at 615 south 6th street. It’s always fun shopping there. Vintage clothing, vintage jewelry and a wide variety of collectibles abound.
I especially enjoy shopping at MOD GIRL. It’s the first booth you see as you [ Read More ]
This past weekend I had the pleasure of visiting the Stella Pier Antiques Show in New York City. There were a myriad of beautiful booths displaying folk art, fine art, antiques, vintage clothing and vintage jewelry.
One of my favorite booths was that of Marcy Drexler aka – Little Shiny Objects. Marcy is a long time [ Read More ]
I just listed a great brooch by the Finnish design firm of Aarikka. A family run company, Aarikka was founded in 1954 by Kaija Aarikka and her husband. Much of the jewelry they created was made from wooden beads in modernist arrangements.
Big and bold this kinetic brooch with red wood beads is truly a [ Read More ]
