If you think building a career as a jewelry designer is challenging today, imagine what it was like 50 years ago, when the women’s movement was just catching fire – or a century ago when the suffragettes were battling in the streets for our right to vote. Yet jewelry is an art form women have always had a natural affinity for. We’re the primary wearers, after all, and jewelry is often closely connected to fashion. Designing and making jewelry is a craft that […] The post Femme mét...| the jewelry loupe
Do you have post-divorce wedding or engagement rings burning a hole in your jewelry box? Join the club. About 43 percent of once-married people have been divorced by the time they’re in their fifties. Nearly 800,000 people divorced in the U.S. alone in 2017. That’s a lot of rings loaded with emotional baggage and raw material. Maybe it’s time to do something with those rings. I have one of those rings. Sometimes when I open my ring drawer, light glints […] The post What to do with you...| the jewelry loupe