Laura Lombardi for Market Publique

A cosmic jewelry collaboration

Driven by a polished, handmade aesthetic, jewelry designer Laura Lombardi creates small runs of necklaces, rings and earrings under her eponymous label. Lombardi makes each piece by hand from vintage and repurposed materials in her humble Chicago studio, with her latest collection of cosmic-inspired designs crafted exclusively for online vintage retailer Market Publique. The collection incorporates Lombardi’s newfound interest in astronomy with her signature Egyptian …

K/LLER Collection

Beautifully tough jewelry by a Brooklyn-based design duo

Between the walls of an old nunnery in downtown Brooklyn work two designers who bonded over a shared interest in exploring the insides of things. Katie deGuzman and Michael Miller bring their line K/LLER Collection to live by tearing apart found materials and objects and deconstructing them to reveal the skeletal structure as a standalone aesthetic before reinterpreting it in their studio. Their latest collection …

Mary-Jane Evans

War-torn cities, dinosaur fossils and destroyed art inspire thoughtful ceramics

Sculpting work based on images from conflict-ravaged cities, British ceramist Mary-Jane Evans presents adaptations that somehow resonate with the same sense of destruction as war itself. Inspired by places like Beirut that are seen every day on local news bulletins, she started creating these individual buildings—entitled “Cities” and “Ruins”—that eventually develop into large-scale pieces. Evans’ most recent work “Ruins” is currently being presented in the …