Mexican souvenir rings were originally cast from melted down pesos, as the currency had lost much value following the Mexican Civil War. In the 1940s, these rugged accessories earned a following amongst motorcycle enthusiasts on their journeys to the Mexican border. Today, Fine Light Trading, a one-man operation based out of Brooklyn, replicates these Mexicana turned Americana pieces with authentic design and quality craftsmanship. All …
With a background in sculpture, drawing and design, any number of lines on NY-based artist Anne Fischer‘s CV are worth a closer look. Her Cantos: The Rings of Hell and Heaven collection, for example, is a supreme example of wearable art. On a recent visit to R 20th Century Gallery in NYC’s TriBeCa neighborhood, CH had a chance to see a few examples of the …
We first took note of Talon‘s mystical jewelry by way of their vintage vial amulettes back in 2010. Their newest line, called “Light of the Moon, Embers of the Evening,” once again invokes the ancient and the magical, making use of the Tudor rose, opal-studded skulls and love’s earliest means of secret transferral—engraved script. Cryptic love messages and imagery were once inscribed in baubles, trinkets …
