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  1. diane said:
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    Thank you Kellie for linking us to your blog – it is absolutely amazing and what a gift of following your journey and research.

    love
    diane

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  2. contemporarty's avatar

    Dear Kellie, I just realized that you’ve linked us to your wonderful blog and I just wanted to thank you! :)
    Baci from Athens, Greece!
    Eleni

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    • jonesy kahn's avatar

      So glad you read it!! Thanks for the comment, really!!!
      ciao ciao!

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  3. Lynne Avis said:
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    Hi Kellie.
    Your blog is incredibly interesting and I am so glad I came upon it! I am currently studying Jewellery Design in Cape Town, South Africa. I am interested in the changing perception of jewellery and the crossing of boundaries between jewellery and adornment. I am struggling to understand the difference between jewellery and adornment, as the more research I do the less of a difference there seems to be. Since you have done much research into the understanding of the term jewellery, would you be able to advise me on what you would consider the differences?
    Thanks
    Lynne Avis

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    • kellie riggs's avatar

      Hi Lynne, sorry to respond so long after your wonderful comment!
      What a loaded question. I can’t say that i’m much of a researcher of adornment in a more general or historical sense, but I think we have to consider this type of Contemporary Jewelry as our modern day version at its very core, don’t you think? A lot of the times I do not even think there is a difference between jewelry and adornment, it’s just about digging in to all the different complexities of the different kinds of jewelry and asking questions about why one would want to put that particular piece on. It can get really sociological in this sense. Maybe I would look into some artists that really talk about the very nature of jewelry and adorning one self in jewelry with their work to try and understand contemporary ideas behind that. Or how about reading this bit I posted awhile back, I found it really relevant! Thanks for your comment, so glad to know who is out there reading!!!!
      warm wishes, Kellie

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  4. Liesbeth den Besten said:
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    hi Kellie,
    Well done. You write about things that absolutely confuse me the same way. Susy Menkes writing about a creative director of an Italian jewelry brand who has ‘revolutionized the Italian jewelry heritage with inspiration from tribal African designs through Bauhaus Modernism’ – do you get a picture? Yes? No, completely wrong! What you get is an overall gem-studded thing with so many glittering stones on it that you can hardly see if there is any design underneath. Probably the biggest innovation that has been happening in fine jewelry is the fact that the taboos about precious and semiprecious stones are gone – finally they can be mixed in fine jewelry making the pieces more colourful but still only about the sparkle of stones….(sigh), Liesbeth den Besten

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  5. jonesy kahn's avatar

    Hi Liesbeth! Thanks for such a great comment. Yes it is utterly ridiculous what is out there and how people really misuse our language or look for meaning where it is not. What is to be done? That’s why I like this idea of calling people out in this way although it might seem a bit aggressive, meanwhile really emphasizing Contemporary Jewelry’s relation to art more than anything else, even if some makers seem uncomfortable with that. I like do that so outsiders don’t get confused and think we are tied to that kind of luxury production stuff. Here’s hoping people will wise up!
    Warm wishes,
    Kellie

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