Audrey Werner, Sterling Silver Branch Necklace, United States, 2002

Seamlessly mixing influences from around the world, Werner works with oft-overlooked materials--including her signature black iron--to create bold pieces of striking beauty. "I am am...

Audrey Werner has always been interested in the different ways people around the world, and throughout history, have adorned themselves. As a child, she would make jewelry from everything she could find-from beads to rocks, wire, and seeds. In 1992 she enrolled in classes at FIT with an eye toward expanding her knowledge of metal, and, from this point onward, was hooked. Later that same year, she landed an apprenticeship with the jeweler Gregg Wolf. Werner soon became his assistant, a position she would hold for the next two years while establishing her own practice. Another influence on Werner’s work came from a seemingly unexpected place. In 1996 she was sharing a studio with jeweler Philip Crangi...

Seamlessly mixing influences from around the world, Werner works with oft-overlooked materials--including her signature black iron--to create bold pieces of striking beauty. "I am am...

Seamlessly mixing influences from around the world, Werner works with oft-overlooked materials--including her signature black iron--to create bold pieces of striking beauty. "I am am...

Stunning silver collier from Kaplans, in the shape of beautifully rendered, large leaves. Great balance of distinctly graphic and ample, organic.

A rare sterling silver necklace from Norway designers Regine & Frank Juhls. Necklace has a two solid bands and the center pendant in free form organic style. The two garnet stones add a nice contrast in color and material. Frank and Regine Juhls...

Elegant and artistic, this Philippe Ferrandis Branch Necklace features a sculptural branch-like design adorned with intricate detailing and high-quality materials. A statement piece ...

This stunning choker necklace by French artist Alain Lerolle features a brutalist and modernist unstructured shape with a dangling, dimensional, carved pendant in silvered metal. The...