Founded | 1974 (as The Bead Journal); 1978 (as Ornament) [1] |
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Country | USA |
Language | English |
Website |
www |
External videos | |
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Ornament Magazine, Preview from the JEWELRY episode, Nov 4, 2021 on PBS | |
Carolyn Benesh’s legacy, Bonus video from the JEWELRY episode. PBS broadcast premiere Dec 10, 2021 |
Ornament is a periodical magazine that documents the history, art and craft of ancient, ethnic and contemporary jewelry and personal adornment. It presents and discusses a wide range of personal adornment and wearable art, including beads, jewelry, and clothing. [2]
The periodical was founded by Carolyn L. E. Benesh and Robert K. Liu in 1974 as The Bead Journal: A Quarterly Publication of Ancient and Ethnic Jewelry. Its focus was expanded and it was retitled Ornament : A Quarterly of Jewelry and Personal Adornment in 1978. [1] Their son Patrick R. Benesh-Liu began to work full-time for the magazine in 2005, and is now a co-editor. [2]
Robert Liu is also the in-house photographer for Ornament. [3] His cover images have been described as "stunningly beautiful". [4]
Ornament magazine sponsors and selects the winner for the Ornament Award for Excellence in Art to Wear, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show. [5] [6]
Robert K. Liu studied ethnology and ichthyology and is a jeweler and photographer. He has written and lectured extensively on history, jewelry, and photography. [7] [2] [8] He is the author of the books Collectible Beads: A Universal Aesthetic (1995) [9] The Photography of Personal Adornment (2014) [10] and Naval Ship Models of World War II (2021). [11]
Carolyn L. E. Benesh was a respected scholar, lecturer, and writer, and a collector of contemporary jewelry. [2] She was a frequent juror for Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show and the Smithsonian Craft Show [12] [13] and a president and board member of PBS's series Craft in America. [14] Benesh died on September 30, 2020. [2] [15] An exhibition spotlighting one hundred items from her collection, The Process of Becoming: The Jewelry Collection of Carolyn L.E. Benesh, appeared at the Wayne Art Center in December 2021. It was curated by Carol Sauvion and Emily Zaiden. [12]
Founded | 1974 (as The Bead Journal); 1978 (as Ornament) [1] |
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Country | USA |
Language | English |
Website |
www |
External videos | |
---|---|
Ornament Magazine, Preview from the JEWELRY episode, Nov 4, 2021 on PBS | |
Carolyn Benesh’s legacy, Bonus video from the JEWELRY episode. PBS broadcast premiere Dec 10, 2021 |
Ornament is a periodical magazine that documents the history, art and craft of ancient, ethnic and contemporary jewelry and personal adornment. It presents and discusses a wide range of personal adornment and wearable art, including beads, jewelry, and clothing. [2]
The periodical was founded by Carolyn L. E. Benesh and Robert K. Liu in 1974 as The Bead Journal: A Quarterly Publication of Ancient and Ethnic Jewelry. Its focus was expanded and it was retitled Ornament : A Quarterly of Jewelry and Personal Adornment in 1978. [1] Their son Patrick R. Benesh-Liu began to work full-time for the magazine in 2005, and is now a co-editor. [2]
Robert Liu is also the in-house photographer for Ornament. [3] His cover images have been described as "stunningly beautiful". [4]
Ornament magazine sponsors and selects the winner for the Ornament Award for Excellence in Art to Wear, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show. [5] [6]
Robert K. Liu studied ethnology and ichthyology and is a jeweler and photographer. He has written and lectured extensively on history, jewelry, and photography. [7] [2] [8] He is the author of the books Collectible Beads: A Universal Aesthetic (1995) [9] The Photography of Personal Adornment (2014) [10] and Naval Ship Models of World War II (2021). [11]
Carolyn L. E. Benesh was a respected scholar, lecturer, and writer, and a collector of contemporary jewelry. [2] She was a frequent juror for Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show and the Smithsonian Craft Show [12] [13] and a president and board member of PBS's series Craft in America. [14] Benesh died on September 30, 2020. [2] [15] An exhibition spotlighting one hundred items from her collection, The Process of Becoming: The Jewelry Collection of Carolyn L.E. Benesh, appeared at the Wayne Art Center in December 2021. It was curated by Carol Sauvion and Emily Zaiden. [12]