Favorite Jewelry From the NY Gift Fair
Katherine Sharpe
Lately, I've been in a jewelry phase, slowly and carefully collecting a few new pieces. This fall I picked up a little, silver geometric pendant from Satomi Kawakita, and a necklace and rings by Amy Tavern, my very favorite jewelry designer of the last few years, who has just recently closed her retail business to focus on other things. Maybe it was about trying to make up for that loss, but as I browsed around the floor of the New York International Gift Fair last week, I found that I had jewelry on the brain.
Here are a few of my favorite pieces and designers from the fair:
At i Design, I stumbled across Zaya, a line of jewelry made in Israel. I loved the assertive shapes of their leather pieces: above, "African" and "short flame." They had some great red leather jewelry that I can't find pictures of online!
I was surprised how much I liked a line of Dr. Seuss-worthy rubber and polymer jewelry by Atara de Lange of Israel, also at the iDesign kiosk. I think either of these necklaces would look arresting with a simple black cocktail dress.
Open rings by Sara Barner, of Portland. (She also has a line of handmade leathergoods.)
Megan Auman's short, gathered necklace in steel and silver.
I'm not usually an earrings person, but I love the hexagon shape on this pair, from AK Vintage's "Intuition" collection (indeed, I love the whole series). Anna Korte makes jewelry out of dead-stock vintage costume jewelry and leather reclaimed from vintage gloves.
The "Ladders" necklace, by Paper Wings
There's something about the big beads on this necklace by New York's by boe that makes me want to pop them into my mouth. There were a lot of colorful styles at the booth that aren't on the website yet. Maybe at the by boe store on Prince Street?
At i Design, I stumbled across Zaya, a line of jewelry made in Israel. I loved the assertive shapes of their leather pieces: above, "African" and "short flame." They had some great red leather jewelry that I can't find pictures of online!
I was surprised how much I liked a line of Dr. Seuss-worthy rubber and polymer jewelry by Atara de Lange of Israel, also at the iDesign kiosk. I think either of these necklaces would look arresting with a simple black cocktail dress.
Open rings by Sara Barner, of Portland. (She also has a line of handmade leathergoods.)
Megan Auman's short, gathered necklace in steel and silver.
I'm not usually an earrings person, but I love the hexagon shape on this pair, from AK Vintage's "Intuition" collection (indeed, I love the whole series). Anna Korte makes jewelry out of dead-stock vintage costume jewelry and leather reclaimed from vintage gloves.
The "Ladders" necklace, by Paper Wings
There's something about the big beads on this necklace by New York's by boe that makes me want to pop them into my mouth. There were a lot of colorful styles at the booth that aren't on the website yet. Maybe at the by boe store on Prince Street?
