NYC Jewelry Week

NYC Jewelry Week A weeklong celebration of JEWELRY in-person & virtually
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This week's ONE FOR THE FUTURE honoree is someone who lets the material do the talking. Meet Yuxin Song — class of '26–'...
06/06/2026

This week's ONE FOR THE FUTURE honoree is someone who lets the material do the talking. Meet Yuxin Song — class of '26–'27. 👏🏼

Based in Calgary, Yuxin is a Canadian-Chinese jewelry artist specializing in enamel whose practice treats making as a conversation between artist, material, and viewer. Her work explores how materials carry meaning — through their physical properties, cultural history, and technical processes — and how that meaning continues to shift and evolve once the work leaves her hands. For Yuxin, the audience holds as much authorship as she does.

Currently experimenting with raw stone and flexible chainmail-inspired enamel structures that move like fabric, her practice is always in motion. At its core, her work holds space for quiet reflection and healing — rooted in a recurring thread of learning to accept, grow, and love.

✨ Read more about Yuxin and the full ONE FOR THE FUTURE cohort at the link below — and subscribe to our newsletter to stay in the loop on all our artists, initiatives, and upcoming events.

Read blog interview 🔗 https://nycjewelryweek.com/material-as-memory/

The doors are still open — but not for long. 🚪✨If you've been sitting on your idea, now is the time to make it real. NYC...
06/05/2026

The doors are still open — but not for long. 🚪✨

If you've been sitting on your idea, now is the time to make it real. NYC Jewelry Week 2026 is still accepting applications through June 30th, and we want you in the room.

Jewelers, artists, educators, writers, performers, researchers, organizations — if your work connects to jewelry, there's a place for you in our program. This is your chance to be part of something bigger than yourself, surrounded by the voices and makers that push this field forward.

06/02/2026

✨ JCK Las Vegas is the world's leading jewelry trade show — and if you've never been, it's so much more than shopping. It's where you buy stones, meet manufacturers, demo the newest tools, and hear the conversations that are actively driving our industry forward. But more than anything, it's the number one place in the world to connect with industry friends and build real relationships.

I attended JCK three years ago and was so happy to return this year. It's impossible to capture every highlight from the floor — but here's a look at some of the moments that stood out for me:

💎 Black In Jewelry Coalition (BIJC) — I stopped by the BIJC booth to see two incredible designers. Chee Lee of creates beautifully sculptural fine jewelry that commands attention, and Lauren Newton of brought her signature playful spirit — including a PEZ-inspired pendant that stopped me in my tracks. BIJC exists to increase the visibility and advancement of Black professionals across the jewelry industry, and their presence on the JCK floor is a testament to how far that mission has come.

💎 Jewelers Mutual x SCAD — One of the most inspiring booths on the floor featured student work from the Savannah College of Art and Design's jewelry program () alongside a live portrait sketching artist — I even sat for a portrait myself. Seeing the next generation of makers showcased at the world's biggest trade show is exactly the kind of moment that makes JCK special. I was also blown away by a stunning gemstone necklace by Taiki Scharber.

💎 House of Botswana — Diamond Jubilee Celebration — One of the most meaningful conversations I had at JCK this year happened off the floor. I attended a talk with the Honourable Bogolo Joy Kenewendo, Minister of Minerals and Energy of the Republic of Botswana, hosted by NDC and OKB ( ) in celebration of Botswana's Diamond Jubilee. Botswana is one of the world's leading diamond-producing nations, and hearing directly from its Minister about the future of the industry — its people, its ethics, its legacy — was a rare and powerful moment I won't forget.

💎 Nouvelle Box — A curated showcase of designers making their Las Vegas debut, Nouvelle Box is where you go to find what's next. I was especially taken by a beautiful piece by Julia Chafe — a designer you'll want to know.

💎 at AGTA — Leave it to Misfit Diamonds to turn a trade show into an experience. Their Pet Rock treasure hunt at AGTA had attendees searching the floor for hidden gems — literally. I also got up close with one of their diamonds, and let's just say it did not disappoint.

This is the jewelry world from the inside — the designers, the makers, the minds, and the moments that don't always make it to the mainstream. I'm so glad I could bring you along. Everything I captured is now saved in our brand new highlight, Bella's World. Find it on our profile — your permanent backstage pass to the jewelry industry, anytime.

Not everyone can get a badge. But through Bella, you do.NYCJW founder is in Las Vegas for JCK, the world's largest jew...
05/29/2026

Not everyone can get a badge. But through Bella, you do.

NYCJW founder is in Las Vegas for JCK, the world's largest jewelry trade event, and Couture, the exclusive showcase for the finest designer jewelry and luxury timepieces. She's walking the floors, meeting the makers, and seeing it all firsthand — and she's sharing every moment with you.

Follow along today through the weekend in stories, and when it's all over, find everything saved in our new highlight: Bella's World.

She didn't rent. She bought the building.Tonight, Adornment and Theory opens its new flagship at 1433 W Chicago Ave in ...
05/28/2026

She didn't rent. She bought the building.
Tonight, Adornment and Theory opens its new flagship at 1433 W Chicago Ave in Chicago's West Town — a milestone for designer and founder Viviana Langhoff, who has spent 20 years building one of Chicago's most respected fine jewelry destinations from the ground up.

Viviana — a native of Puerto Rico who has called Chicago home for over half her life — designed the entire 1,200-square-foot space herself. The result is a jewel box that reflects her design philosophy: Caribbean warmth and hospitality, the mystique of the Middle East, softened through a Mid-Century lens. It is atmospheric, layered, and deeply personal.

The space includes:
– Three intimate consultation salons, designed to feel warm and conversational rather than transactional
– El Jardín, a private outdoor garden for events and summer evenings
– A jewelry library for guests to linger and explore the history of adornment
– A sculptural onyx bar that anchors the space as a place of gathering

Adornment & Theory carries Viviana's own fine jewelry line alongside a curated roster of global designers — Sofia Zakia, Céline Daoust, Alex Monroe, 12th House, ParkFord, and more.

"To be able to purchase a building and establish a long-term presence at this level without coming from generational wealth or traditional industry pathways is incredibly meaningful," Viviana says. "It's about claiming space as a Latina artist, and contributing to the future of design in this city."

The Grand Opening is tonight in partnership with CS Magazine.
NYCJW has been proud to know Viviana's work since NYCJW23, where she launched her Dia collection with us. This moment is a long time coming — and it is well earned.
Congratulations, Viviana. 🖤

📍 1433 W Chicago Ave, West Town, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening in partnership with Modern Luxury

What happens when you leave Rome behind for the rolling hills of Umbria and find yourself inside two of the most extraor...
05/27/2026

What happens when you leave Rome behind for the rolling hills of Umbria and find yourself inside two of the most extraordinary goldsmithing studios? That was Day 3 of our Jewelry Jaunts Rome adventure.

We made our way to Todi to visit two goldsmiths who met as students at London's Royal College of Art and went on to build completely different — and completely breathtaking — worlds.

First stop: Jacqueline Ryan. The British-born artist works out of a former medieval bakery — all vaulted ceilings and open garden — that she's transformed into part gallery, part workshop, part cabinet of wonders. Every room is filled with natural curiosities that find their way into her hand-pierced, forged, and hammered high-karat gold jewelry, with vitreous enamel adding color and the wearer's movement bringing each piece to life. Walking through her space felt like stepping into the mind of an artist who sees jewelry as a living thing.

Then we visited Giovanni Corvaja — and honestly, words feel inadequate. His studio is filled with antique machinery and tools he's built himself, all in service of one obsession: weaving and spinning gold wire into textile. He showed us his Golden Fleece headpiece — inspired by Tolstoy, made from 170 kilometers of individually spun gold thread on a loom he constructed himself, totaling 2,900 hours of work.
This was a visit none of us will forget anytime soon.

And that's just Day 3 of our 5-day trip. ✨ Read the full Jewelry Jaunts Rome blog to find out where else we went — link in comments

05/26/2026

✦ Maker Tuesday:

Shoma Nath is a Bangladeshi-American designer from Queens, NY — and the founder behind Nath Jewelry, a brand built to create the heirlooms her family never got to pass down.

Nath is designed for the diaspora. For immigrants. For third culture kids carrying more than one culture in their bones. Each piece starts with research — family photos, ancient South Asian jewelry books, the gold shops of Jackson Heights — and ends with something you can wear every single day.

Take the Devi earrings: a modern reimagining of the jhumka, one of South Asia's most timeless silhouettes. Your mom wore them. Your grandma wore them. Shoma's version honors that lineage while creating something new — a heirloom designed to be cherished and passed down all over again.

Every piece is sketched in Queens and crafted by skilled artisans in India through an RJC-certified manufacturer, held to the highest standards for ethical labor and responsible material sourcing. Nath uses recycled materials wherever possible — because the story of the jewelry matters as much as the jewelry itself.

Shoma is a NYCJW DISCOVER artist and recipient of the 🏆 Here We Are Emerging Entrepreneur Award — and she is exactly the kind of maker this community exists to find and elevate.
NYCJW 2026 applications are now open.

If you're an emerging jewelry brand with a story, this is your moment. Apply via the link in bio. If you identify as a BIPOC maker in the jewelry industry, make sure to select the Here We Are award when you apply.
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In Rome, jewelry isn't something you go looking for. It finds you — on church facades, in ateliers tucked beside the Pan...
05/25/2026

In Rome, jewelry isn't something you go looking for. It finds you — on church facades, in ateliers tucked beside the Pantheon, in the back rooms of maisons that have been making since before your country existed. 🏛️✨

Earlier this month, Bella led a small group of jewelry lovers through five extraordinary days in the Eternal City — and one unforgettable detour into the rolling hills of Umbria. From goldsmith Paolo Mangano's workshop, to a private tour of the BVLGARI archives, to two studio visits with world-class goldsmiths in the hilltop town of Todi — this was Rome as very few people ever get to experience it.

This is what Jewelry Jaunts is. Rare access. Real conversation. The kind of encounters with jewelry and the people who make it that you simply cannot plan on your own.

The full story is on the blog now — link in bio. And if this looks like your kind of trip: the next Jewelry Jaunt is in New York City, starting June 1st. Same depth, different city. Link in bio and stories to join. 🗺️

On Memorial Day, we return to the oldest form of remembrance we know.Three objects. Three centuries of American mourning...
05/25/2026

On Memorial Day, we return to the oldest form of remembrance we know.

Three objects. Three centuries of American mourning craft:
🖤 A heart-shaped gold locket, Boston, 1706.
🖤 An oval brooch of plaited hair, pearls, and jet, ca. 1850.
🖤 A brooch engraved on its underside: "Cornelia Ray Hamilton. Born Dec. 26th, 1829. Died Dec. 1st, 1867." New York, 1868.

Hair was chosen for its permanence. The one part of the body that endures, woven by hand into gold and set beneath crystal as a lasting portrait of the person lost.

Before monuments. Before holidays. American hands were already making objects to hold what couldn't be said — in gold, hair, crystal, and pearl.
The craft of remembrance is as old as the craft itself.

📷 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, American, 1706–1868.

Before Europeans knew what a diamond was, India had already been mining, trading, and perfecting them for over 2,000 yea...
05/24/2026

Before Europeans knew what a diamond was, India had already been mining, trading, and perfecting them for over 2,000 years. 💎

The Koh-i-Noor. The Hope Diamond. The legendary Patiala Necklace — commissioned when a Maharaja arrived at Cartier in Paris with 14 trunks of gemstones and told them their stones were garbage. The Tutti Frutti collection you recognize from every major auction house. The rose cut stones that have dominated fine jewelry for the last decade. Every thread leads back to India. And yet, for too long, India has been center stage with the curtain drawn.

At New York City Jewelry Week 2023, moderator and jewelry entrepreneur Rosina Sammi — founder of The Jewelry Edit — sat down with acclaimed designer Hanut Singh, whose family helped bring Indian jewelry to the world stage, and gemstone expert Dave Bindra of B&B Fine Gems for a conversation that was long overdue. The panel was held at the Museum of Arts and Design during Diwali week, and the energy in that room was palpable.

Together, they trace the extraordinary arc of Indian jewelry — from the Mughal emperors who first classified gemstone grades, to the maharajas who walked into the greatest jewelry houses in Paris and rewrote what luxury could look like, to the master craftsmen whose generational techniques still sit quietly at the foundation of the world's most celebrated collections.

They also get into the harder questions — about acknowledgment, about inspiration versus appropriation, and about what it means for a culture to finally step out from behind the curtain it helped build.

The stories shared in this conversation are not in any textbook. And they are absolutely worth your time.
🎥 Watch the full panel here: https://youtu.be/mzVDSI5vlls?si=nCywWuO_a7IAdcJ_

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