Right now, art lovers and collectors alike could use a bright spot, and there is a unique joy to be found in acquiring a magnificent piece of art jewelry while simultaneously celebrating and supporting the visionary artists and dedicated galleries that bring these works to light. Art Jewelry Forum’s international network of gallery supporters continues to champion the field of contemporary art jewelry through vibrant exhibitions and sustained advocacy, offering audiences a window into an inspiring global community of makers.
The organization’s ongoing bi-monthly On Offer series serves as a carefully curated bridge between this extensive network of international galleries and collectors seeking extraordinary works. Each installment features exceptional pieces personally selected by gallerists to tempt, provoke, and inspire enthusiasts worldwide. From intricate brooches that challenge traditional wearability to sculptural necklaces exploring complex conceptual themes, the selected works reflect the vast diversity and boundless imagination of contemporary studio jewelry. Prospective buyers are encouraged to contact the participating galleries directly for inquiries and purchasing details, ensuring a direct connection to the heart of the art jewelry market.
Kicking off the October 2026 selections, Pistachios Contemporary Art Jewelry in Chicago, Illinois, presents a striking convertible brooch and necklace by artist Heather Guidero. Priced at US$1,695, the piece features a stunning lilac-colored druzy crystal that catches the light with a unique, captivating sparkle. Enhanced by handmade oxidized sterling silver tassels, this one-of-a-kind creation offers a remarkable degree of movement when worn. Designed with versatility in mind, the piece includes an integrated bail, allowing the wearer to effortlessly transition it from a statement brooch to a dramatic pendant. The work exemplifies Guidero’s keen eye for texture, material contrast, and dynamic form.
Moving from Chicago to the Wearable Art Museum, artists 2Roses present Perch, a 2026 brooch crafted from polymer clay and stainless steel, available for US$750. Known for creating small, intimate sculptures engineered to be worn anywhere on the human body, the artist duo employs a meticulous construction method in this piece. Perch pairs two hollow forms entirely covered in polymer clay tesserae, each individually cut, finished, and set so that the patterned surface shimmers dynamically with the natural movement of the wearer. The composition features a fascinating structural dialogue: one form is dark and closed, while the other is pale, open, and delicately tipped against its counterpart, locked into a permanent state of tension and balance. Crucially, the wearer becomes an active collaborator in the artistic process by determining the exact placement and orientation on the body, effectively recomposing the sculpture with every wearing.
International perspectives on form and playfulness continue at Fingers Gallery in Auckland, New Zealand, which highlights a trio of pendants titled Play Time by artist Becky Bliss. Created in 2024 from mild steel, sterling silver, paint, and cord, each piece is priced at NZ$750. Bliss initially trained as a graphic designer before transitioning into contemporary art jewelry, a background that heavily informs her structural compositions. Her distinguished career includes international recognition, notably being selected to exhibit in the prestigious Schmuck special exhibition in Munich in both 2015 and 2020. Play Time is conceived as an interconnected family of works that gleefully experiment with color, geometric form, and gender expectations, playfully subverting traditional aesthetics to highlight the fluidity of youth and the limitless, boundaryless nature of play. By anthropomorphizing the fundamental building blocks of child development—originally formalized as "gifts" by kindergarten system founder Friedrich Froebel in the early 19th century—Bliss translates shapes from Froebel’s second gift, including circles, squares, and triangles, into wearable sculptures.
In the Netherlands, Galerie Door in Nijmegen showcases an untitled 2026 brooch by renowned artist Daniel Kruger, available for 2,000€. Kruger’s practice often investigates the unexpected commonalities found among disparate materials, bringing together shells, gemstones, plastics, relics, and fetishes into cohesive, provocative jewelry. His art jewelry is characterized by its surprising, exuberant, and mischievous nature, designed to seduce the viewer and invite lingering contemplation. By effortlessly fusing gemstones with everyday objects and traditional textile techniques with refined metalwork, Kruger bridges the gap between the sublime and the mundane, the precious and the cheap, the classical and the kitsch. The resulting ornaments act variously as talismans, personal statements, or irresistible objects of joy, deliberately drawing the eye toward the neck, chest, hand, or ear to magnify and accentuate the human form.
Representing Australia, Zu design in Adelaide presents a ring by Angela Giuliani titled Parti Sapphire, crafted in 2026 from parti sapphires, nine-karat gold, and sterling silver, offered at AUS$8,615. The piece is part of stateMEANT, a contemporary jewelry exhibition organized by the gallery to challenge artists to articulate the conceptual underpinnings of their practice. The exhibition brings together bold, thoughtful works that speak to social, political, or environmental issues, as well as quieter reflections on materials, sustainability, and the realities of everyday life. Giuliani’s contribution explores deep structural themes through geometry and precious metals. Describing her approach, the artist notes her fascination with clean lines, simple shapes, and the inherent balance of geometric design. For Giuliani, the making process holds equal weight to the finished object, evolving through meticulous craftsmanship where gemstones serve as integral, colorful components of the overall composition rather than mere decoration.
Turning to celestial themes, Four Gallery in Umeå, Sweden, features Necklace 539, a 2026 work by Karin Seufert crafted from PVC and thread, priced at 1,700€ excluding VAT. Addressing the elusive nature of time and emptiness, Seufert’s latest body of work draws inspiration from the sky as an ancient orienting tool. While the sun defines daily cycles, the moon marks longer phases, and the stars enable spatial navigation, Seufert translates these celestial bodies into wearable art, reimagining the sun as a flickering yellow circle, the moon in its shifting phases, and the stars in multifaceted forms.
In the United States, Gravers Lane Gallery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, presents an 18-karat yellow gold and sterling silver necklace by Naomi Kurita, priced at US$4,752. Kurita brings a three-decade career defined by three guiding principles: natural, simple, and wearable. Born in Japan, her artistic journey took her from college studies in Denver to specialized training in jewelry and metalwork at the Rhode Island School of Design, followed by apprenticeships with master craftsmen in New York. This diverse foundation manifests in a refined sense of artistic restraint. Measuring 15 inches to sit closely at the base of the neck, her featured necklace thoughtfully contrasts the varying warmth of yellow gold and sterling silver, continuing a legacy of exhibition in major museums and galleries across the United States and Japan.
Baltimore Jewelry Center in Maryland highlights the work of Liz Clark through her 2023 Petite Wreath Studs, created in sterling silver and priced at US$175. Clark earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in crafts and material studies from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2006 and currently maintains a dedicated metal studio in Providence, Rhode Island, where she balances her artistic practice with regular exhibitions across the country.
In London, United Kingdom, Objects Beautiful gallery presents The Other Shore #2, a 2022 brooch by Taiwanese artist Mei Fang Chiang constructed from anodized aluminum and stainless steel wire, available for £760 excluding tax. Based in Tainan, Chiang is widely recognized for her mastery of anodized aluminum, utilizing proprietary studio techniques to achieve extraordinary, vibrant coloration. Her conceptual work explores narratives surrounding the complex coexistence of nature and the human-built environment. Honored with numerous awards and represented in public collections such as Taiwan’s Gold Museum, Chiang’s jewelry combines striking visual originality with extreme lightness and physical comfort.
Brooklyn Metal Works in New York features a powerful brooch by Kerianne Quick titled Well, It’s Not Up to Us, created in 2026 from vegetable-tanned leather, Plexiglas, and a nickel alloy pin, offered at US$650. Quick’s academic and creative research focuses on craft as a cultural expression, emphasizing "material specificity"—a concept defined in their master’s thesis that acknowledges materials as active participants in generating meaning. The featured work belongs to the Nevermind series, which references historical mourning traditions of covering mirrors with black cloth following a death. Rather than protecting a spirit from its reflection, Quick’s obscured leather-and-Plexiglas mirrors redirect the gaze outward onto the living, materializing complex emotional states such as shame, culpability, despair, and helplessness.
Galeria Tereza Seabra in Lisbon, Portugal, showcases Sugar Rush, a 2026 necklace by Catarina Silva made from painted tin, leather, glass seed beads, glass flowers, embroidery, zinc, silver, and pearls, priced at 1,500€ plus shipping. The necklace was created for Silva’s solo exhibition Jardin d’agrément, presented as part of the third Lisbon Jewellery Biennial. The exhibition constructs a poetic fiction of a lush, utopian paradise inspired by cross-cultural mythological gardens, where humans, animals, and plants coexist harmoniously beyond hierarchy. Incorporating symbolic motifs such as apples, unicorns, and flowers alongside a protective guardian snake, the work invites viewers to imagine new ways of inhabiting the world through shared ecological reciprocity.
Returning to the United States, Heidi Lowe Gallery in Lewes, Delaware, features Floppy Flower, a 2026 sculptural work by Emily Cobb crafted from gold-plated brass ear nuts, surgical steel ear nuts, assorted deadstock stud earrings, brass jump rings, and a silver-filled jump ring, priced at US$1,480. The piece was specifically fabricated for the ReJewelry exhibition, hosted by the gallery in collaboration with the Radical Jewelry Makeover initiative, highlighting the creative potential of repurposed studio components.
Concluding the current On Offer selection, Galeria Reverso in Lisbon, Portugal, presents an untitled 2026 necklace by Manuel Vilhena, crafted from juniper, ebony, fine silver, cotton, coral, and steel, available for 2,220€. Reflecting on the underlying conceptual framework of the piece, Vilhena notes the perpetual human coexistence with the delicate boundary between life and death, exploring this eternal dichotomy through the lens of historical outlaws who lived in constant defiance of mortality.
