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| Founded: | 1974 (as The Bead Journal); 1978 (as Ornament) |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
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.[1]
The periodical was founded by and 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.[2] Their son began to work full-time for the magazine in 2005, and is now a co-editor.[1]
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] [1] [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.[1] She was a frequent juror for Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show and the Smithsonian Craft Show[12] and a president and board member of PBS's series Craft in America.[13] Benesh died on September 30, 2020.[1] [14] 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.[15]