Queen Elizabeth can thank her grandmother Queen Mary for many of the most spectacular of royal jewels. Not only did Queen Mary amass legendary diamonds and gems during her husband’s reign, but the forward-thinking consort also repurposed jewels into contemporary new pieces. Nothing was too sentimental or historic for a […]
makeover
A special program to repurpose old jewelry brought together students and faculty from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, North Bennet Street School, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University this fall semester. Called Radical Jewelry Makeover, the collaborative program brings awareness to using […]
