''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. 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. Their son began to work full-time for the magazine in 2005, and is now a co-editor. Robert Liu is also the in-house photographer for ''Ornament''. His cover images have been described as "stunningly beautiful". ''Ornament'' magazine sponsors and selects the winner for the ''Ornament'' Award for Excellence in Art to Wear, at the

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Craft Show.

The Founders

Robert K. Liu studied

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and

ichthyology Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish ( Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of Octob ...

and is a jeweler and photographer. He has written and lectured extensively on history, jewelry, and photography. He is the author of the books ''Collectible Beads: A Universal Aesthetic'' (1995) ''The Photography of Personal Adornment'' (2014) and ''Naval Ship Models of World War II'' (2021). Carolyn L. E. Benesh was a respected scholar, lecturer, and writer, and a collector of contemporary jewelry. She was a frequent juror for

Craft Show and the Smithsonian Craft Show and a president and board member of

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's series

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. Benesh died on September 30, 2020. An exhibition spotlighting one hundred items from her collection, ''The Process of Becoming: The Jewelry Collection of Carolyn L.E. Benesh'', appeared at the

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in December 2021. It was curated by

Carol Sauvion Carol Sauvion (born July 29, 1947) is an American crafts scholar and patron, and the Executive Producer and Director of the PBS documentary series Craft in America. Sauvion received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Art History and American Art in 1 ...

and

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References

External links

Official website
for ''Ornament''
Craft in America JEWELRY
Season 13 Episode 2,

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