Julie Cohn Design

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Cameos have held my attention for many years. The technique of traditional cameos involves relief carving into stone; usually a romantic image of a silhouette. I have wanted to include a modern version of this heirloom in my collection and did so two seasons ago. It occurred to me that if we carved an original image in wax, that we could make a reverse of that image into a mold and fill it with clay. The pieces that evolved from this technique are more akin to Lava Cameos from Italy. The…

Julie Cohn Design - 2014 Collection

Twice a year, August and February, I premiere new jewelry at Handmade NY Now at the Javitts center in NYC. Ethnic modern sums up the look of this season. Forms reminiscent of African shields and roman jewelry are coupled with antique african beads and our primitive hand formed bronze beads then strung together in a par

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Julie Cohn Jewelry

Years ago a good friend took me to see a show called Ocean Flowers at the Drawing Center in NY. It was a collection of 19th century pressed algae prints and cyanotypes. The catalog for that show is compiled from Mary Matilda Howard and others dried specimens; it is my bible for inspiration. The patterns created from th