Jewelry Inspired by Empires in The New York Times.

Jewelry Inspired by Empires by Susanne Fowler, Published in The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/18/style/international/jewelry-inspired-by-empires.html 

This article was strictly focused on one designer: Aida Bergsen, who runs a jewellery design business outside of a workshop in the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul. Fowler describes Bergsen’s designs in detail and differentiates between her works and those of the other jewellers in the bazaar which are more ‘inspired’ by the jewellery created by the larger, more well-known design houses.

Fowler also covers some of Bergsen’s inspirational sources such as the Ottoman Empire, which immediately reminds one of when the world’s jewellery designers were inspired by their own empires’ discoveries such as the Tomb of Tutankhamun and the Mayan civilizations.

Lastly Bergsen herself describes her process of hand carving the designs in wax before casting them in metal.

Honestly, the article was extremely interesting however I don't feel that it  contains any particular information that would be useful to my essay. 

References

Fowler, S., 2015. Jewelry Inspired by Empires. The New York Times [Online] 17 March
Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/18/style/international/jewelry-inspired-by-empires.html
[Accessed 13 April 2015].