Peter Henselder

Contributions From Peter Henselder

Christian Bauer: Wedding Rings

Christian Bauer: Wedding Rings

Christian Bauer is one of the major global players in the wedding ring business. The hightech smith from Welzheim near...
Read More
Tibet Monasteries are Opening Treasure Chambers

Tibet Monasteries are Opening Treasure Chambers

In the middle of March, the spiritual leader of the Tibetans, the Dalai Lama, described the Chinese response to the...
Read More
Fritz Maierhofer: Message on the Issues

Fritz Maierhofer: Message on the Issues

Vienna-based jewelry designer Fritz Maierhofer is an important pioneer of modern individualized jewelry. As a protagonist of a new style...
Read More
Fabergé: Jeweler to the Tsars

Fabergé: Jeweler to the Tsars

Fabergé – the name carries special significance even today. It is inextricably linked with the glamour of pre-revolution Russia. Fabergé’s...
Read More
Web 2.0: Future of Communications

Web 2.0: Future of Communications

In future, we may look back and say that the internet, with its seemingly endless possibilities for communication, changed the...
Read More
Felix Lindner: Play with Ciphers

Felix Lindner: Play with Ciphers

For Felix Lindner, a goldsmith who was born in Erfurt in 1973 and has lived there for some time now,...
Read More
Luxury: Precious Brand or Unique Piece

Luxury: Precious Brand or Unique Piece

Luxury is a true growth industry in all categories, right through to “inexpsensive luxury”! The successful report by Cartier, Richemont,...
Read More
Erotic Watches: Indiscreet Treasures

Erotic Watches: Indiscreet Treasures

The interplay between the erotic and art has featured in all periods of history, on occasion crossing the line into...
Read More
Neue Horizonte: Rainbow Nation

Neue Horizonte: Rainbow Nation

The traveling exhibition ‘Neue Horizonte – zeitgenossischer Schmuck aus Sudafrika’ (New Horizons – Contemporary Jewelry from South Africa) will start...
Read More
Original Material with Eternal Charisma

Original Material with Eternal Charisma

When human beings started using natural objects for practical and aesthetic purposes, horn and tortoise shell played a dominant role....
Read More
Marjorie Schick: New Sculpture Design

Marjorie Schick: New Sculpture Design

For four decades, Marjorie Schick has been one of the pioneers of original avant-garde jewelry. Her works are based on...
Read More
Klaus Ullrich: Pioneer and Pedagogue

Klaus Ullrich: Pioneer and Pedagogue

February 11, 1954: “Traces of work appear to be something akin to ornaments of contemporary society. If you, Klaus Ullrich,...
Read More
Ivory and Bone: Archaic Materials

Ivory and Bone: Archaic Materials

Ivory and bone have been used by humans for sculptures and jewelry purposes from very early times. The Upper Paleolithic...
Read More
Sepp Schmolzer: Realm of Fantasy

Sepp Schmolzer: Realm of Fantasy

The Carinthian goldsmith, photographer and painter Sepp Schmolzer exercised a highly significant influence on jewelry design in the second half...
Read More
Egypt’s Sunken Treasures

Egypt’s Sunken Treasures

Underwater archaeology reigns supreme. Until now mainly disregarded as treasure seekers, modern methods have enabled diving researchers to delve into...
Read More
Dorothea Pruhl: Liberal Jewelry Sculptures

Dorothea Pruhl: Liberal Jewelry Sculptures

Breslau-born Dorothea Pruhl (in 1937) has been dealing with jewelry as a statement and the design of jewelry for four...
Read More
Diamonds: Nature’s Brilliant Idea

Diamonds: Nature’s Brilliant Idea

No other precious gem is as familiar — and coveted — as diamond. Learn the legends and histories behind some...
Read More
Elisabeth Treskow: Pave Maker of Modernity

Elisabeth Treskow: Pave Maker of Modernity

A changed world and new perceptions of life determined the development of jewelry art in the period before the Second...
Read More
Precious Materials

Precious Materials

Accessories are the mark of style! In this statement, the fashion designer Christian Lacroix reminds us that lifestyle is the...
Read More
Friedrich Becker: Escape Into the Fourth Dimension

Friedrich Becker: Escape Into the Fourth Dimension

The gold and silversmith Friedrich Becker has succeeded in uniting technology and art in a fascinating manner. Through his work...
Read More
The Art Treasures of the Thracians

The Art Treasures of the Thracians

To date, Orpheus and Spartacus are probably the best-known representatives of a people whose traces have been lost in history....
Read More
Amber: The Mysterious Gold of the North

Amber: The Mysterious Gold of the North

A swirl of myths and sagas surround this clear stone, which burns, releasing a beguiling, aromatic scent. The interior of...
Read More
Nathalie Scherrer: Going Into New Dimensions

Nathalie Scherrer: Going Into New Dimensions

Nathalie Scherrer’s jewelry is signed with a stylized butterfly as her symbol of artistic creativity: always looking for new challenges...
Read More
Along the Silk Road

Along the Silk Road

Roads connect. The various cultures along the Silk Road are spread out like pearls along a string. Its name is...
Read More
Hermann Junger: Goldsmith Art is with Global Charisma

Hermann Junger: Goldsmith Art is with Global Charisma

Professor Hermann Jünger, one of the most defining personalities in goldsmith art over the second half of the last century,...
Read More
Worn Symbols: The Varied Forms of Body Jewelry

Worn Symbols: The Varied Forms of Body Jewelry

People have adorned their bodies all round the globe since the dawn of time. They drew on paints, scars, tattoos,...
Read More
Timeless Values as a Basis

Timeless Values as a Basis

In times, characterized by temporal and rapid changes in many values, it is necessary to hold on to tradition, particularly...
Read More
Ruth Robinson: Precious Findings

Ruth Robinson: Precious Findings

Ruth Robinson has an unusual and special position among the grand dames of contemporary jewelry art. The encounters with the...
Read More
The Varied History of Platinum

The Varied History of Platinum

No other precious metal has experienced such a varied history over the course of time. Discovered early on and appreciated...
Read More
Paper Has Many Faces

Paper Has Many Faces

In previous centuries, paper was immensely precious. Today it has become a run of the mill product without any particularly...
Read More
Marie van den Hout: Art Visualizes Thought Processes

Marie van den Hout: Art Visualizes Thought Processes

For Marie van den Hout, renowned owner of the Gallery Marzee, there is quite simply no doubt: Jewelry satisfies all...
Read More
Ancient High Cultures: Jewelry, Talisman and Status Symbol

Ancient High Cultures: Jewelry, Talisman and Status Symbol

People have gazed at adorned ears for many millennia. Discoveries in tombs and old legends tel of how ears were...
Read More
A Message in Different Dimensions

A Message in Different Dimensions

“Look, touch, wear”; the thought is somehow fascinating. The borders between sculpture and jewelry are transient. Many artists also work...
Read More
The Art of Individual Packaging

The Art of Individual Packaging

Etuis, cartons, boxes, sacks or caskets – there is a large selection of packagin. They are appreciated by goldsmiths and...
Read More
Kremlin Armory: The Czar’s Gold

Kremlin Armory: The Czar’s Gold

The Kremlin Armory houses unique collections of precious items that mirror the artistic wealth of the country and the relations...
Read More
Marvelous Jewelry From the Green Vault

Marvelous Jewelry From the Green Vault

The Green Vault is Europe’s most magnificent treasure trove. It holds masterpieces of jewelry and goldsmith art as well as...
Read More
How the Sun Tells Time

How the Sun Tells Time

The measurement of time has passed through many stages. From water clocks and candle clocks, hour glasses and clockwork through...
Read More
Hans Jaenisch: Jewelry Shows its Colors

Hans Jaenisch: Jewelry Shows its Colors

“Colors are vitamins for the human soul”, claimed the German painter Professor Hans Jaenisch. In saying this, he emphasized the...
Read More
Folklore, Power, and Magic of Gemstones

Folklore, Power, and Magic of Gemstones

When the Babylonians observed the passage of the heavenly bodies across the firmament many thousands of years ago and believed...
Read More
Alex Fritsch: Design Quality for Inexpensive Prices

Alex Fritsch: Design Quality for Inexpensive Prices

Axel Fritsch from Bastian sees his products as an alternative for design-focused goldsmiths and jewelers. Unlike the jewelry form major...
Read More
Crossing Over Jewelry and Watches Made By Artists

Crossing Over Jewelry and Watches Made By Artists

There has always been jewelry from artists, be they painters or sculptors. Some of them have been genuine independent works...
Read More
German Jewelry Quality and Creativity

German Jewelry Quality and Creativity

Many German jewelry producers have stunning ideas for design combined with a level of quality that satisfies even the most...
Read More
Jewelry Gemstone Engraving Over the Passage of Time

Jewelry Gemstone Engraving Over the Passage of Time

The art of gem cutting (glyptics in Greek) is one of the oldest testimonies to how installed, fascinating miniatures can...
Read More
Lapponia Jewellery and The Message of the Sculptor

Lapponia Jewellery and The Message of the Sculptor

Björn Weckström had a decisive influence on the idea of Finnish style. Over four decades of cooperation with Lapponia Jewellery...
Read More
Scandinavian Design: A Myth is Unraveled

Scandinavian Design: A Myth is Unraveled

The message was a revolution. While the wounds of the Second World War were eased in Europe using conciliatory kitsch...
Read More
The Attraction of Visions: Inhorgenta Europe 2004

The Attraction of Visions: Inhorgenta Europe 2004

At the start of the year, inhorgenta europe in Munich will provide answers to the questions on how jewelry will...
Read More
Allgemeine Gold in Pforzheim

Allgemeine Gold in Pforzheim

The Allgemeine Gold- und Silberscheideanstalt AG, founded in Pforzheim in 1891, is among the leading European firms in the precious...
Read More
Cutlery: A Matter of Taste

Cutlery: A Matter of Taste

Eating and drinking have been part of life forever. And people have always striven to make something special out of...
Read More
The Project Silver Summer Gallery

The Project Silver Summer Gallery

For the third time, visitors to the Inhorgenta 2004 in Munich will be pleased at the very different kind of...
Read More
Jewelry with Precious Stones

Jewelry with Precious Stones

What is a trend? It is easier to answer what it is not: a designer’s inspired idea, which brings immediate...
Read More
Frey Wille: An Homage to Art

Frey Wille: An Homage to Art

From the ancient Greeks to contemporary art – this Vienna-based enamel workshop excites its clients throughout the world with artistic...
Read More
The Czar’s Gold Masterpieces

The Czar’s Gold Masterpieces

The Kremlin Armory houses unique collections of precious items that mirror the artistic wealth of the country and the relations...
Read More
Experimental Jewelry from Senegal

Experimental Jewelry from Senegal

Experimentelles Schmuck design (Experimental Jewelry Design) is the name of a project implemented by the Berlin-based painter and goldsmith Werner...
Read More

Power and Magic of Gemstones

When the Babylonians observed the passage of the heavenly bodies across the firmament many thousands of years ago and believed...
Read More
History of Gemstone Engravings

History of Gemstone Engravings

The art of gem cutting (glyptics in Greek) is one of the oldest testimonies to how installed, fascinating miniatures can...
Read More

The All-In-One Jewelry Making Solution At Your Fingertips

When you join the Ganoksin community, you get the tools you need to take your work to the next level.

Become a Member

Trusted Jewelry Making Information & Techniques

Sign up to receive the latest articles, techniques, and inspirations with our free newsletter.