Angela Cummings
Angela Cummings (1944). American goldsmith. Angela Cummings was born in Austria, she moved to the U.S. at a very young age. She studied in Perugia and graduated in gemology in Germany. Her first collaboration was in 1968 with Tiffany and then, again with Tiffany, she designed her first Collection in 1972. She created her first complete collection of jewels with her name in 1972. She became one of the jewellery innovative designer (together with Paloma Picasso, Jean Schlumbergerr and Elsa Peretti) associated to Tiffany. In 1983, she started her own business and created a line under her name that includes porcelains and silverware. She has a boutique at Bergdorf Goodman in New York. Her designs are available at Bloomingdale‘s and Neiman Marcus in the U.S., and at Takashimaya in both New York and Tokyo. She has a partnership in Japan with Shiseido.
Angela Cummings was also famous for a kind of processing with 18 carat gold, platinum and silver, with precious stone: she often mixed this materials with unconventional combinations like wood. She sperimenta also classical techniques of jewellery creations, like the inlay of precious metals and iron, with a process known as «welded damask». Ginkgo leaves, spiderwebs,
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