Making your own mark in the world by how people see you is important, just as important as your voices in the world.

So, yeah, I think artist jewelry is, I hope, an ever-growing field.

Maybe this show will encourage other artists to think of a new form of art making

and allow people to make their own statements through their creative output.

I'm Carol Horton, the voice of jewelry.

Welcome to If Jewels Could Talk.

I'm an author and broadcaster and the woman who initiated the role of jewelry editor at magazines like Tatler and Vogue.

This is a podcast for everyone, for people who do like jewelry, for people who don't realize they like jewelry,

and anyone intrigued by fascinating facts, new ideas and forgotten histories.

So join me as I tell sparkly tales and meet all sorts of

people delving into four centuries of jewellery culture and investigate what's happening now.

Today we are talking about artist's jewellery.

These are mini works of art that aren't actual miniatures of the artist's other work,

but at the same time they definitely bear the artist's creative signature.

So they can be pendants, rings, brooches, which like a painting or sculpture

spring from the same creative approach of the artist, but it has a different purpose, and that is to be

worn. From April 12th this month until October, the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach,

Florida, are holding an exhibition titled

Artist's Jewry from Cubism to Pop, the Dianne Collection, which spans a time period from the second

half of the 20th century to today, including works by Picasso, Man Ray, Jeff Coons, Alexander Calder, Salvador Dali, etc.

And I am delighted today to welcome the Norton's chief curatorial operations and research officer

Rachel Guff Stafson, who worked closely with the collector, Diane Vanay, on the show and collection,

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