Lady Amaranth in Alchemy England catalog, wearing the Emerald Venom necklace & Mortuarium earstuds. Alchemy Gothic jewelry

If any Halloween follower wants to look scary and glamorous at the same time, then Alchemy 1977’s is the best choice. Alchemy Gothic jewelry is a world recognized brand founded by two self-taught artists from Manchester – Geoff Kayson and Trevor Phillipson. They themselves describe the start of their business “Broke, jobless and into rock and punk music in Leicester in 1977, GK started making punk anti-jewellery and selling it to local shops, at gigs and by mail order”. Now Alchemy Gothic is the world leader in the manufacture of beautiful esoteric and contemporary jewellery, accessories for the Gothic lifestyle.
Gothic and alternative jewelry by Alchemy Gothic ranges from wine glasses to skull alchemist boxes. For nearly 40 years, Alchemy Gothic produces specially designed decorations for large and small customers worldwide. Their advertising department productions has created many masterpieces for music, movies and entertainment, as well as corporate gifts and awards in the broad areas of business.
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Stolen Big Eyes. 2014 ‘Big Eyes’ by Tim Burton, Margaret Keane (played by Amy Adams)

Stolen Big Eyes
Tim Burton fans are waiting for his upcoming biographical drama film Big Eyes to be released on December 25, 2014. The movie tells the story of a husband and wife – two artists Margaret (played by Amy Adams) and Walter Keane (actor Christoph Waltz), whose co-creation rose to fame in the 1950s and 60s. The story of their divorce battle, when Margaret accused her husband of stealing her paintings. The theme in their art was – children and women with doe-like eyes. Now they remind the precious moments of XX century. Those moments in which the eyes have become a symbol of a bygone era.
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Actress Margarita. 1909. Million Scarlet Roses from Niko Pirosmani

Million Scarlet Roses from Niko Pirosmani. Georgian artist Niko Pirosmani (5 May 1862 – April 9, 1918) was a primitivist, one of those artists about whom people far from understanding art, say: “I would have painted not worse than that”. But only a blind man can not see the whole poignancy of the artist’s painting. Behind the apparent naivete of painted on canvas animals and holiday feasts are hidden deep feelings – pain through the joy and pleasure through pain. And it becomes more than obvious if you know a little about the life of Niko Pirosmani. When asked about the age, Niko replied with a shy smile: “How should I know?” Time for him went his own way and did not correlate with boring numbers on the calendar.
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Beauty and Art of Jewellery Theatre

Beauty and Art of Jewellery Theatre

Jewellery Theatre company was founded in Moscow in 1998. No doubts, The Beauty and Art of Jewellery Theatre will leave you breathless, as you will not find anywhere else such a combination of a creative imagination with the natural beauty and colors of precious stones. The Philosophy of Jewellery Theatre is to create a world within a world; that is, a world of wonder on a higher level. The artful pieces of Jewellery Theatre leave behind the everyday, the ordinary, thus making us the enchanted spectators admiring the beauty and craftsmanship of the jewels. Jewellery Theatre employs the genius of brilliant designers with the craftsmanship of master jewelers. Working only with precious stones and metals, their designers and jewelers create pieces that are unique.
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Burch in one of her earliest necklaces made ​​from powdered metal and colorful threads. The photo taken in New York in 1971 near her apartment in Nob Hill. Beautiful jeweler and artist Laurel Burch

Beautiful jeweler and artist Laurel Burch lived in pain all her entire life, suffering more than 100 bone fractures as a result of osteopetrosis, a rare disease of bone fragility. Any push, fall could cause a fracture. In order to pay for housing and food, she was engaged in cooking, cleaning, sitting with the children. She was looking for a stable basis in order to maintain her fragile body. Without work, without money, without a dream she got to the Golden Gate in San Francisco. These were the famous 60th time hippies. Free spirit of hippi penetrated her art, her drawings are a direct reflection of the hippie culture. She described herself this way: “I live within the vivid colors of my imagination … soaring with rainbow feathered birds, racing the desert winds on horseback, wrapped in ancient tribal jewels, dancing with mythical tigers in steamy jungles.”
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Lana Del Rey in the legendary House of the Rising Sun

July 9, 1964 the group The Animals hit the first line of the British charts with the song “The House of the Rising Sun”. Simple plot of the song about the hard life of a poor boy and rhythmic strumming of British folk won the hearts of millions of people from around the world. What was the reason for such popularity? The paradox of the Legendary House of the Rising Sun was the fact that The Animals were not the first one who told the story of the fateful “House”. For several centuries prisoners, drunks, vagrants sang this song in UK and Ireland and, of course, there was no New Orleans yet. The British sailed to discover the the New World and took a simple motif with them, close to everyone story that they could sing, even without musical accompaniment.
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Mondrian Girl. Acrylic on Canvas. Painting by American artist Sherry Wolf

Painting by American artist Sherry Wolf can be easily mistaken for a photograph. Sherry Wolf was born January 27, 1949 in Pikesville, Baltimore. Sherry Wolf graduated from the Art History department of the University of Maryland. Her recent paintings are featured on the website Artsy.net. This series of paintings features a beautiful model dressed to evoke notable mod trends, standing before familiar allusions to modern art and characteristic motifs of mid-century modernism. They say talented people are talented in everything, Sherry Wolf has been successful at everything she’s tried. Alongside with her painting career, Sherry Wolf has designed jewelry and fashion accessories. The works of a talented artist and fashion designer can be found in the most prestigious collections and her “Artist in the Studio” painting is in the permanent collection at the Albright-Knox Museum.
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