Are Lab Grown Diamonds The New Big Thing? As famously quoted by the iconic Marilyn Monroe, “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend.” There's no doubt that diamonds are unparalleled [...]

Success in the art world is paved by those who offer a guiding hand along the road. The New York Jewelry Design Institute is proud to have Barbara Raleigh share [...]

The New York Jewelry Design Institute of New York has proudly been teaching jewelry designers since we opened our doors. Helmed by Jenine Lepera Izzi, NYJDI offers flexible and customized [...]

Previously considered a lost art, designers have been rediscovering gouache (“goo + AASH”) painting. While we at New York Jewelry Design Institute have been teaching this lost art since 2012, [...]

The history of jewelry traces back to some of the world’s most remote civilizations. From shells, pebbles and fishbones to precious metals, jewelry was utilized to decorate the body during [...]

When you study how artists like interior designers, painters, architects, and clothing designers utilize color, you'll gain a sense of how various shades can be leveraged to inspire and elicit certain emotions. Color is such [...]