Susanne Fowler

Jul 24, 2024 | chicagotribune.com | Susanne Fowler

NAPLES, Italy — Chicago is famed for its fabulously cheesy deep-dish pizza, but Naples, it is generally agreed, is where the savory thin-crust version of the pie was born. My friend Therese and I, both former Chicago Tribune editors, decided we needed to visit Naples in search of the real deal during our trip to Italy.

Mar 13, 2024 | nytimes.com | Susanne Fowler

Solange Azagury-Partridge imagined five colorful motifs in handblown glass for a limited-edition series of lamps. Can delicate handblown glass ever have a truly practical application? The British jewelry designer Solange Azagury-Partridge, known for her enameled silver Hotlips ring, a piece that is in the jewelry collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, has an answer. Five answers, actually.

Dec 4, 2023 | newyorkmetropolitan.com | Susanne Fowler

A specialist who teaches classes in fan making talks about her introduction to the accessory and the skills involved in making them. Tucked inside two early Georgian townhouses in the Greenwich area of London, the Fan Museum opened in 1991 “to promote awareness and appreciation of the diverse history, culture and artistry of fans and fan making,” according to its website.

Nov 14, 2023 | nytimes.com | Susanne Fowler

Style|Maps That Tell Their Own Storieshttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/14/style/map-makers-collectors-craftsmanship.htmlOculi Mundi, a new online collection, shares the artistry of early creators. A detail of a map in the “Rudimentum Novitiorum” from 1475, an illustrated chronicle in Latin that was used by monks as a teaching aid for novices.Credit...Oculi MundiReporting from LondonNov.

Aug 28, 2023 | nytimes.com | Susanne Fowler

Fashion|A New Jewelry Fair Is Scheduled in 2024https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/28/fashion/jewelry-fair-artvendome-paris.htmlThe organizer of ArtVendôme says a lack of shows that are open to the public prompted him to plan the event in Paris. ArtVendôme is scheduled at the Grand Palais Éphémère, a temporary site on the Champ de Mars near the Eiffel Tower that is being used while the Grand Palais is renovated.Credit...Pascal Rossignol/ReutersAug.