On display the past few days in Baltimore were a thousand examples of the sort of oversized, exuberant pieces that have been fashionable for a while: gigantic rings, bracelets that might work as weapons, and neckpieces that function as collars, even shawls.
Still, there were surprises among the effusive jewelry at the show:
The surface of Emanuela Duca's cast-silver pieces looks like molten material, on which lays a little treasure - often a pearl, offering a striking rough-smooth contrast.