Artist Thomas Mann, seated on what he describes as a junky ... The place: While his distinctive jewelry has fueled his business, he thinks of himself primarily as an artist and sculptor rather ...

Both were designed by Thomas Mann, who runs a New Orleans empire that specializes in making unique, mass-produced metal-based collages from materials rejected by many jewelers: beach pebbles ...

Both events are free, but registration is required. Jewelry by Thomas Mann will be for sale at an Allentown Art Museum fundraiser Sept. 15 at the National Museum of INdustrial History in Bethlehem.