21st Century Jewelry

"Jewerly-making is not exclusively the concern of skilled and zealous artisans. Creators - artists and even poets - are also involved in producing the jewels of today and tomorrow." "Jewelry Design in the 21st Century describes and illustrates - in a survey of international scope - the nature of the different practices, stressing the characteristics of each creator: the accentuation of the extraordinary form and color of pearls, the combination of precious stones to achieve a bright, sparkling rainbow effect, or the technical transformation of solid blocks of metal into fabulous collations of tones and textures."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved