The New Jewelry: Trends & Traditions (Paperback)

by Peter Dormer (Author), Ralph Turner (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal
Dormer and Turner have produced an exciting volume on recent developments in the art and craft of jewelry making. Through the abundant illustrations of excellent examples of jewelry as ornament, as fashion, as sculpture, and as assemblage, the reader can see many of the distinctive and unique trends of a truly international style. A ``no-holds-barred'' attitude is reflected in each of the three chapters on expression and design, jewelry as image, and jewelry as theater. Included are brief biographical sketches of major international jewelry makers and lists of galleries and museums specializing in jewelry exhibitions, major exhibitions since 1960, and important publications. Enthusiastically recommended. Stephen Allan Patrick, East Tennessee State Univ. Lib., Johnson City
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description
Jewellery has come alive again. 20 years ago a mere handful of designers in Europe and America were fighting the cliches of conventional design. Today there has been, in Ralph Turner's words, a "burgeoning of many kinds of ornament". Comprehensively revised and updated to incorporate the challenging work of the late 1980s and the 1990s, this book now presents in three sections the very latest examples of contemporary inventiveness. Mainstream abstract jewellery encompasses the diversity of modern ornament; whilst contemporary figurative jewellery is made by artists who sculpt and model in precious metals or everyday materials; and today's "jewellery as theatre" features radical workers and their controversial "wearables". Recent trends are given a special section of their own.

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson; Rev Sub edition (December 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0500277745
• ISBN-13: 978-0500277744
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #519,200 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Overlooked Gem, June 18, 2007

By	Ryan A. Ricks "Artist Jeweler" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It's disapointing when a book with this much insight gets overlooked by those shopping for a good book on contemporary jewelry. This is one of the few books written on the subject that actually explains what the contemporary jewelry genre is all about. Unfortunately, becuase the subject matter is a little intimidating or unfamiliar for a lot of the public, it gets passed over.
No other book on the subject has as much insight, or as creative and accurate vocabulary to describe such a unique art jewelry movement. You will also be hard pressed to find photos of this same work included in any other collection of modern jewelry. Truly unique in many ways.