Precious Metal, Precious Stones & Jewellery: Artworks & Design

Showcases Alexandra Albini's unique, hand-made jewellery pieces. Feminine shapes often embrace large baroque pearls or precious gems that are not c...

This sumptuous book captures the magnificence of a collection of symbolic objects steeped in English history like no other: the Crown Jewels. From ...

Ruudt Peters (b. 1950) is a pioneering conceptual jewellery artist who challenges traditional definitions of adornment by pushing the boundaries of...

Precious metal wire is a versatile material that can be used to great advantage in jewellery design. This book focuses on using soldering techniqu...

When I am working with colours, I feel like a painter. When I am working with metal, I feel like a constructor. And when I am working with toys, I ...

It imparts the type of educational information that all stages of jewelry collectors, as well as jewelry enthusiasts from students to dealers, will...

This detailed guide is written for intermediate and experienced Rhino 3D CAD users who wish to improve their understanding of NURBS and subdivision...

At centre stage in this volume is the Royal Clock Salt, an exceptional national treasure from the courtly culture of the Renaissance. Most probably...

For more than a century, Rolex has stood apart as the most legendary brand of watch in the world. A Rolex conveys many things: a luxury timepiece, ...

Mari Ishikawa sees a parallel world off the beaten track of everyday living that she wants to make visible with her art. Such counter-worlds are di...

Ever since the 1970s the Austrian couple Heidi and Karl Bollmann have been assembling a highly respected collection of international art jewellery....

Alongside artistically experimental aspects of education, the ThinkingJewellery 'trademark' stands as a contextual leitmotif throughout the gemston...

In this book, Cristina Filipe offers a critical examination, from a social and art historical perspective, of some of the artists and contexts that...

From medieval pilgrim badges and Renaissance hat decorations to jewelled brooches and twentieth-century political pins, brooches and badges are oft...

Costume jewellery is commonly understood to mean fashionable yet affordable adornments made from non-precious material. Originating in in mid-1700s...

A sumptuous journey into the vibrant world of Parisian jewelry designer Marie-Helene de Taillac, renowned for her traditional craftsmanship, colorf...

From the Preface When I first went to Africa in the 1960s, I was bowled over by African art. What really got under my skin were the bangles, princi...