Essay On Contemporary Jewellery

What is contemporary jewellery

1. Introduction
1.1 Introduce the contemporary jewellery

With the development of social economy and the and popularization of jewelry in the world, people are no strange to the contemporary jewelry, and even many people cannot live it. And contemporary jewelry industry has followed the national designers of learning and interaction, gradually becoming full and rich, and has some new form.“Contemporary Jewellery is a type of practice - understood as the contemporary offspring of a craft-based design activity that finds its origin in medieval workshops.
This definition emphasizes contemporary jewellery in the past history, and found in British and American Arts and crafts movement, the new manual skills and interest in the late 19th century (as a last stand against industrialization) radical jewelry movement in the 1960s appear antecedents: it emphasizes the personality, process and the production of the mainstream and into the plight of the relations of the concept.” (from: Metalsmith Magazine Published: 17.04.2008) And contemporary jewellery is a term that is slightly difficult to give with a real meaning. It is a slippery concept; Contemporary jewellery is often but not always

next, will discuss some interesting material of contemporary jewellery.

3.Main body
3.1 Detailed discuss the materials of contemporary jewellery.

Different materials will have different feelling for jewellery designs. And than, talk about some different and unique materials, like the Rawhide, Alginate and Quail eggs. Now, look at the first on is Rawhide，that is from dead body of animal and untreated, also called original skin. However, it is can be use in the jewellery, there has some picture of contemporary jewellery made by alignate. Gut Ball Masumi Kataoka Rawhide, Plastic, Sterling Silver, Steel, 2007, Educational

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