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Jewelry's Shining Stars: The Next Generation

45 Visionary Women Designers

Beth Bernstein author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:ACC Art Books

Published:8th Jul '24

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Jewelry's Shining Stars: The Next Generation brings together 45 new women designers who have liberated the way we view and buy jewellery. This compilation of talented women, who hail from around the globe, use techniques such as enamelling, engraving, and creating nuanced textural details in wax models, to bend the rules and break with tradition. While some work with their own hands, whether schooled or self-taught, challenging themselves at the bench, others work alongside artisans to reinvigorate the old school into relevant yet enduring pieces.

The book's stunning photographs offer a glimpse into each designer's different aesthetic and are accompanied by the jeweller’s own words, revealing what drives their approach and giving us an insight behind these innovators. With reverence for quality, style, and technique, these 45 talented jewellers are creating today's collectibles and shaping jewellery’s future.

"Jewelry historian, author and writer Beth Bernstein talks about her new book, Jewelry’s Shining Stars: The Next Generation, 45 Visionary Women Designers, which intermixes personal anecdotes with details on these forward-looking artists’ inspirations and aesthetics." - Rapaport
"…giving you a sneak peek at the book through this gallery of some of the irrepressible women designers in this new book and their own words about their collections." - Instore Magazine
"Ultimately, she landed on a stellar lineup of women who have challenged and liberated the conventions of fine jewelry—some reviving age-old design and craftsmanship traditions, others rebelling against them." - JCK Online
"Ms Bernstein said the Victorians' penchant for festooning their jewels with flowers, insects, swallows, serpents, crescent moons and other symbols rich with meaning first struck a chord with contemporary designers about 20 years ago when more women began buying jewelry for themselves and embraced designs that reflected their beliefs and dreams." - The New York Times

ISBN: 9781788842402

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1311g

176 pages