CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY A STUDIO HANDBOOK (1970)

"CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY BRINGS TOGETHER IN ONE COMPREHENSIVE SOURCE THE HISTORY, DESIGN PRINCIPLES, MATERIALS AND PROCESSES OF AN ART FORM THAT HAS HAD A BRILLIANT DEVELOPMENT IN THE 20TH CENTURY.

PICTORAL ILLUSTRATIONS DEMONSTRATE STEP BY STEP HOW THE WORK DERIVES FROM PROCEDURES SUCH AS FUSING AND SOLDERING, CUTTING, HAMMERING, CASTING, STONESETTING AND FINISHING."

ILLUSTRATED BY MORE THAN 450 PROCEDURAL DIAGRAMS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF MODERN AND HISTORICAL EXAMPLES OF THE METALWORKER'S ART. 16 PAGES OF COLOR REPRODUCTIONS.

THE JEWELRY PIECES REPRESENT THE WORK OF THE MASTER JEWELERS OF BOTH EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA.

INCLUDES DESIGNS BY:
FREDRICH BECKER, SVETOZAR RADAKOVICH , RENE LALIQUE, OLAF SKOOGFORS, JOAQUIN CAPDEVILA, JOHN DONALD, GERDA FLOCKINGER, ANDREW GRIMA, HANNA RUTH GRATCH-LEVY, GUNTER WYSS, KLAUS ULRICH, MARIO PINTON, SAM KRAMER, PHILIP MORTON, SIGURD PERSSON, STANLEY LECHTZIN, E.R. NELE, REINHOLD REILING, ALVIN PINE, MICHAEL JERRY, PHILIP FIKE, HARRY BERTOIA, MARGARET DE PATTA, AND MANY MORE

CONTENTS:
HISTORY AND DESIGN, INTRO, AN APPROACH TO CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY DESIGN, JEWELRY OF THE PAST, HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY, PRINCIPLES OF CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY DESIGN, ADVANCED DESIGN, FUNCTIONAL DESIGN, FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES, FORMING, LAYOUT, CUTTING, HAMMERING, FASTENINGS, CASTING, FINISHING METAL, GEMS AND SEMI PRECIOUS STONES, STONE SETTING AND SETTINGS, TOOLMAKING, MARKETING, PRODUCTION, APPENDIX, BIBLIO, INDEX