Saturday, September 26, 2015

Designer Jewelry and Trends

Jewelry is an object of body adornment, popular since the beginning of civilization.  The goldsmiths or metalworkers belonging to ancient cultures created fine jewelry. They were master craftsmen who gave shapes to metals, bones and wood to create the fine specimen of body adornment.  

Today jewelry industry runs into billions of dollars all over the world not counting the priceless items which are more of an antique. The jewelry designers are professional who render metal into fine jewelry and embed gems and diamonds into them. Hence the designers are masters in creating fine jewelry as well as metallurgist who understand the properties of noble metals and gems. 

In current scenario delicately hand crafted designer jewelry is in vogue. The jewelry designers are expert in creating fine jewelry out of white and yellow Gold, Silver and Platinum. The creation is mush different from traditional jewelry that represented objects of nature and oriental designs.

Modern jewelry stands apart from traditional jewelries. It is a fusion of tradition and contemporary art or stand alone creation of the artist. Modern jewelry incorporates contemporary designs that are in vogue. The objects most preferred in present times are necklaces, bracelets, rings for various occasions, pendants and ear rings.  

Wooden, bone and bead jewelry are not popular today. With discovery of gem stones the popular form of jewelry shifted to gem or diamond studded metal jewelry. The jewelry making turned into art form making shift from traditional jewelry making profession.

Major jewelry designers created jewelry items that differed from prevailing concepts. The art jewelry was propagated by the rich and the glitterati and many top rung artists in all fields.  The top rung buyers prefer delicate handcrafted designer jewelry to mass produced jewelry.

In order to qualify as handmade jewelry the object should not be created using machines or casting. If any machine tools are used they should be hand guided. The art jewelry comprises of buyers who are mainly collectors or museums. The art jewelry industry is not very popular as compared contemporary fashion jewelry trade.

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