New brooches: 400+ contemporary jewellery designs = Broches : 400+ diseños de joyería contemporánea

Abstract

"New Brooches explores the current trends in contemporary jewellery through a selection of 441 jewellery artists' creations from all over the world. New Brooches shows the versatile and dynamic nature of this ornament and the artistic, technical and expressive possibilities that it involves. Brooches are essentially a jewellery artist's blank canvas that invites endless creativity without formal restrictions. 172 artists have contributed, with a wide variety of perspectives, forms and techniques, to shape this inspirational compendium, a must-have for any professional or student of jewellery or fashion design."--Page 4 of cover.

Contents

Acknowledgements = Agradecimientos / Nicolas Estrada -- The brooch = El broche / Ramón Puig Cuyàs -- A brooch is not simply a brooch = Un broche no es tan solo un broche / Ezra Satok-Wolman -- Air -- Fire -- Earth -- Ether -- Water -- About the author = Sobre el autor / Nicolas Estrada -- Index of artists = Índice de artistas.