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More artists make necklaces than any other form of jewelry—and these pieces are among the most exquisite ever created. Selected from over 5,000 entries, they range from unique chokers to artful collars. Some showcase precious metals and gems, while others use more unusual materials, including plastic, wood, paper, and glass. They’re forged, cast, and woven, and have surface embellishments that run the gamut from inlay to enameling. And the variety is simply astonishing: Classic bejeweled chains appear next to avant-garde felted wool constructions. Some of the eye-catching, full-color images feature enlightening quotes from the creators themselves. Jewelers, students, collectors, and anyone who loves beautiful objects will treasure this extensive collection—the largest of its kind.
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Un monde de colliers contemporains !,
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This review is from: 500 Necklaces: Contemporary Interpretations of a Timeless Form (Paperback)
La série de livres qui ont été réalisés par Lark Books sur les bijoux est très intéressante. On y retrouve dans celui-ci des colliers réalisés dans plusieurs techniques. Les matériaux classiques comme l'or et l'argent, mais aussi l'utilisation du bois, de l'émail, de résines diverses, de caoutchouc, de cheveux, de collages, de papier, de tissus ! Enfin tout ce qui peut nous tomber sous la main. Quelques créations sont un tour de force qui demande une maîtrise de ce métier qui n'est pas des plus facile d'ailleurs. À partir de livre, vous pouvez vous inspirer ou encore fouiller dans Internet pour trouver le créateur du collier que vous avez toujours désiré !
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3.3 out of 5 stars (15 customer reviews) 44 of 51 people found the following review helpful
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Not the best in the series,
By R. Eberhard "Eclectic Studio" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: 500 Necklaces: Contemporary Interpretations of a Timeless Form (Paperback)
As an avid collector of jewellery books, jewellery designer, maufacturer and teacher, I was waiting with baited breath for this to arrive. I am unfortunately disappointed with it. ( Having loved brooches, rings and Polymer ). This book heavily focused on Sterling Silver, ( where was Precious Metal Clay - not one example - appalling!, I hope this was not bias by the esteemed juror??). Not enough examples of mixed media and many of the photos contained in other publications. Some were truly beautiful and inspirational, whilst others were an insult, they should be in a 500 garments, they were shawls!(Carol Fishers Canvas), or Christoph Freier's wonderful granite bolders with two gold bolders, placed as a necklace on lawn were fabulous but they were sculpture. Taking the title "Interpretation" to the extreme you see 20kg rocks on grass, yes they are a representation of a necklace but it does not belong in this book, I am looking for jewellery. In fact, I was sorely disappointed as at least 50% of the items were so over the top or shaped so that they could not ever be worn. Perhaps they should have made this book two - 500 Wearable and 500 Non Wearable! I wait for 500 Earrings with concern now. I just hope Lark can bring back the original high standard of this series, together with a wider diversity of media and certainly not leaving out important media such as Precious Metal Clay. Paper, wood and glass-lampwork, felt, were either non existent or poorly represented. Borrow from the Library, save your pennies and purchase the spectacular Art Jewelry Today by Dona Meilach.
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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Another Book Printed in China with Poor Editorial copy and Bad Photography,
By Robert "Manheim" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: 500 Necklaces: Contemporary Interpretations of a Timeless Form (Paperback)
As a jewelry professor at a majoy university, I used to recommend these books to my students along with Tim McCreights books. However, unlike McCreight, Lark Books outsourced all the work to China for printing and never review the editorial material before they publish it. The result? A group of objects by jewelers that are poorly shot, badly laid out and really don't aid the jeweler OR the jewelry collector in knowing anything about the current happenings in the world of jewelry design.
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Could Have Been Great, But Falls Short,
By Cynthianna - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: 500 Necklaces: Contemporary Interpretations of a Timeless Form (Paperback)
With way more than 500 amazing necklaces out there in the world that could have been in this book, it's frustrating to have some of the pages dedicated to what would better be described as "scarves" or to see the redundancy of including many similar pieces by the same artists (for example, one piece from the "Guarded Gestures" series would have been enough). While I don't expect everything to be wearable, I would have thought the editors would have narrowed their definition of "necklace" to exclude a 2.5-meter arrangement of rocks on the ground. Overall, it's a good picture book with some amazing pieces, but it could have been better.
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