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Modern
jewellery has never been as diverse as it is in the present day.
The advent of new materials, such as plastics, Precious Metal Clay
(PMC) and different colouring techniques, has led to increased variety
in styles. Other advances, such as the development of improved pearls
harvesting by people such as Kokichi Mikimoto and the development
of improved quality artificial gemstones such as moissanite, has
placed jewellery within the economic grasp of a much larger segment
of the population. The "jewellery as art" movement, spearheaded
by artisans such as Robert Lee Morris, has kept jewellery on the
leading edge of artistic design. Influence from other cultural forms
is also evident; one example of this is bling-bling style jewellery,
popularized by hip-hop and rap artists in the early 21st century.
With the world's designs more accessible to jewellers, designs have
blended in aspects from many different cultures from many different
periods in time. |
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The late 20th century saw the
blending of European design with oriental techniques such as Mokume-gane.
Tim McCreight, an eminent authour and silversmith, cites the following
as the primary innovations in the decades stadling the year 2000:
"Mokume-gane, hydraulic die forming, anti-clastic raising,
fold-forming, reactive metal anodizing, shell forms, PMC, photoetching,
and CAD/CAM. Among early 21st century developments, several jewellers have experimented with ephemeral edible jewellery; including necklaces made of bread and silver rings encrusted with crystalized sugar. Artisan Jewellery continues to grow as both a hobby and a profession. With more than 17 U.S. periodicals about beading alone, resources, accessibility and a low initial cost of entry continues to expand production of hand-made adornments. Popular because of its uniqueness, artisan jewellery can be found in just about any price range. Some fine examples of artisan jewellery can be seen at The Metropolitan Museum |
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