Flora: The Art of Jewelry
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Flora: The Art of Jewelry Details
Review “This is a charming little book that reveals how flowers have long been a source of inspiration for jewelers...The authors, well-known jewelry experts and historians, examine remarkable designs that celebrate flowers and nature in this book.” - Association for the Study of Jewelry and Related Arts Read more About the Author Patrick Mauriees is a Paris-based writer of many notable titles on fashion and design. Among his previous books are Maison Goossens: Haute Couture Jewelry, Jewelry by Chanel, The World According to Karl, and Androgyne.Évelyn Possémé is chief curator at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in the Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and antique and modern jewelry department.Jean-Marie del Moral is a photographer. He has contributed to many books and publications such as Vogue and Travel and Leisure. Read more
Reviews
I was on page 30, when I felt compelled to stop reading, run to my computer and write this review! This book is AMAZING! As a jeweler, whose forte is botanicals, this book sang to me. I absolutely love the closeups and applaud the decision, by the authors, to photograph the (normally) hidden side of the jeweler's art.Photographing jewelry, in this manner, offers us paeans an almost voyeuristic look into the underpinnings of the work: linking methods, pin stem design, hidden bails, setting techniques, etc. As a jeweler, this is exciting to see. If you aren't a jeweler, looking this closely at jewelry will give you some idea of the difficulty and skill required to produce such lovely work. The book is almost as good as being able to handle the work itself, examining its construction and seeing the marks made by the jeweler's hand.As I mentioned, at the beginning of this review, I didn't get too far into the book but, from my quick scan of the other pages, I could see that most of the images are of older works. The latest date, that I saw, was from 2002. So, if you only want to look at recently made jewelry, this book is not for you. But, for me, Flora is like a chocolate, hot fudge and caramel sundae topped with homemade whipped cream. Yum!
