All that glitters here IS gold—and it’s gorgeous! This addition to the popular Masters series focuses on a topic—gold jewelry—with mass appeal to a wide audience: jewelers, metal smiths, collectors, museums, and just about anyone who loves beautiful workmanship. Leading jewelry expert Marthe Le Van has chosen 40 of the world’s best goldsmiths and presents their finest pieces. A short essay accompanies each eight-page section, along with choice quotes from the featured artists. The talented creators showcased here include: Eva Steinberg (Germany): Art Nouveau influences abound in her colorful earrings and pendants Namu Cho (Korea/United States): Cho employs the ancient technique of Korean damascene known as poe mok saang gum. Claude Chavent (France): He plays with the optical illusions of trompe l’oeil, bringing volume and movement to his dazzling flat pieces. Stuart Golder (United States): Golder weaves sheets and wires of gold on a loom, designing elaborate patterns based on traditional cloth weaving. If you're a fan of great metalwork -- and of beautiful jewelry -- you're in for a real treat. Forty contemporary artists with distinct vision and voice in the classic material of gold are showcased on eight pages each. And ... wow! My favorites include Adrean Bloomard, Aaron Macsai, Jacqueline Ryan, Geoffrey Giles, Namu Cho, Seung-Hea Lee, and Giampaolo Babetto, but all the artists are worthy of long, jaw-dropping consideration. One caveat that shouldn't stop you from loving this book: in more than a few cases, the work shown is better than the photograph showing it. But the book overcomes it and still is amazing, as dazzling eye-candy, inspiration, and a beautiful -- and, like the material, simply priceless -- gallery book. The complete list of featured artists, all masters in classic gold, in order are: Ulla and Martin Kaufmann, Namu Cho, Mary Lee Hu, Stefano Marchetti, Yasuki Hiramatsu, Bruno Martinazzi, Harold O'Connor, Barbara Heinrich, Michael Becker, Gerd Rothmann, Graziano Visintin, Adrean Bloomard, Claude Chavent, Giovanni Corvaja, Andrew Lamb, Michael Good, Wendy Ramshaw CBE, Rike Bartels, Mary Preston, David Watkins, Jim Kelso, Jacqueline Ryan, Gerda Flockinger CBE, Eva Steinberg, Linda Kindler Priest, Gurhan Orhan, Alberto Zorzi, Philip Sajet, Giampaolo Babetto, Lisa Gralnick, Abrasha, Claus Bjerring, Etsuko Sonobe, Seung-Hea Lee, Christa Luhtje, Aaron Macsai, Michael David Sturlin, Alexandra Solowij Watkins, and Stuart Golder.

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