Modern jewelry

The movement regarding modern jewelry began in late 40s which marked the end of the World War II. The interest in leisurely and artistic pursuits was renewed. The movement was attributed to Georg Jensen’s works, in particular and works by other designers who conceptualized wearable art. The arrival of new substances, like Precious Metal Clay (PMC), plastics and different coloring techniques, had given rise to many new styles. Harvesting of improved pearls was carried out by Kokichi Mikimoto and artificial gemstones such as moissanite were developed, which made jewelry quite affordable by the localites.

Artisans like ‘Robert Lee Morris’ spearheaded the ‘Jewelry as art’ movement at that time in UK. It was carried further by Anoush Waddington. The initial 21st century witnessed the emergence of bling-bling jewelry style, publicized by rap and hip-hop artists.

The 20th century later saw the mixture of European proposition combined with oriental techniques like Mokume-gane. The other innovations include hydraulic die forming, fold-forming, anti-clastic raising, shell forms, anodizing of reactive metal, photoetching, PMC, use of CAD/CAM. The Metropolitan Museum is a home to all these forms of jewelry. About 17 periodicals of United States depict information about beaded jewelry alone. The other periodicals state the resources, low investment cost, and accessibility of hand made embellishments. Artisan jewelry would continue to be both, a profession and a hobby in the years to come. A set of artisan jewelry is found in Pforzheim Germany at the ‘Schmuck Museum’. Some of the famous art jewelers in the past include Man Ray, Picasso, and Calder.

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