Contemporary Jewellers Interviews with European Artists

by Bernabei, Roberta

• ISBN13: 9781845207700
• ISBN10: 184520770X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-09-15
• Publisher: Berg Pub Ltd

Summary

This book offers an essential reference for anyone interested in contemporary European jewellery design. Through guided conversations with the major designers of today, Roberta Bernabei reveals the creative, conceptual and technical working practices that underpin the aesthetic of each practitioner's work. In addition, the dialogues shed new light on these jewellers sources inspiration and their ideas relating to functionality and the human body. Each interview is supported by photographs and a detailed bibliography and appendix which locates the jewellers work in galleries, museums as well as online. Major jewellery artists present include: Giampaolo Babetto, Gijs Bakker, Otto Kuuml;nzli, Ruudt Peters, Mario Pinton and Tone Vigeland, alongside members of the emergent generation: Ted Noten, Annamaria Zanella and Christoph Zellweger. This book, which opens the door to contemporary jewellery practice, will be welcomed by all students, lecturers and practitioners.

Author Biography

Roberta Bernabei is a lecturer in Critical Historical Studies and 3D Design in the Schools of the Arts at Loughborough University. She is also a jewellery maker whose work has been exhibited at various national and international venues, including Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and the Museums of Decorative Arts in Berlin and Turin.

Table of Contents

List of Plates and Illustrations	p. ix
Preface	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Giampaolo Babetto	p. 46
Gijs Bakker	p. 54
Manfred Bischoff	p. 62
Liv Blavarp	p. 69
Esther Brinkmann	p. 76
Caroline Broadhead	p. 83
Iris Eichenberg	p. 90
Karl Fritsch	p. 96
Rian de Jong	p. 105
Daniel Kruger	p. 113
Otto Künzli	p. 120
Nel Linssen	p. 129
Bruno Martinazzi	p. 135
Ted Noten	p. 143
Ruudt Peters	p. 151
Mario Pinton	p. 161
Ramón Puig Cuyás	p. 168
Wendy Ramshaw	p. 177
Jacqueline Ryan	p. 185
Bemhard Schobinger	p. 191
Peter Skubic	p. 200
Tone Vigeland	p. 206
David Watkins	p. 211
Annamaria Zanella	p. 219
Christoph Zellweger	p. 226
Conclusions	p. 233
Resource Appendix	p. 244
Notes	p. 255
Bibliography	p. 261
Index	p. 267
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