Art&DesignWinter2024

Cameos: A Pocket Guide 3E Monica Lynn Clements & Patricia Rosser Clements. 14 new cameos and values. Shell, stone, plastic, ivory, lava, glass, plastics, and metal cameos used in jewelry and ornamental objects. An excellent pocket guide reference for collectors or anyone who appreciates the simplicity and beauty of cameo designs. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 335 color photos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-3807-6 • PB • $19.99 / £18.99 / $28.99 CAD Charms and Charm Bracelets: The Complete Guide Joanne Schwartz, Photography by Robert N. A comprehensive and entertaining guide to charms and charm bracelets, profusely illustrated with more than 300 color photos. Date charms made from 1880 to 1960 and determine their value. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x279mm) •370+photos •192pp. •978-0-7643-2129-0 • HC • $40.00 / £36.99 / $56.95 CAD Art Jewelry Today Dona Z. Meilach. A beau- tiful look at art jewelry by today’s top art jewel- ers, whose work is often shown in art galleries and museums. Contemporary designs in gold, silver, mixed metals, found objects, glass, enam- el work, and imaginative jewelry pieces that go beyond tradition. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 550 color photos • 256 pp. • 978-0-7643-1766-0 • HC • 50 / £45.99 / $73 CAD Art Jewelry Today 2 Jeffrey B. Snyder. Here is sculpture made small and designed to adorn the body and draw the eye, created by artists from around the world . • 11" x 81/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 628 color photos • 256 pp. • 978-0-7643- 3065-0 • HC • $50.00 / £45.99 / $73.00 CAD Art Jewelry Today 3 Jeffrey B. Snyder. In a departure from the previous volumes in this series, the artists are arranged alphabetically. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 613 color photos • 256 pp. • 978-0-7643-3883-0 • HC • $50.00 / £45.99 / $73.00 CAD Art Jewelry Today 4 Sandra Korinchak. More than 70 of the world’s top jewelry artists share today’s masterpieces of the genre, along with insights about their studio processes. These body-adorning sculptures include necklaces, rings, brooches, and more surprising pieces, creating a valuable guide to current trends in art jewelry design for buyers, jewelry enthusiasts, collectors, and artists alike • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 400 color photos • 256 pp. • 978-0-7643-5024-5 • HC • $50.00 / £45.99 / $73.00 CAD Glass Beads From Europe Sibylle Jargstorf. In nearly 400 color photos the beauty and widespread use of beads is explored. Ranging from antiquity to the modern time, Phoenician, Celtic, Viking, Venetian, African, Bavarian, Bohemian, Dutch, French, and Rus- sian styles are presented, along with the fascinating evolution of the beadmaking industry. Their varied uses as symbols, in fashion, and more controversial matters are explored. A price guide is included • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 384 color photos • 176 pp. • 978-0- 88740-839-7 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / $42.95 CAD Glass in Jewelry 2E Sibylle Jargstorf. A great variety of beautiful glass jewelry and glass beads identified and illustrated in more than 400 color photos. Created from the 16th to the 20th centuries, the origins of fil- igree and alabaster glass, the lovely variety of bead types, artificial gems, glass cameos and incrustations, millefiori, mosaic and aventurine jewelry, and applica- tions in modern jewelry designs are discussed. • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 400 color photos • 200 pp. • 978-0-7643-0532-0•PB•$29.95 / £27.99 / $42.95CAD Cameos: Classical to Costume 2E Monica Lynn Clements & Patricia Rosser Clements. More than 1,400 examples of cameo jewelry ranging from the 1700s to the present. Included are mythological motifs, religious subjects, and the ever-present anonymous woman. A history is provided and chapters cover each of the cameo materials. More than 500 color photos capture the timeless beauty of the art. • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 560 color photos • 224 pp. • 978-0-7643-2994-4 • HC • $59.99 / £54.99 / $85.00 CAD Upcycle Your Wardrobe: 21 Sewing Projects for Unique, New Fashions Mia Führer. Reuse, recycle, and repurpose the clothing you love, creating new, one-of-a-kind garments. Every one of the twenty-one inspiring projects in this book can be sewn quickly, even by beginners. The descriptive photo instructions make it easy to follow the process step-by-step. • 9 1/8" x 8 1/8" (231 x 206mm) •199 color photos &diagrams •64 pp. • 978-0-7643-4849-5 • HC • $19.99 / £18.99 / $28.99 CAD Beads of the World Peter Francis Jr. The best and broadest reference on the origins and uses of beads available to date, it explores the importance of beads in their native settings in Europe, Asia, the Americas and Africa. Beads of organic, stone, and glass materi- als are individually discussed, and newly revised values are provided to help the collector. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •272 color photos •128pp. •978-0-7643-0884- 4 • PB • 20 / £18.99 / $28.99 CAD Ethnic Jewelry: from Africa, Europe, & Asia Sibylle Jargstorf. This new study presents striking par- allels in both ethnic (non-European) and folk (European) traditional costumes and ornaments made with silver and glass. From Sudan, Guinea Coast, East and South Africa, the Alps, Baltic Sea, Russia, Afghanistan, and Himalaya, these examples display a common sense of beauty among many distant peoples • 81/2" x 11" (215 x279mm) •484color photos•160pp. •978-0-7643-1145- 1 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / $42.95 CAD Amber: Jewelry, Art, & Science Nancy P. S. Hopp. Discover amber and the products made from it, espe- cially jewelry. The easy-to-read format and more than 320 color photographs and drawings make it both informative and appealing. The fascinating history of this ancient and unusual stone is explained, and iden- tification methods, origins, amber products, carving techniques, and care tips . • 81/2"X11" (215x279mm) • 324 color photos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-3168-8 • PB • $29.99 / £27.99 / $42.99 CAD 200 Years of American Manufactured Jewelry & Accessories Suzanne Marshall. Jewelry and ac- cessories manufactured in the United States have made their way around the world and are found in collections everywhere. Here are the buttons and jewelry, match safes, cufflinks, mesh purses, and compacts from the early 1800s through the 1960s. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 298 color photos/267 b&w illus. • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-1838-2 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / $42.95 CAD ABCs of Costume Jewelry: Advice for Buying & Collecting Dave Salsbury & Lee Salsbury. This book has basic information all collectors and dealers should know, with more than 500 color photographs of costume jewelry by nearly 100 designers. After reading this book, if you make just one knowledgeable purchase, or avoid a bad one, you will more than cover the cost of your investment • 8 1/2" x11" (215 x 279 mm) • 575 color photos•160pp. •978-0-7643-1913-6•PB•$29.95 / £27.99 / $42.95 CAD All That Glitters 3E J.L. Lynnlee. A richly illustrated review of the trends and influences in costume jewelry from the 1920s through the 1960s. Hundred of pieces are shown in color, along with a short history of jewelry, the evolution of costume jewelry, important companies, a glimpse at the industry, hints on testing real versus costume jewelry, and a current price guide make this a great col- lector’s reference. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • over 290 color & b& w photos • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-0850-5 • PB • $16.95 / £15.99 / $23.95 CAD Art Jewelry Today: Europe Catherine Mallette. Hundreds of color photos reveal the wearable artwork created by today’s top art jewelers of Europe, including one-of-a-kind necklaces, brooch- es, bracelets, rings, and earrings in gold, silver, mixed metals, glass, enamel work, found objects, and more. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 200 photos • 256 pp. • 978-0-7643-4678-1 • HC • $50.00 / £45.99 / $73.00 CAD Behind the Brooch: A Closer Look at Backs, Catches, and Pin Stems Lorena Angulo. The focus of this book is on the side of the brooch we usually don’t notice: the reverse. Clever brooch makers adorn backs with items meant to com- plement the front. The backside may even have a unique, intricate design all its own. When you flip a brooch over in your hand, find a surprise message or a hidden pattern • 91/8"x81/8" (231 x 206 mm) • 604 color photos • 176 pp. • 978-0-7643-4559-3 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / $48.99 CAD Chinese Contemporary Jewelry Design Bifei Cao, Foreword by Shannon Guo (Guo Xin). The first book to offer an in-depth look at the forces shaping contemporary jewelry in China, this arresting collection of works by 62 contemporary Chinese jewelry artists offers the variety and energy that China has to offer the field. Cao, an internationally renowned artist re- siding both in the US and China, puts the work in context for the Western jewelry world by analyzing the last 30 years’ phases of development. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •350 color and b/wphotographs •320pp. •978-0-7643-6028-2 • HC • $60.00 / £54.99 / $86.00 CAD Narrative Jewelry: Tales from the Toolbox Mark Fenn, Foreword by Jack Cunningham, PhD. Featuring 450 full-color photos and 241 of the world’s foremost narrative jewelry makers, this book showcases the best of what today’s makers, ranging from newly graduat- ed students to the luminaries of the jewelry world, offer us • 9" x 12" (228 x 304 mm) • 450 color imag- es • 304 pp. • 978-0-7643-5414-4 • HC • $60.00 / £54.99 / $86.00 CAD United in Beauty: The Jewelry and Collectors of Linda MacNeil Foreword by Helen W. Drutt English, Essay by Suzanne Ramljak. Nearly 200 pendant and choker necklaces are shown with matching earrings in an exquisite exploration of artist Linda MacNeil’s celebrated works in hand-fashioned glass gems and metalwork. Helen W. Drutt English, collector and gallery owner, introduces readers to MacNeil’s role in the current craft movement. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) •200+color photos •208pp. •978-0-7643-1712-5 • HC • $59.95 / £54.99 / $85.00 CAD JEWELRY: CHARMS JEWELRY: CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY: CAMEOS JEWELRY: BEADS & GLASS JEWELRY: COSTUME FASHION: TECHNIQUES • JEWELRY: BEADS & GLASS • CAMEOS • CHARMS • CONTEMPORARY • COSTUME | 87