JEWELRY MAKING(FINE JEWELRY) : Advanced (Book with DVD) (Workbook Included)

Jewelry Making (Fine Jewelry): Advanced combines many different practical and visual skills with knowledge of specialized materials and techniques. Jewelry-making is one of the oldest and most widespread forms of decorative applied art, including folk art. Jewelry, which throughout the course of history has been closely linked with the changing conditions of everyday life (for example, clothing styles), at one time served as a mark of the owner’s social status and sometimes was invested with magical meaning (in the guise of amulets). In the course of historical development, the social prestige and significance of jewelry gradually came to supplant the religious and magical ideas associated with jewelry. This book will introduce the knowledge and skills for those studying and/or working in jewelry making.

About this Book

The information in this book consists of competencies along fine jewelry making or jewelry using precious gems or metals like gold, silver and diamond that a person must achieve in constructing/creating jewelry from different forms and assembled metals.

About the Jewelry Making Industry

Jewelry design or making is the art or profession of designing and creating jewelry. This is one of civilization’s earliest forms of decoration, dating back at least seven thousand years to the oldest known human societies in Mesopotamia and Egypt. The art has taken many forms throughout the centuries, from the simple beadwork of ancient times to the sophisticated metalworking and gem cutting known in the modern day. Jewelery may be made from a wide range of materials. Gemstones and similar materials such as amber and coral, precious metals, beads, and shells have been widely used, and enamel has often been important. In most cultures jewelery can be understood as a status symbol, for its material properties, its patterns, or for meaningful symbols. Jewelery has been made to adorn nearly every body part, from hairpins to toe rings, and even genital jewelery. Jewelry designing, manufacturing and trading has been an integral part of the human society since thousands of years. The current boom experienced by this industry has commercialized this art and opened new boundaries for job seekers. The gems and jewelry sector has been expanding to foreign shores and experiencing the global retail revolution. This has opened up a plethora of career opportunities. This profession is not only rewarding but also available for anyone who has a creative bend of mind. People these days have become very image conscious and the want for jewelry is no more a symbol of financial security and has transcended to being more than a lifestyle accessory.