New Bracelets: 400+ contemporary jewellery designs

by Nicolás Estrada (Editor), Barbara Schmidt (Preface by), Helen Britton (Preface by)

Overview

Bracelets are the focus of this latest instalment of Nicolás Estrada’s series on contemporary jewellery. This book confirms that auteur jewellery is currently flourishing. This collection of bracelets that come from all over the world and showcase totally different styles will surprise readers with its freshness, diversity (with plenty of materials and approaches, such as classic gold, silver and precious stones, as well as paper, wood, plastic and resins) and colourfulness. This is a comprehensive selection of what is happening in the world of auteur jewellery right now and is part of our ongoing series which constitutes an overview on contemporary jewellery.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788417412500
Publisher:	Hoaki Books
Publication date:	01/19/2021
Series:	Contemporary Jewellery
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.44(h) x (d)

About the Author

Nicolás Estrada (Medellin, 1972) studied artistic jewellery at the Escola Massana in Barcelona (Spain). He has trained in many technical areas of jewellery, as well as in local traditional techniques. His works can be found in galleries around the world, from Glasgow to Riga, San Francisco or Barcelona. His pieces are handmade, personal and transgressive. As an editor, Nicolas has curated New Rings (2012), New Earrings, (2013), New Brooches (2018) and New Necklaces (2019).

Table of Contents

P articipants. ARGENTINA: Andrea Serini, Carolina Moya, Cecilia Richard, Elvira Cibotti, Hebe Argentieri, Rita Hampton, Roxana Casale, Vanesa Lamadrid; AUSTRALIA: Aphra Cheesman, Cassandra Prinzi, Elizabeth Shaw, Eva Martin, Helen Britton, Jane Hodgetts, Jenny Anderson, Jin Ah Jo, Julia deVille, Larah Nott, Melissa Cameron, Sim Luttin, Susan Buchanan, Vicki Mason; AUSTRIA: Andrea Auer, Florian Wagner, Gerti Machacek, Viktoria Muenzker,BELGIUM: Josefine Mass, Karen Vanmol, Kristy Bujanic, Lavinia Rossetti, Salima Thakker, Selien Lips, Siegfried De Buck, Sylvie Jousset; BRASIL: Elka Freller; CANADA: Caroline Riviere, Ezra Satok-Wolman, Isabelle Page-Veillette, Karen Konzuk, Kim Paquet, Magali Thibault Gobeil, Matthieu Cheminée; CHILE: Taibe Palacios, Valeria Martinez; CHINA: Pengfei Zhu, Wei Si; COLOMBIA: Andres Acosta, Lourdes Ortiz; CZECH REPUBLIC: Kristyna Malovana, Lucie Popelka Houdkova; ESTONIA: Kadri Malk; FINLAND: Chao-Hsien Kuo, Eero Hintsanen; FRANCE: Ana Carolina Escobar, Elvire Blanc, Yiumsiri Vantanapindu, Andrea Vaggione; GERMANY: Anne Achenbach, Annie Huang, Babette von Dohnanyi, Cathleen Kampfe, Claudia Hoppe, David Bielander, Denise Reytan, Florian Weichsberger, Katja Jochum, Laurent Brune, Lisa Blum, Mansuo Zhu, Mareen Alburg Duncker, Nicole Schuster, Sofia Beilharz, Svenja John; GREECE: Iosif Iosifidis,Martina Dempf; HUNGARY: Maria Rosko, Nora Tengely, Veronika Fazekas; ISRAEL: Dina Abargil, Michal Oren; ITALY: Aniya Dunkley, Barbara Paganin, Brunella Alfinito, Chiara Scarpitti, Corrado De Meo, Gabi Veit, Gigi Mariani, Grete Bottamedi, Heidemarie Herb, Janos Gabor Varga, Ninfa Salerno, Piero Acuto, Simone Frabboni; JAPAN: Kaon Hikage, Taeko Narumi; KOREA: Hye Young Choi, Kyeok Kim, Shin-Ryeong Kim, Soonin Han, Yoonjung Choi; LATVIA: Valdis Broze; MEXICO: Haydee Alonso; NETHERLANDS: Eva van Kempen, Jantje Fleischhut, Maja Houtman, Ralph Bakker; NEW ZEALAND: Jacqueline Morren; NORWAY: Ruta Naujalyte; PERÚ: Josefina Espinoza; PORTUGAL: Ana Pina, Maria Avillez, Paula Crespo, Telma; PUERTO RICO: Maria Blondet; SERBIA: Katarina Cudic; SLOVENIA: Martina Obid Mlakar; SOUTH AFRICA: Geraldine Fenn, Kristen Malan; SPAIN: Andres Gonzalez, Arrate Enes, Berta Nivulat, Elena Comin, Elkin Munoz, Enric Majoral, Eugen Steier, Fernando Haro, Isabel Herrera, Lluis Comin, Mar Sanchez, Marta Coderque, Marta Fernandez-Caballero, Marta Orti, Nico Sales, Nicolas Estrada, Nuria Alvarez de Lara, Nuria Soley, Samuel Saavedra, Teresa Estapé, Valentina Falchi; SWEDEN: Asa Elmstam, Johanna Tornqvist, Karin Roy Andersson; TAIWAN: Yuchu Huang; THAILAND: Tithi Kutchamuch; UK: Adrienn Pesti, Agneta Bugyte, Alison Macleod, Amy Stringer, Anastasia Young, Cristina Zani, Diana Greenwood, Elsa Saran Tidou, Jed Green, Jenna McDonald, Jennie Gill, Jeremy May, Lynne MacLachlan, Mara Irsara, Maria Frantzi, Michael Carberry, Sam Ritte, Tatiana Lobanova, Ute Decker, Yiwen Peng, Yvonne Gilhooly; USA: Alexis Pavlantos (CA), Alison Antelman (CA), Andrea Rosales-Balcarcel (NJ), Angela Bubash (VA), Aric Verrastro (WI), Biba Schutz (NY), Cedric Chevalley (CA), Chapin Dimond (CO), Charity Ridpath (TX), Dale Beevers, Donna DAquino (ME), Elyse Umlauf (IL), Heather Guidero (RI), Julia Harrison (WA), Julia Lowther, Julia Turner (CA), Jung Ki Min (NY), Kristine Bolhuis (MI), Liaung Chung Yen (NY), Linda Seebauer Hansen (MN), Lisa Mueller (CA), Michael Nashef (MI), Motoko Furuhashi (NM), Nanz Aalund (WA), Petra Class (CA), Rebecca Strzelec (PA), Reiko Ishiyama (NY), Robert Thomas Mullen (MI), Sam Woehrmann (CA), Samuel Guillen (NY), Sharon Massey (PA), Stefan Gougherty (NY), Steven Parker (NY), Trudee Hill (TX), Wendy Stauffer (CA); Pornruedee Boonyapan.

Editorial Reviews

Jewelry designer Johanna Törnqvist makes bracelets out of cast-off packaging materials, while Elvire Blanc Briand finds inspiration in pastry-making techniques. The results can be seen in the book “New Bracelets” (Promopress), edited by Colombia-born jewelry designer Nicolás Estrada, which features more than 400 pieces from 200 artists. Writing about her work, Nóra Tengely asks: What if we picked jewelry “not in accordance with sight, but with other senses”? Her bracelets are named after sensations that they mimic, like a “caress” bracelet made of brass and feathery polyester and a “tickle” bracelet that consists of five balloons tied to a brass circle. Steven Parker’s “Egyptian Bracelet”—made of vermeil, lapis lazuli, enamel, brass, steel and quartz—contains stylized hooded cobras and hieroglyphics that contain a riddle. Gigi Mariani also looks back millennia with “Stonehenge,” a ring of six prehistoric-looking blocks whose dark surface hides silver and yellow gold. Other artists bring a sharp sense of humor. In “Body Museum” by Wei Si of China, a thin traditional bracelet comes inside its own boxy glass display case, which is also part of the jewelry.

By Peter Saeger (Wall Stret Journal, 03/06/2021)

All in the Wrist - Peter Saenger

Jewelry designer Johanna Törnqvist makes bracelets out of cast-off packaging materials, while Elvire Blanc Briand finds inspiration in pastry-making techniques. The results can be seen in the book “New Bracelets” (Promopress), edited by Colombia-born jewelry designer Nicolás Estrada, which features more than 400 pieces from 200 artists.

Writing about her work, Nóra Tengely asks: What if we picked jewelry “not in accordance with sight, but with other senses”? Her bracelets are named after sensations that they mimic, like a “caress” bracelet made of brass and feathery polyester and a “tickle” bracelet that consists of five balloons tied to a brass circle.

Steven Parker’s “Egyptian Bracelet”—made of vermeil, lapis lazuli, enamel, brass, steel and quartz—contains stylized hooded cobras and hieroglyphics that contain a riddle. Gigi Mariani also looks back millennia with “Stonehenge,” a ring of six prehistoric-looking blocks whose dark surface hides silver and yellow gold.

Other artists bring a sharp sense of humor. In “Body Museum” by Wei Si of China, a thin traditional bracelet comes inside its own boxy glass display case, which is also part of the jewelry.

By Peter Saeger (Wall Stret Journal, 03/06/2021)

Wallstreet Journal (printed edition) - Peter Saenger