One of a Kind(1st Edition) American Art Jewelry Today by SusanGrantLewin Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 1994 by Harry N Abrams Inc ISBN-13: 978-0-8109-3198-5, ISBN: 0-8109-3198-2
"Dust jacket notes: "Jewelry as art is America's most provocative current art form. This is jewelry that must be evaluated, like fine art, for its ideas, inventions, intuitions, and content rather than for its precious materials or conformity to tradition. Yet it is art that can be worn, and as such has a unique advantage over all other mediums in its direct contact with the body, giving it an engaging intimacy. Since World War II, the f ..."
"Art jewellery has more affinity with the fine arts than with many-carated diamond bracelets. Yet what other form of fine art can be worn? Jewellery is America's most provocative new art form. In the past few decades it has bloomed prodigiously, thanks to the talents of a richly diverse group of practitioners who have explored the range of the art and the possibilities of the craft. Although European work in this field has been well-docu ..."
"Radical developments in jewelry from across the world, from traditional metalsmithing to computer-aided designThe Jewelry of Ideas is published in conjunction with Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s exhibition celebrating gifts from the Susan Grant Lewin Collection of Contemporary Jewelry. This renowned collection, built by the New York–based Lewin over several decades and recently donated to Cooper Hewitt, captures the diversit ..."
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"There is a spontaneous quality to the work, yet it is always rich with meaning. His open spirit is fully embodied in the 2007 neckpiece series An American's Riff on the Millstone Ruff."