500 Brooches: Inspiring Adornments for the Body (500 Series)

by Lark

List Price:	~~$24.95~~
Amazon Price:	$16.47 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25.
You Save:	$8.48 (34%)
Average Rating:
Lowest New Price:	$11.90
Availablitiy:	Usually ships in 24 hours

Editorial Reviews
Product Description

Never before has such an extensive and beautiful collection of brooches been assembled, or photographed to such perfection. Marjorie Simon, a distinguished presence in the jewelry field, chose the pieces, and every one features the fine craftsmanship of a top contemporary jeweler. The breathtaking and provocative styles range from traditional to very avant-garde, and the brooches come not only in gold, silver, copper, and wire, but also in glass, porcelain, paper, and other more unusual materials. They're forged, soldered, chased, and cast, and surface embellishments run the gamut from enamel and metal foils to patinas and inlay. In some cases, detail images and artist's comments accompany the full-size photos. Jewelers, students, collectors, and anyone who loves exquisite items will appreciate the amazing diversity on display here.

Customers who bought this item also bought

All Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review: 4 out of 5 stars

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Resource, 2006-10-01
Lark has a series of books presenting well photographed, contemporary fine crafts. This book is a good survey of what is being created in brooches (compared to the bracelet book, which is not at all complete or even a small survey of contemporary work and should have been a gallery brochure). If you are teaching in art history or fine crafts areas, this is an important resource for students, collectors, museums, and libraries.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5 out of 5 stars

EXCELLENT SOURCE OF InSPiRATION!, 2006-07-26
Amazing examples of all kind of imaginable brooches. You will start creating your own.

11 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2 out of 5 stars

500 Brooches Review, 2006-03-20
This book, as all others in this series, is put together very well. But...the brooches are the poorest examples of exemplary contemporary artwork I have seen. In my opinion, 98% of the entries are unprofessional in their initial design and completion. Most are unwearable and impractical as brooches and are the farthest stretch of someone's artistic imagination in regards to fine artwork. Putting it bluntly, the bulk of the "artwok" in this book is rubbish. Embarrassing.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5 out of 5 stars

a great snapshot of the creative jewellery of the early 2000, 2005-11-25
Looking through this book, one cannot help wonder at the creativity of the human mind. How can there be such a diversity and invention in an object as small as a brooch? This book is a great snapshot of where contemporary jewellery (brooches) is at in the early 2000. The pictures are beautiful, there is just enough text to understand what you are seeing and know about the creator, and the way the pieces are put together (curated?) is excellent.
For the jewellery designer this is a fantastic resource book, and for anyone else, it is a great introduction to an artform not always known or appreciated and to the discovery that jewellery can be far more a craft.
The only thing against it: it is perhaps too heavily weighted towards American creators: I would have liked to see more Japanese, Australian, New Zealand creators.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3 out of 5 stars

Fairly Good Reference Book, 2005-09-19
After looking through 1000 Rings, I was a bit disappointed in this sequal. Although the photography is excellent, it doesn't represent the same range and variety of styles. I did enjoy this book however, and will use it as a source of inspiration - it just didn't provide as much benefit as I'd hoped for.

Price is accurate as of the date/time indicated. Prices and product availability are subject to change. Any price displayed on the Amazon website at the time of purchase will govern the sale of this product.