Lockets for Jewelry Making

A single search at these breathtaking suspended neck ornaments, and it’s clear why Lark’s series of jewelry design books has become so wildly well-liked. Every single pendant is a masterful work of art, whether or not it’s symbolic and purposeful (amulets, talismans, and charms) or purely decorative.  Juried by Mike Holmes and Elizabeth Shypertt, co-founders of the esteemed jewelry gallery Velvet da Vinci, this gorgeous color collection includes pieces crafted from varied resources and methods (which includes forging, casting, forming, and stone setting). “Fecund,” Tricia Lachowiec’s intricate development of oxidized sterling silver, electroformed copper, enamel, and resin, is every bit as luscious as its title suggests. In “0210,” Seth Papac constructs a ghostly and atmospheric cityscape out of poplar wood, architectural siding, and developing supplies, as nicely as gold, silver, and elastic. Jane Adam’s signature use of softly colored aluminum often astounds, and decidedly so in “Flower Pendant” with its numerous fronds of gracefully arching metal.
Jewelers, metalsmiths, and collectors will all come across inspiration in these one-of-a-kind operates.