Showcase: 500 Rings: New Directions in Art Jewelry. This item is unavailable.Showcase: 500 Rings: New Directions in Art Jewelry

Rings have outsold every other subject covered by our 500 series, so it's only fitting that we begin the next generation of the series with Showcase: 500 Rings. This dynamic gallery volume looks at the jeweller's art as it's being interpreted by leading designers from around the world, some exploring dazzlingly innovative styles with highly advanced techniques and costly materials; others using simple, traditional methods and creating works of quiet elegance. What they all have in common is that every image contains elements of surprise and awe.

Juror Bruce Metcalf was a contributing editor to Metalsmith magazine for nearly two decades and taught at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. His honours include a Pew Fellowship in the Arts, a National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowship, a Fulbright Teaching & Research Fellowship in Korea and a National Endowment for the Arts Craftsmen's Fellowship. Marthe Le Van is a Senior Content Editor for Lark Jewelry & Beading. She has written, edited, juried or curated more than 40 jewellery books since 2000.