Goldstruck: A Life Shaped by Jewellery - Hardcover

Stephen Webster

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0956873847 ISBN 13: 9780956873842

Publisher: Salma Editions, 2015

Synopsis

Goldstruck: A Life Shaped by Jewellery sets luxurious imagery of a lifetime s work alongside an honest and often comic autobiographical account of his career in the jewellery world. The book is a lavish collation of Stephen s personal and professional life, encompassing material such as photography by Rankin and Amelia Troubridge documenting his fourteen coveted collections, intricate sketches and designs that convey a fascinating creative process and archival imagery including magazine editorials, advertising campaigns and intimate photography from Stephen s personal collection. Alongside such visual opulence and a foreword by Tracey Emin and a host of candid and personal recollections from luminaries from the worlds of art, entertainment and fashion, Stephen charts his career from the first steps of enrollment upon a jewellery-making course at his local college in Rochester, Kent, to his rise to international recognition. Along the way he regales the reader with tales and anecdotes that cast a personal and visually decadent insight into the inspirations and influences behind a life shaped by jewellery"

About this title

About the Author:

Stephen Webster is a British jewellery designer based in London. He has won UK Jewellery Designer of the Year numerous times and in 2013 was awarded an MBE for services to the British jewellery industry. Working from his studio in Mayfair, Stephen sells his work internationally to a number of high profile and celebrity clients. His unique style of design reflects a myriad of influences, from his punk background to his literary heroes.

About this edition

• Publisher: Salma Editions
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0956873847
• ISBN 13: 9780956873842
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400