JEWELLERY IS ONE OF THE OLDEST FORMS OF BODY ADORNMENT. MANY FORMS OF JEWELLERY HAVE THEIR ROOTS IN FUNCTION, EVOLVING INTO DECORATIVE ITEMS AS THEIR FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT DIMINISHED AND ART BEGAN TO TAKE PRIMACY OVER FUNCTION AND WEALTH. IT HAS PLAYED MANY ROLES IN HUMAN SOCIETY; RELIGION, CURRENCY, SYMBOLISM, PROTECTION AND ADORNMENT.
THE WORD GEOMETRY IS DERIVED FROM THE WORDS GEO AND METRY MEANING EARTHS MEASURE. THE ANCIENT GREEKS STUDIED GEOMETRY IN RESPONSE TO NATURE FOLLOWING THE SIMPLEST AND MOST EFFICIENT PATH. BY EXPLORING THIS THEY DISCOVERED PROOF OF NATURE’S ELEGANCE AND FIND CLEAR CORRELATION. BETWEEN THESE NATURALLY EXISTING MATHEMATICAL FORMS AND PATTERNS. WE RESPOND TO AND RECREATE THESE GEOMETRIES IN EVERY ASPECT OF HUMAN EXPRESSION THROUGH THE DESIGN OF HOMES AND PATTERNS OF SOCIAL STRUCTURE.
CONTEMPORARY JEWELLERY IS THE MIX OF PRECIOUS AND NON-PRECIOUS MATERIALS TO CREATE FORMS THAT GO FAR BEYOND THE CONCEPT OF TRADITIONAL JEWELLERY. ITS A NEW WAY OF INTERPRETING JEWELLERY AND FOCUSES AS MUCH ON INTELLECTUAL CURIOUSITY AS IT DOES ON EXPERIMENTATING WITH NEW MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES.
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