Jewellery - Keith Plater
The world of jewellery is a diverse and fascinating place that offers different experiences for each individual. The choice of a piece of jewellery can be a personal statement of identity, beliefs or style and colour preference.
Jewellery can be a precious, personal item that is worn, collected and passed on to family or friends.
Modern jewellery is not required to be made of precious metal. Unique artistic expression can be realised in some materials such as titanium that would be impossible in a precious metal. and vice versa. The choice of materials for the modern designer is greatly expanded from that available to the early guilds where silver and gold were the metals of choice. Modern designers produce wearable art that can exceed precious metal jewellery prices at auction on the basis of artistic merit rather than precious metal content.
