New Necklaces

After the successful New Rings and New Earrings, New Necklaces is the third book curated by jeweller and author Nicolas Estrada.

A very special selection of impressive pieces by more than 180 artists from all over the world, this book showcases the current trends in contemporary jewellery and how boundaries in concept, materials and techniques are being questioned by jewellery designers today. From those that look back to classic forms and materials to the most daring, experimental and surprising ideas, each of the 500 necklaces included in this book has something that makes it unique and relates strongly to today’s social, cultural and artistic reality.

With prefaces by German jeweller Julia Wild and Leo Caballero, owner of the Barcelona gallery Klimt 02, specialised in contemporary jewellers.

About the Author

Nicolas Estrada (Medellin, 1972) studied artistic jewellery at the Escola Massana in Barcelona. He has trained in many technical areas of jewellery, as well as local traditional techniques. His works can be found in galleries around the world, from Glasgow to Riga, San Francisco or Barcelona. His pieces are handmade, personal and transgressive.

Julia Wild has been since 2010 a member of the department of gemstones and jewellery design at University Trier in the gemstone city Idar-Oberstein (Germany). Her teaching focus especially in topics which touches both the field of jewellery and rituals, symbols or body and space.

Bio Leo Caballero. Leon Caballero has cofounded in 2002 with Amador Bertomeu klimt02.net, a website that offers space of knowledge, information, debates and exchanges inside the context of contemporary jewellery, and in 2007 Klimt02 gallery in Barcelona, a physical space where they show the works of a group of selected international vanguard artists.