The Generation Game

David, who attended London's Royal College of Art along with the artist David Hockney, began working in the early Sixties and was an integral part of an avant-garde movement in Britain that saw jewelry design swivel from the polished, proper and formulaic to the wild and organic, with lots of r...

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Published inWWD p. 36
Main Author Conti, Samantha
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles Penske Business Corporation 23.11.2020
Subjects
Artisans
Daughters
Design
Family owned businesses
Jewelry making
Jewelry stores
Lasers
Trends
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Summary:David, who attended London's Royal College of Art along with the artist David Hockney, began working in the early Sixties and was an integral part of an avant-garde movement in Britain that saw jewelry design swivel from the polished, proper and formulaic to the wild and organic, with lots of rough, textured surfaces, spikes and spindly details. Among those pieces are rings and earrings resembling little beehives or spiky hedgehogs; bracelets with delicate zigzagging wires inset in petal-shaped gold frames, and a gold, garnet and topaz pendant like a glamorous sea urchin. Carol Woolton, the jewelry historian, editor, stylist and author of books including "The New Stone Age" and "Fashion for Jewels," said that David is a rarity as he is one of the few artisans left who is still working out of central London, and described him as a pioneer, "working side-by-side" with the likes of Grima to forge a "dramatic new style of British jewelry."
ISSN:0149-5380