The Application of Sustainable Materials in Contemporary Jewelry

DOI

10.2991/saeme-17.2017.57How to use a DOI?

Keywords

sustainable materials, contemporary jewelry, design methodology

Abstract

With the combination of modern art and jewelry media, contemporary jewelry is rising rapidly in Europe and America. It is no longer confined to precious metal and stones as working material, paper, wood, waste plastics and other cheap things are more and more designed for jewelry. Today, human is facing severe environmental degradation, such as global warming, desertification, biodiversity destruction, the meaning of sustainable jewelry design becomes more and more valuable than the simple creative and artistic practice, but questioning the mining needs of precious metals and precious stones in the field of jewelry industry, and challenging the status of luxury in the commodity economy. Under such background, this article aims to analyze the unique design method of sustainable jewelry.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Yue Zhou
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TI  - The Application of Sustainable Materials in Contemporary Jewelry
BT  - Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Sports, Arts, Education and Management Engineering (SAEME 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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