Women's Tales Four Leading Israeli Jewelers

Documenting a leading international collaboration between The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, and the Racine Art Museum, Wisconsin, this publication and its accompanying touring exhibition present the first comprehensive study of Israeli contemporary jewellery by focusing on the careers of four of its leading women jewellers: Bianca Eshel-Gershuni, Vered Kaminski, Esther Knobel, and Deganit Stern Schocken. Each of these artists has played a major role in forging an Israeli identity in the contemporary jewellery movement, one that is distinctive from Europe and America. In fact, their work has brought international recognition to a country that has been largely unrecognised for its contribution to contemporary jewellery. While all four jewellers have looked abroad for inspiration and participated in Europe's New Jewellery movement with its focus on nonprecious materials, their work is uniquely autobiographical, reflecting that all are women, wives, and mothers living in Israel and are all strongly impacteWard, Alex is the author of 'Women's Tales Four Leading Israeli Jewelers' with ISBN 9781555952709 and ISBN 1555952704.