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Handmade Jewelry Biography

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Talking about jewellery manufacturing in India is as good as talking 

about handmade jewellery in India. A major chunk of jewellery in the 

country is made by independent craftsmen. Traditionally also, a 

significant part of jewellery manufacturing has been handmade 

jewellery. Big and feudal families used to have their personal jewelers, 

who would entertain their demand. These jewelers were expected to design ornaments, keeping in mind the individual needs and desires of customers. 

Though the old pattern is shattering and new trend of full-fledged jewelers have come up, the traditional patterns 

are still followed in rural areas. In case of occasions such as weddings, jewellery is often specially designed to 

match perfectly with the wedding outfit. The major USP of handmade jewellery is they are really aesthetic and 

hold a lot of appeal. Mastery of craftsman shines through the jewel, in the form of myriad designs, which is most 

admirable. 

Handmade jewellery is an interactive process, where customer and craftsman sit in front of each other and 

decide on the design and pattern to be followed. This also asks for great deal of planning and re-planning, like 

finalizing designs, stones, metal and other embellishments and intricacies. Even during the process of making 

these ornate handmade trinkets, there are frequent consultations so that any required changes may be 

incorporated into the ornament. 

India and jewellery, jewellery and Indian women - the terms are linked 

inherently. At the time of wedding as well as numerous other 

occasions, a woman is gifted jewellery by her parents and relatives. 

Although the gift is meant to give her security in contingency, 

ornamentation is an obvious purpose. All the cities across the length 

and width of India have shops of jewellers - some traditional and some 

modern jewellers, catering to the need of all kinds. Not that the affluent 

class people wear ornaments, there are low cost jewellery items in 

ample, which cater the demand of low income group as well. 

India houses various kinds of jewellery arts, ranging from Meenakari 

and Kundan to stone and bead work. The craft of cutting and polishing precious and semi-precious stones and 

giving them glamorous face is something artistic. Emeralds, rubies, garnets, amethysts, corals, sapphires, and 

turquoises are among the stones which are used for the enhancement of gold and silver jewellery. Gold jewellery 

is the most popular among South Indian women. In southern part of India, gold is considered auspicious and a 

status symbol. Talking about the art on gold jewellery, Kundan is something that comes into our mind. 

It is a Mughal-inspired art of setting precious stones like diamonds, rubies, and emeralds in gold and silver 

jewellery. In Meenakari, enameling is done to protect gold and floral pattern coloured in red, blue and green 

attracts the attention. Silver jewellery is not far behind in popularity, particularly because of its affordability, 

making it popular among low income group people. Jhumka, hansli, chokar, nath and bracelets made of silver are 

quite popular among women in India. In short, the range of jewellery in India is wide as well as varied. Be it gold, 

silver of diamond, you will find everything in the country.

Jewels were always part of human culture. Even from the times when humans first started using clothes and tools some 100.000 years ago, jewels were produced from any kind of materials that were available - stones, animal skins, feathers, plants, bones, shells, wood, and natural made semi-precious materials such as obsidian. As the time went on, advancing technology enabled artisans to start taming metals and precious gems into works of art that influenced entire cultures and many modern jewelry styles. However, even with all advancements of metallurgy and gem processing, the purpose of wearing jewelry always remained the same - they enabled wearer to express himself non-verbally, showcase wealth, rank, political and religious affiliation or affections toward someone. This enabled jewelry to become timeless and a target for constant development and refinement.

Development of early jewelry can be roughly divided across three ancient civilizations - Egypt, India and China. Egypt and Mesopotamia set standards in metallurgy, gem collecting, and glass manufacture. Their several thousand year long tradition of jewelry production laid a solid foundation for all European civilizations that came after them, and their unique style affected fashion trends even four thousand years later.

India however managed to develop such a connection to jewelry that it became integral part of their daily life and religion. Since they were the first who managed to conquer the art of gold gathering and processing, they develop art of jewel making much earlier than anyone in their environment. This made them one of the most sought destinations for trade, which eventually became driving force for the incredible expansion of European civilization during the Age of Discovery. On the far side of the world, China managed to become driving force in developing of arts and their influence slowly spread their unique style across entire Asia. Chinese style that is focused on scenes of nature, animals and dragons is today still in high popularity, and continues to be developed with each passing year.

After the fall of Ancient Egypt and Roman Empire, Europe became driving force of jewelry innovation. However, it took a long time until they managed to claim that position. After almost thousand years of isolation, famine, plagues and wars, Western Europe finally came into contact with distant civilizations during Crusades which enabled flow of new knowledge an ideas that enabled birth of Renaissance. As transfer of wealth from nobility, royalty and church continued to flow to middle classes during Renaissance, Age of Discovery and Industrial Revolution, jewelry designs and fashion trends changed dramatically. During those times world saw the appearance and disappearance of many styles, some new and original and some based on older designs found in the ruins of long gone civilizations (mostly Egyptian, which became one of the inspirations of Romanticism and Art Deco).

After more than 100.000 years of use of decorative items, and more than 6 thousand years of metallurgy and gem processing, we can surely say that jewels will forever remain integral part of humanity and our entire civilization

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