{"id":15119,"date":"2012-10-04T06:28:23","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T13:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=15119"},"modified":"2016-11-17T13:11:39","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T20:11:39","slug":"book-review-push-jewelry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/book-review-push-jewelry\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: PUSH Jewelry"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PUSH<\/a>PUSH Jewelry: 30 Artists Explore the Boundaries of Jewelry<\/a> by Marthe Le Van<\/a><\/p>\n

This is a new book I got from Lark Crafts to review Tuesday and I have to say that I love this series. The last one I reviewed was PUSH Stitchery<\/a>. I like the size, shape and feel of the books. I also like the edgy nature of the pieces they include. I probably wouldn’t make any of these pieces (not that there are patterns, because there aren’t), but I can definitely get inspired from looking at them. They are really different from things that I normally look at and looking at new stuff always fires my brain.<\/p>\n

I have to admit that the linear part of my brain was in charge when I started looking at this book. I thought that many of the pieces were quite ridiculous, but then I started look at them in terms of creativity, shape, form and some of the other design elements and principles we have been exploring in the Design Series<\/a>. I kicked the linear part of my brain to the curb and started thinking about them in terms of originality and WOW factor.<\/p>\n

The books in the PUSH series highlight several artists and give a few pages to each artist, so the reader can see more than one work by each contributor. This part of the series includes 30 artists. Each section includes a picture of the artist and a selection of their work as well as an artist statement in Q&A format.<\/p>\n

This book has really interesting forms. Many of the pieces are quite sculptural.<\/p>\n

Some of the pieces I really like:<\/p>\n