Trends in Pearl Jewelry Processing and Design

With the advancement of science and technology, changes in modern living methods, and especially the influence of modern artistic thinking, jewelry processing has made significant progress. Jewelry planners strive to keep up with the trend of the times, seeking natural, concise, and pure things in the dazzling world, in the hope of achieving a return to simplicity and expressing a long-lasting artistic realm. The three major trends in jewelry planning and manufacturing are simplicity, decoration, and returning to nature. (1) Appearance Modern art jewelry is moving towards concise, understated, and general decoration in terms of appearance. Planners skillfully use concise and clear lines, three-dimensional space construction, and vague shapes to express an unexpected idea. Each exquisite piece of jewelry is actually a small sculpture, even a perfect round sculpture. No matter from which perspective one appreciates it, one can get a visual enjoyment. (2) Theme With the rapid development of social telecommunications, networks, information transmission, and high technology, the civilization and art of various ethnic groups around the world often undergo alienation. People feel indescribable pressure on modern materials caused by top-level technology, and are anxious about the rapid changes, competitions, and environmental pollution in modern society. From the depths of their hearts, they hope to find a quiet place and emotionally crave a warm green space. This reflects that in jewelry planning, people advocate classical art and retro style, seek traditional personality and ethnic characteristics, initiate a return to nature and simplicity, which will become permanent themes. In order to reflect this theme, beautiful flowers, beloved animals, and simple ethnic patterns will be used more in jewelry planning. (3) Materials With the development of society, in the raw materials of jewelry, people will no longer be confined to traditional and expensive materials. New types of materials will emerge one after another, including organic and inorganic materials, and even materials that can be obtained with confidence, which will give works more abundant inner and strong expressive power. For example, titanium gold, which was rarely used in the past, can transform into rich colors and has a strong sense of layering when heated, and is often chosen by some modern jewelry masters. (4) Processing technology Modern jewelry manufacturing is no longer simply limited to traditional wax casting and decoration carving techniques. Artists can choose more industrial processing methods, such as turning, milling, planing, grinding, riveting, drilling, electroplating, sandblasting, corrosion, etc., as long as they meet the needs of their work. These processing techniques will bring unexpected effects to jewelry manufacturing. (5) Personalized production The planners of modern jewelry are not satisfied with the early methods of simply painting and leaving manufacturing to craftsmen, but strive to reflect individuality and view the entire manufacturing process as the completion of their creative process. Their works are mostly handmade in their own studios, supplemented by precision machining. Artists integrate their unique creativity with profound craftsmanship, and a successful work is the crystallization of perfect and excellent planning and metalworking techniques.