Chapter 1

In this first chapter, the focus is placed on the explanations and definitions of the words of the title ‘Using Nature as a Metaphor to Create Contemporary Jewellery’. We will be exploring the definition of ‘contemporary jewellery’ as well as the functions of jewellery, organic jewellery, movement jewellery and the use of nature as a metaphor after examining various papers written by well-known academics in the field of contemporary and art jewellery including: Bruce Metcalf, Liesbeth den Besten, Jivan Astfalck, Kenneth Quickenden and Celia Rabinovitch.