Journey of a Jeweler [Hardcover]

A showcase of the renowned Brazilian jeweler’s work with artisans around the world, this elegant volume reveals how their ancient techniques play a starring role in her incomparable creations.

Furmanovich travels the globe, uncovering age-old crafts that become a foundation for her exquisite designs, which at their heart are traditional jewelry—rings, necklaces, pendants, brooches, and earrings—all crafted with precious stones, combined with wood marquetry and other nontraditional materials.

With fine jewelry taking pride of place, the collections featured in this book expand to include handbags, furniture, and smaller luxury home goods. Collaborations with artisans are at the heart of Furmanovich’s practice, and in recent years her curiosity has led her far and wide. She has explored miniature painting in India, discovered bamboo work in Japan, and witnessed intricate marquetry techniques in her native Brazil and a host of other traditional techniques from Central Asia to Southeast Asia. This book reveals her close relationships with these highly skilled makers and presents the resulting pieces, which hold a rare and special beauty. And yet...does one really need fashion week when they have @rizzolibooks. — CARLA ROCKMORE

The book’s seven chapters, she said, are personal in tone and have what she called a “scrapbook feel,” taking the reader through Amazonian forests, Japanese temples and palaces in India. “It’s about understanding a tradition, honoring it and then interpreting it in my own way,” she said. — THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Journey of a Jeweler also covers Furmanovich’s close relationships with highly skilled makers she has found worldwide—she is based in both São Paulo and New York City&mdal#I