Precious Statements. John Donald: Designer & Jeweller

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Precious Statements. John Donald: Designer & Jeweller
by John Donald & Russell Cassleton Elliott

McNidder & Grace have printed a exceptional account of Johns life and his path into jewellery designer and master craftsman. From his early days of golfing-star dreams, a chance introduction to the Silver and Jewellery Department at the RCA and then onto a fascinating career in jewellery and silversmithing.

This unique book tells the story of John Donald, British jeweller, designer and goldsmith, from his early days at art college to establishing a successful business in London and Geneva and an international reputation.

In over 50 years he has been recognised as a pioneering and radical designer and craftsman with his work capturing the late twentieth century ideals of glamour and modernity. He is respected by art critics and his work attracted the patronage of the HRH The Late Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon and Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.

Lavishly illustrated, the book includes a series of stunning colour images showcasing jeweller Donald's most stylish pieces of jewellery. This book will be particularly sought after by students, designers, jewellers, auction houses and buyers of iconic jewellery.

Reviews

'The combination of John Donald s creative vision with exquisite craftsmanship has been recognised not only by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, his principal patron of Modern Jewellery, but also by his many private clients.'
Rosemary Ransome Wallis, Art Director and Curator,The Collections of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, London

'John Donald s work is a wonderful example of innovation, freedom of thought and

expression. It is a time capsule representing an era spanning five decades since the 1960s that British jewellery will never witness again.'
Joanna Hardy, independent fine jewellery specialist

'John Donald's memoir PRECIOUS STATEMENTS charts, among other highs, his escape from the 1970s British recession, which he achieved by filling a suitcase with jewels and jetting off to Kuwait, a lucrative market that was then uncharted by British jewellers.'
Financial Times

About John Donald

John Donald, a British jeweller, designer and goldsmith, is regarded as one of the most innovative of the twentieth century. In over half a century he has been recognised as a pioneering and radical designer and craftsman with his work capturing the late twentieth century ideals of glamour and modernity. Part of a select group that revolutionised jewellery design in the 1960s and 70s, John went on to establish a successful business in London and Geneva as well as an international reputation. He is respected by art critics and his work attracted the patronage of HRH The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon and Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. His work is seen in the collections of the V&A Museum, the Schmuckmuseum in Pforzheim, The Royal Museum in Edinburgh and The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. His pieces are owned by various Royal Families as well as heads of industry and those fascinated by design.

Russell Cassleton Elliott

Russell Cassleton Elliott runs a PR company specialising in the Arts and Luxury Goods sector. Clients he has worked with include The Harley Foundation, the leading German jeweller Otto Jakob, The Silver Trust, and Association of British Designer Silversmiths (now the Contemporary British Silversmiths). He has a keen interest in jewellery and is a silversmith in his spare time. Precious Statements is his first book.

Precious Statements. John Donald: Designer & Jeweller