Carnet by Michelle Ong

Michelle Ong, the founder of Carnet, a Hong Kong-based boutique jewelry house, creates unique one-off creations that draw on Chinese motifs and European culture and craftsmanship. Her jewels crystallize natural forms with invisible mastery, such as dragonfly wings, ripe fruits, feathers, black lace, anemones, seashells, and clouds. Jade, China's imperial gemstone, is reworked into an Art Deco-style cocktail ring, and her Chinese dragon breathes a stream of fiery rubies. Ong's work is now acknowledged among the greatest names in high jewelry.

Format: Hardback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 11 April 2019
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Over twenty-five years ago, Michelle Ong founded Carnet, her Hong Kong-based boutique jewelry house, where her unique one-off creations draw on Chinese motifs and her love of European culture and craftsmanship. Her multi-hued jewels crystallize natural forms with invisible mastery, from the hovering translucency of dragonfly wings to the succulence of ripe fruits, the whisper-light touch of a feather, the seductive fragility of black lace, meticulously hand-wrought from silver, the velvet petals of an anemone, a voluptuously curled seashell, and the evanescence of a floating cloud evoked in a scroll of diamonds. Each jewel is a miniature sculptural work of art.

Jade, China's imperial gemstone, is reworked into an Art Deco-style cocktail ring. Ong's Chinese dragon, a fiercely benign creature, writhes in blackened gold and pavé-set emeralds, breathing a stream of fiery rubies. Her work is now acknowledged among the greatest names in high jewelry, renowned for her sublime designs, idiosyncratic color combinations, and deft craftsmanship.

This volume will be required reading by serious collectors and aficionados, and a source of deep delight for all those seeking inspiration from the finest of contemporary jewelry creators.

Weight: 2202g
Dimension: 320 x 262 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780500021637