Masters Gold

The Gold Rush

On January 24, 1848, the California Gold Rush began. James W. Marshall found “gold” at Sutter’s Mill in Colona, California. Gold is one of the most rarest metals in existence today. The ductile quality of this precious metal allows one to manipulate it into thin wire, melt it into tiny granules, cast, mold, fabricate, fold, etc.

The wonderfully talented artists in this beautiful book, invites the reader to experience “gold” in all its glory. Michael Good, a student of Heikki Seppa at Washington University in St. Louis, took the sculptural articlastic form and miniaturized it into his own signature jewelry.

Jacqueline Ryan’s exquisite jewelry reflects her astute observation of nature’s animate and inanimate forms and structures.

These jewelers truly do have the “Midas touch.” Curator Marthe Le Van has created a provocative collection of major works in this inspiring Lark Books publication. The pictures are exquisite representations of all of the featured jewelry. Each and every piece is worth its weight in gold.