{"product_id":"precious-paper-by-bianca-cappello-9788857236681","title":"Precious Paper","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA super pop-up publication! Twenty-one highly original paper jewels created by 21 contemporary designers and artist-goldsmiths for you to create and wear!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the 1960s to today, paper has found a growing number of supporters among artists, designers, and collectors around the world. In the field of contemporary jewellery, paper has replaced diamonds and gold thanks to its versatility, but also because it is a \"good\" material, lacking that original sin belonging to precious ones. Moreover, when paper is recycled, it perfectly becomes part of environmental sustainability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePromoted by Comieco (the Italian Consortium for the Recovery and Recycling of Cellulose-based Packaging), \u003cem\u003ePrecious Paper\u003c\/em\u003e is conceived as a trove of 21 pop-up jewels created by 21 of the greatest paper jewellery designers and artists from across the world, together for the first time to highlight the preciousness of this material and, therefore, the importance of recycling and not wasting it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to illustrations of jewels — colourful and playful, made from 100% recycled cardboard with natural shades according to high-sustainability and low environmental impact processes — there is an essay on the importance of paper recycling by Comieco, along with a crucial and scholarly text on the history of paper jewellery design by the author and jewellery historian, Bianca Cappello.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47341043056876,"sku":"9788857236681","price":54.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/16962423485341.jpg?v=1772181444","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/precious-paper-by-bianca-cappello-9788857236681","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}