The legacy with jewelry making

Once the Renaissance came along, and world exploration increased, the
complexity and variety of jewelry skyrocketed. Gold and jewels from the
New World allowed jewelers to work with new designs and materials.

The
Aztec and Mayans created numerous works of jewelry with gold because it
was so readily available to them. Often the Aztecs would adorn their
gold jewelry with feathers to denote status. Sadly, the ready
availability of gold for the Aztecs would prove their downfall as the
gold lust of the Spanish obliterated their civilization, ending it
forever.

The Mayans would make amazing jewelry out of jade, gold,
silver, bronze and copper, creating similar designs to the Aztecs, often
with lavish headdresses. In their pre-history, the Mayan had jewelry of
stone and bone due to their limited access to metal. In the Mayan
Empire, only the merchants and nobility wore expensive jewelry, as did
the Aztec.

In India, the legacy with jewelry making is ED Hardy considered
the longest in the world. India developed its techniques through 5,000
years of uninterrupted discovery.

Until 2100 BC, until metal was
widely used by the East Indians, beads were used to denote status.
Often, beads would be painted with lavish designs and children of bead
makers often learned how to work with beads from a very early age.

When
the Industrial Revolution came along, and the new middle class began to
grow, jewelry was put in the hands of millions of people who would have
never have had access to it before. In the modern times, widespread
wealth and cheaper
prom Dresses methods to get the components of jewelry, has allowed
a huge base of people to wear various assortments of jewelry.

Currently,
the United States is first in the world for buying jewelry, making up
31 percent of the world's market. Japan, India and China make up nine
percent each, while Italy takes up five percent.

By 2015, the
United States will only make up 25 percent of the world's market, while
China and India will account for 13 percent each. The Middle East will
maintain their market share of nine percent, while Europe and Japan will
see their share shrink to less than four percent for Japan and three
percent for Italy and the United Kingdom.

As we can see,
throughout history, jewelry has tiffany jewelry changed greatly but the reasons behind
wearing it has not. As it did 40,000 years ago, it still denotes status
and wealth and is seen as a symbol of power.