The Compendium Finale of Contemporary Jewellery Makers

This 13.5 kg, 2400 pages Opus Maximus was released on the 14th March 2009 during the International Schmuck 2009 Fair in Munich and is already nicknamed by many jewellers as "the Messiah" as it had been eagerly awaited for a year and was expected to bring great relief to the sleepless nights of jewellers from 54 nations.
At the Compendium Party during the release, over 1000 visitors could catch a glance of the most rumoured and gossiped about publication of 2008, and managed to empty over 180 bottles with alcoholic content within a couple of hours (during the daytime!).
132 lucky jewellers carried their boxed copies home (although many underestimated the physical weight of 14 kilos!). During the waiting time for the rest of the edition to be bound (by hand!) it is expected that the nickname "Messiah" will be still valid, although a big difference is that The Compendium did show up.

The Compendium will show on a never done before scale and manner what is happening wolrdwide in 2008 in the entire Contemporary Jewellery scene.
Jewellery Artists from 54 nations were nominated by Jewellery Artists.
The first purpose of Andy Lim, the publisher and editor, is to try to establish Contemporary Jewellery as an equally respected art form in the Contemporary Art and to create a platform, not to be neglected, which will be reached already by its sheer volume and power of 1044 artists, united in one single publication. It is not only a book about 1000+ jewellers, it is a book created by 1000+ jewellers, as every jeweller has the full freedom of a 2-page presentation per person. The alphabetical order of presentation secures a non hierarchical and non political ranking. The publishers second purpose is to discover beyond the already wellknown and established artists (ca. 300) interesting positions of contemporary jewellery. After all, who are better "talent scouts" than the artists themselves? Who is more aware than anybody else of what their collegues are doing? They are at the cradle of the work process. The third, but not least goal: to present an astonishing bibliophile book in an unsurpassed quality of the highest standards in the Art of Bookmaking.

- 2 Volume Hardcover in the Lim-slipcase with separate pull out system.
- Bound in the Final Edition of the stunning Techno Fabric.
- Print and handbinding entirely in Germany, as always with Darling Publications.
- A stunning book where you discover everything your heart desires and covets.
- An already legendary reference book, and that´s why a MUST for libraries, museums, galleries, design lovers and the serious art and book collectors. 

The Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim is co-editor.