Future Holds For Jewelry and Jewelry Pendants

Women of style and grace choose jewelry pendants as a means of self- expression. Pendants can make a woman feel distinctive, like they are making a statement about their uniqueness and their individuality.

It's no surprise to find out that more than three quarters of all the gold that is mined today is used by the jewelry industry to create new pendants, earrings, engagement rings and the like.

Needless to say, the U.S. is the main consumer of quality jewelry. This is a relatively new thing though, as not long ago almost all jewelry was made abroad and imported via Europe into America.

Over time, jewelry production has grown in the U.S. beyond recognisiton. Several major companies have taken the bull by the horns with revolutionary new techniques using the very latest materials, employing new methods to render altogether new contributions to the field of jewelry and jewelry pendants in particular.

Nowadays, one can often encounter the latest designs in silver, gold, white gold and platinum mixed and matched with rare gemstones such as emeralds, natural color diamonds, rubies, sapphires and diamonds.

To look at the history of jewelry and jewelry pendants, it is easy to see how their design follows closely to the circumstances and situations of their time. Low cost austere pendants were extremely popular after the Second World War.

Over time this has been replaced by an increasing flamboyance as people look to become more lavish with their adornments. Mechanization has furthered this, making more intricate designs more available more widely.

Meanwhile, as more and more people are trained in the fine art behind making pendants many lavishly designed pendants are reaching the marketplace with often wild adornments and imaginative styles and themes.

Pendants these days come in many different metals besides the traditional gold and silver. Although it is very expensive, despite the current credit crunch, platinum and white gold are becoming more and more popular.

Even the more famous designers of classic pendants are producing stunning new looks. People don't seem to be content to opt for the more traditional yellow gold. delicate rose or sumptuous pink gold and, of late, popular mediums for the more personalized jewelry pendants.

As designers continue to try out all kinds of stones and metals, the future may seem hard to predict, but you can always expect to see glorious stones like sapphires, natural color diamonds, emeralds and rubies liberally scattered among the very best jewelry pedants in the world.