Amanda Mansell graduated from the Royal College of Art, London with an MA in Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork, and Jewelry. She has been a designer-maker for ten years, working from her workshop in Hatton Garden, London's famous jewelry quarter. She manages the jewelry archives at the Royal College of Art and is the owner and director of a contemporary jewelry gallery in London.

This showcase of new jewelry offers a global view of exciting work from nearly 200 cutting-edge jewelry designers. It highlights the diverse forms that contemporary jewelry takes from simple wedding or commitment rings to elaborate body jewelry that blurs the boundaries between art and adornment to catwalk jewelry specially commissioned for couture collections.

Adorn includes pieces made using the latest industrial technologies and processes as well as more traditional methods and materials. Because most jewelers' work crosses themes categories and styles and is produced using a variety of techniques the chapters are arranged by type of jewelry and each designer may feature in a number of chapters. In this way from headpiece to toe ring the book takes the reader on a visual journey around the body and provides a rich source of inspiration for anyone looking to design commission or buy their own jewelry.