‘The Times of India News Service NEW DELHI: JAMONDS are forever, but trends _B 7 ici gents and jevellery continue to; change, In Italy; the designs in jewel- lery’:novlonger:‘follow: the: ancient, painters’ and artists" approach./The nes designers call themselves jewel aichitccts and they are adopting the (2 architectural approach, to add a new, $ mension 20,"the'; world’s * most. ‘coveted merchandise.’ Preference for metals top -chango, from country to country, An’ Japan they use 18 carat gold only. for fashion jewellery. In recent years one of the most famous Japenese, de- signers, Mr. Okawa, had set a trend in 20 carat jewellery, because he had been inspired by some of the Indian motifs. In Germany, the designers are literally bringing into vogue the “crash” jewellery...It_ is. fashioned froma variety of metals and alloys, not gold and silver dlony, and in shapes and "forms which’ convey > movement, HT Precious stones are being set-in steel, 100, for trendy wear. rtrd flaring: ‘Indian, Jewel designer, insfead of taking Indian jewellery abroad, is planning to take Indian jewelcraft abroad. An executive and computer expert, she has taken Indian jewellery to the ‘West in a’big. way: She plans to select. three rhaster jewel craftsmen from India and take them to, Chicago, There, she would set up a manufac turing unit “to produce jewellery, Indian in spirit but suited to the modern Americai fashion ‘trends. ‘She has designed a series of jewellery ‘objects ‘which have been widely a claimed by American connoisseurs. These are. but, only a. few. of the highlights of the ideas and. inier- action set off by one of the theme pavilions of the India International Trade Fair at'Pragati Maidan. The theme was “Gems and Jewellery”. For the first time a group of Indian jewellers exhibited their ware at the pavilion under heavy security ar- rangements, » Each: visitor “had*to. ‘THE TIMES OF INDIA, BOMBAY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1986°17> 8 CAS MOM (AIC) HO, aaMre ay eRe ~expérts.( The’ discussions :focif; Gn undergo body search and hand-metal’™'*jireas as ‘docuinent preparation ‘sys detector : scanning: i ‘Somer’ ofthe. world’s famous designers. watched the products of an unbroken jews elcraft tradition for more than'S,000 years, dating back to the Mohene, Jodaro days, imbibe the Indian spirit ‘and: impart new ideas from’ thet Western world of design and con- sumer preference... [A visit to the gem and jewellery show provided one with a glittering atray of the work of some of the Indian * Jewellers in materials as varied ‘as ‘gold, silver and peatls and precious * stones. But it could shave been a much larger exhibit, may be it would. be in future, if and when the ore, ganisers could have more time:an resources to extend this commen- dable effort. Their target seemed to be to help increase the gems’ and jewellery exports. The second theme of the Indfair, “Elec- tronics", was. the subject of dis- cussion by an international group of ey 4 tems,jlocal area network and Tifor- mation’ management “systems: (Mr. Steven Nesiton, leading expert i the 1 field, presented ‘an-overview of tile modern concept of electronics offise t the seminar on “Electronic office S concepts", third inthe , serieg “qn “Electronics. vac and) Site : formatics—technology and applj- cations” sossengaie EEE ‘One of the events at the fair grout was the celebration of “America Day" at the U.S. pavilion, makiag the first-ever participation ofthe country in the Jindia International Trade Fair, “Ut The theme of the U.S. pavilion, which, was represented by: 50 American companies, was “India and the Unij- ed States: partners in progress.",The large number of exhibits highlighted Joint ventures and their contribution to India’s industrial and economic development.’ §,.. :