Artificial jewelery in India

When we talk about jewellery only gold, diamonds, silver and platinum click our minds. However, this is not the case any more. The trend has altogether changed and junk jewellery, popularly known as funky jewellery, imitation jewellery, bling jewellery, modern jewellery or fashion jewellery is in. More exotic jewellery was probably made for wealthy people indicating social status.
TORY

The middle or the lower class yearned to have beautiful but affordable jewellery, and this desire was realized on time. And it was born with the machine-age or the industrial revolution. All this made possible the production of carefully executed pieces of beautiful and admired antique pieces.

Costume jewellery has been part of our culture from the last 300 years. In 1700s cheap glass jewellery was made. It was almost after a century, in the 1800s, costume jewellery made of semi precious material came into the market. The practice of using semi precious material made the jewellery available even for common people as it was cheap, disposable and which could go with a specific outfit.

MATERIALS USED

Artificial jewellery is made of materials including metals, glass, plastic, and fake or artificial stones; and sometimes precious stones and gems, in the case of valuable jewellery.

Various materials are used to manufacture or hand craft exclusive jewellery pieces. Some of the widely used materials are: Leather, Beads, Bone and Horn, Brass, Resin, Paper, Glass, Terracotta, Clay, Plastic, ceramic, stainless steel, Shells, Jute, Sterling silver and various other metals.