Damian Skinner is an art historian and curator of Applied Art and Design at the Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira. He was editor of Art Jewelry Forum (2010-2012), and has published a number of books and articles on New Zealand and international contemporary jewellery. He recently edited Contemporary Jewelry in Perspective (Lark Books, 2013). Other recent publications include Cone Ten Down: Studio Pottery in New Zealand, 1945-1980 (Bateman, 2009), which was a finalist in the New Zealand Post Book Awards in 2010; Lalique Vases: The New Zealand Collection of Dr Jack C Richards (Bateman, 2011), The Passing World, The Passage of Life: John Hovell and the Art of Kowhaiwhai (Rim Books, 2010) and Kobi Bosshard: Goldsmith (Bateman 2012). Kevin Murray is Adjunct Professor, RMIT University School of Art. He was Director of Craft Victoria (2001-2007). The exhibitions of contemporary jewellery he curated include Signs of Change: Jewellery Designed for a Better World (Perth, 2010), Welcome Signs: Contemporary Interpretations of the Garland (Delhi, 2011), and Joyaviva: Live Jewellery across the Pacific (Australasia and Latin America, 2012-14).