A chain is always only as strong as its weakest link'; this motto expresses the aims and ideals behind Tone Vigeland's work in jewellery. Consummate craftsmanship throughout down to the smallest details is its quintessential quality. She usually works in ductile metals such as silver and lead. Her palette ranges between bluish grey and black. She oxidises silver until it is black and looks almost like iron; she forms steel, on the other hand, into a feathery tracery of filigree forms. Her work definitely reveals echoes of the Norwegian Viking jewellery tradition as well as contemporary influences from the austere landscape of her native country Norway. Most recently she has widened her range to include jewellery sculpture and large-scale objects. As a sculptor she unites stone and lead in highly charged aesthetic unities which represent the variegated fabric of nature and culture.An artist monograph presenting an uvre spanning nearly fifty years. Beginning with Vigeland's commitment to Plus, an artists' co-operative engaged in industrial product design, and ranging from jewellery to the sculpture of recent years. An indispensable standard work on contemporary jewellery design.