ROD EDWARDS TOURMALINE AND GOLD RING, Circa 1969The collection of the late Joan CrebbinROD EDWARDS | TOURMALINE AND GOLD RING, Circa 1969Set with a circular-cut pink tourmaline within an openwork colonnade of polished gold rods, signed RLE, Edwards, London hallmarks, 18ct gold, weight 39.7gm, ring size R.Rod Edwards (born Sydney, 1921) studied sculpture and design at the East Sydney Technical College, now the National Art School. He moved to England in 1954 where he was apprenticed as a jeweller and received a thorough technical education. After working at the costume jewellery company Corocraft from 1954-60, he went into business on his own account, working on private commissions.He was represented at the ground-breaking International Exhibition of Modern Jewellery 1890-1961, organised by Graham Hughes in 1961 at Goldsmiths Hall, which was the beginning of a new appreciation of modern jewellery design. His work is in the collection of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, the National Museums of Scotland and the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. His training in sculpture combined with a profound knowledge of jewellery techniques produced elegant, modernist jewellery, exploiting the reflective surface of the metal and the glow of cabochon gemstones. He was an active and popular lecturer in jewellery at the Camden Institute.