Inspiration: Sculpture, drawing, geometry, shapes, textures, natural world, art
Style: Nature, contemporary, sculptural
Ring: Sterling silver rock formation hand carved ring
Tap | Todd Pownell
Thursday, 13 October 2016
Todd Pownell use jewellery as a form of conceptual communication to express a thousand words that cannot be articulated verbally. By focusing on the meticulous attention to the craft, a dialogue is established between the designer and the wearer, forging a sense of intimacy and secrecy. The Tap collection evolves from an emotional experience to an aesthetic form, using the intrinsic properties of gems, metal and construction to create an exquisite collection that is raw, rugged as well as precised and sophisticated. For Pownell it is a vehicle for freely expressed desires and nomadic thoughts, focusing on the heavy influence of the romanticism period in the 18th century.
I am awed by the designer's captivating method of embedding diamonds in reverse and the deliberate randomised scattering across designs in multiples or individually. With these inverted settings the diamonds captures the reflection of light in a succession of broad flashes from oblique angles, creating a feeling of serene twilight or in contrast, a gathering storm in the night's sky.
Pownell uses the contrast of light and dark metals in concoction with diamonds conjures a sense of unpredictability and mystery. I am fascinated by the way the inverted diamonds emerges from the metal as if naturally occurring.
If jewellery was an organic material in nature, then Todd Pownell's designs are exactly how I would imagine it would be.
Rock It! Tara 4779 Arc Choker
Friday, 30 September 2016
“One should either be a work of art or wear a work of art”
Influenced by the minimalist movement in art and architecture, Tara Elwin utilised her creative background in visual art to conceptualise her wonderfully chic and understated jewellery line Tara 4779, with the brand name alluding to the atomic number of silver and gold. Tara is also inspired by negative space, geometry and dualism which are subtlety implemented in her aesthetically stunning designs.
The delicate choker is created to be adorned as well as to be observed as an art object. The gentle asymmetrical arc is accentuated by a hanging white diamond to create a mathematical balance of opposites.
/Jewellery Crush/ Contour Studio Wes Necklace
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
Inspiration: City landscapes, architecture,
Style: Geometric, minimalist, abstract clean lines, sophisticated, casual
Necklace: Sterling silver plated brass necklace
Rock It! C6 By Anne Cohen Supernova Ring
Monday, 19 September 2016
With a passion for design and material, Anne Cohen combined the two to create one of the most unique jewellery brands yet. C6 derives from the designer's love for the element carbon due to its simplicity as an atom and scientific complexity as an element. By combining with precious gemstones and diamonds the dream of making a ring of pure carbon is realised; the ring is essentially a narration of her life.
By combining science and aesthetics, C6 brings gemstones to the forefront and away from the overcompensated 'couture' design trend. Against the carbon canvas it allows the gemstones to captivate the wearer or blown away by the fact that carbon and diamond are essentially identical yet aesthetically different. C6 core philosophy is to create a design that is minimalist as well as authentic, resulting in an innovative and timeless piece.
The Supernova ring plays with an idea of time, space and being. You can't help but compare it to gazing at the stars during the darkest of nights, still in utter wonderment by the universal intrigue of space and living.
At least with the ring, you have one within a touchable distance.
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