05 April 2017
Contemporary flora
Few jewelers avoid using the flower, a subject as fascinating as it is inexhaustible. The more contemporary versions move further from reality and break with its silent image. Even without a gemstone and using only metal, it is enough to work with a circular pattern to immediately reveal an archetype of the flower. Even hybridized, distorted or given a twist, the flower is so present in the collective imagination that most often it continues to simply resemble a flower.
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Aude Lechère - "Organic" bracelet made of gold
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Blanca Muñoz at the miniMASTERPIECE gallery - "Maraña" ring made of gold
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Claire Wolfstirn at the Elsa Vanier gallery - Earrings made of patinated steel and gold
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Esty Grossman - Removable pendant made of gold and silver
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Niessing at the Elsa Vanier gallery - "Flower Disc" necklace made of gold
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Nuun - "Ginkgo Ombre" earrings made of blackened gold and diamonds
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Oscar Niemeyer for H. Stern - Gold earrings
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Snem Yildirim - Brooches made of brass, recycled plastic and steel
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Christopher Thompson Royds - "Poppy" necklace made of hand-painted gold and diamonds
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Victoria Walker - "Rose" pendant made of gold and silver
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