Curate Design

Curate Design

Curate Design featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Origins

Crafted from 18kt gold using a wax casting technique, the necklace boasts an Anishinaabe Harpoon head 1000 A.D. found in the Great Lakes region, perfectly complemented by the Japanese Akoya pearls and diamonds. Originally used as a harpoon point, this remarkable copper piece is a rare specimen usually found in museums. With a deep respect for history, this jewelry piece breathes new life into ancient treasures. Through the art of jewelry-making, the design represents the will and belief in giving new purpose to valuable artifacts.

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Insinuations

Insinuations is born from encountering the depths of intimacy. The sensuality of shapes arouses curiosity, provokes and invites viewers to perceive them. Insinuations is an Art to Wear statement that finds the balance between a design with artistic and conceptual value and, at the same time, functional and usable. Each piece is carefully designed in order to achieve the perfect morphology that slides and spills sensually on the body provoking a unique individual experience.

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Reflection

These one of a kind earrings feature an asymmetric design handcrafted in 18ct white gold, 2 x 1ct pear cut diamonds with 1ct pear cut sapphire, and small diamond and sapphires. The earrings can be worn with a drop section that can be added to left the left or right earring or removed and worn as a pendant. The right earring hooks around the ear with flowers balanced inside the ear. Left is a stud earring that compliments it. The left is a flamboyant earring design that takes inspiration from a bird on a branch viewing its perceived reflection while the right is the true shy reflection.

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Observing

The work uses layers of circular outlines and changes in folds to design the process of human cognition of the world. The nested structure of concentric circles makes the work present an aesthetic feeling of continuous expansion or contraction, and the overall work reflects a comfortable sense of flow. The combination of gold and diamonds creates a rich and colorful picture and a texture of contrasting layers. The two texture treatments on the metal deepen the layering and spatial extension of the work, reflecting good craftsmanship.

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Midnight Tide

Inspired by oceanic movements and tidal imageries, it is reminiscent of the frothy ebbs of midnight tides, draping effortlessly over one's shoulder, mimicking the fluidity of a wave caressing down the coastline, imbuing the pulse of the ocean into the wearer's very being. To realize the artistic vision, the neckpiece consists of 79 meticulously modeled units, cast to fulfill specific functions and interconnect through an original linkage mechanism that delivers curated tension and choreographed movement. The assembly engineers a textural unity that is simultaneously resilient and agile.

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Rose Flower

Designer selected the flowers as part of nature and they considered the diamonds around the flowers as dew in nature surrounding the flowers. The brilliance of the dew on the flower adds to the beauty of the flower as a gem that has taken the color of the flowers and it falls. By using enamel colors and a combination of it with jewellery makes this recognizable piece. Metal casting, fire enamel and hand made stone setting is used in the creation of this work.

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