Pommes de Jong

Pommes de Jong

Nov
10

Jacqueline de Jong Pommes de Jong, 2017 Shrunk potato, 18kt yellow gold plated cufflinks 3.5 x 1.5cm; 3.4 x 1.4cm Unique ref. C1 Pommes de Jong is an ongoing project that came to life in 2007 in Bouan (Bourbonnais, France) where in the mid 1990’s de Jong and her husband decided to buy a house. She created a vegetable garden and they planted potatoes in memory of the lack of food during the war. De Jong stored the potatoes in a 13th Century cellar and suddenly realized that she was fascinated by the huge amount of sprouts that were growing from the shrunk tubers. When de Jong was asked by a jewellery collector to make a jewel for her, she thought that she might do something with these shrunk potatoes and their sprouts that were getting longer and longer. Pommes de Jong were inspired by the idea of transforming a humble object into a precious one. In the realization of the wearable art, the potatoes and their sprouts are dried slowly by the artist over a period of two years and are submerged in a bath of platinum or gold becoming exclusive pieces of wearable art.

Pommes de Jong

Nov
10

  Jacqueline de Jong Pommes de Jong, 2017 Shrunk potato 18kt yellow gold plated cufflinks 1.6 x 1.3 cm; 1.9 x 1.2 cm Unique ref. C4 Pommes de Jong is an ongoing project that came to life in 2007 in Bouan (Bourbonnais, France) where in the mid 1990’s de Jong and her husband decided to buy a house. She created a vegetable garden and they planted potatoes in memory of the lack of food during the war. De Jong stored the potatoes in a 13th Century cellar and suddenly realized that she was fascinated by the huge amount of sprouts that were growing from the shrunk tubers. When de Jong was asked by a jewellery collector to make a jewel for her, she thought that she might do something with these shrunk potatoes and their sprouts that were getting longer and longer. Pommes de Jong were inspired by the idea of transforming a humble object into a precious one. In the realization of the wearable art, the potatoes and their sprouts are dried slowly by the artist over a period of two years and are submerged in a bath of platinum or gold becoming exclusive pieces of wearable art.

Pommes de Jong

Nov
03

  Jacqueline de Jong Pommes de Jong, 2017 Shrunk potato, 18kt yellow gold plated cufflinks 1.5 x 1.3 cm; 1.4 x 1.5 cm Unique ref. C8 Pommes de Jong is an ongoing project that came to life in 2007 in Bouan (Bourbonnais, France) where in the mid 1990’s de Jong and her husband decided to buy a house. She created a vegetable garden and they planted potatoes in memory of the lack of food during the war. De Jong stored the potatoes in a 13th Century cellar and suddenly realized that she was fascinated by the huge amount of sprouts that were growing from the shrunk tubers. When de Jong was asked by a jewellery collector to make a jewel for her, she thought that she might do something with these shrunk potatoes and their sprouts that were getting longer and longer. Pommes de Jong were inspired by the idea of transforming a humble object into a precious one. In the realization of the wearable art, the potatoes and their sprouts are dried slowly by the artist over a period of two years and are submerged in a bath of platinum or gold becoming exclusive pieces of wearable art.

Pommes de Jong

Nov
03

Jacqueline de Jong Pommes de Jong, 2017 Shrunk potato 18kt yellow gold plated cufflinks 1.7 x 1 cm; 1.4 x 1.1 cm Unique ref. C7 Pommes de Jong is an ongoing project that came to life in 2007 in Bouan (Bourbonnais, France) where in the mid 1990’s de Jong and her husband decided to buy a house. She created a vegetable garden and they planted potatoes in memory of the lack of food during the war. De Jong stored the potatoes in a 13th Century cellar and suddenly realized that she was fascinated by the huge amount of sprouts that were growing from the shrunk tubers. When de Jong was asked by a jewellery collector to make a jewel for her, she thought that she might do something with these shrunk potatoes and their sprouts that were getting longer and longer. Pommes de Jong were inspired by the idea of transforming a humble object into a precious one. In the realization of the wearable art, the potatoes and their sprouts are dried slowly by the artist over a period of two years and are submerged in a bath of platinum or gold becoming exclusive pieces of wearable art.

Cityscapes

Oct
05

Ifeanyi Oganwu Cityscapes, 2016 9kt rose gold cufflinks Edition of 12 1.5 x 1.7 cm Signed and numbered   Inspired by metropolitan skylines mirrored on bodies of water, the Cityscapes Collection seeks to unify natural and manmade landscapes. Here, the functional support acts as a horizon line from which shards are reflected to create interactive elements with varying geometric intricacy. Works in the collection include a double ring, large earrings, and a pair of cufflinks, all of which grow from aggregated clusters of folded shards – the primary unit of the designs.

Happy Cufflinks

May
19

Atelier van Lieshout Happy Cufflinks, 2009 Silver and red gold enamel cufflinks 2 x 2 cm Edition of 20 Signed and numbered   Happy Cufflinks and Oval Family, designed by Atelier Van Lieshout in collaboration with Elisabetta Cipriani, are cufflinks representing a family connected to each other, happily strolling and dancing. Evoking the idea of the perfect family, both cufflink’s are an excellent present to give to your partner.

Oval Family

May
12

Atelier van Lieshout Oval Family, 2010 18kt red, white, yellow, black and green gold cufflinks 2 x 2.5 cm Edition of 3 per colour Signed and numbered Happy Cufflinks and Oval Family, designed by Atelier Van Lieshout in collaboration with Elisabetta Cipriani, are cufflinks representing a family connected to each other, happily strolling and dancing. Evoking the idea of the perfect family, both cufflink’s are an excellent present to give to your partner.