Butterfly Wings

Ania Guillaume Butterfly Wings, 2018 Titanium ear cuff 7.2 x 3 x 1.5 cm circa Unique   Butterfly Wings is an exemplary series of Guillaume’s examination of elements of the natural environment, translated into wearable art. In sculpture as much as in wearable art, there is a strong perception of the spiritual natural universe. Flowers or animals are designed within the shape of the jewel and, once worn, they create an intricate dialogue between the wearer and nature. Known for their fragility, the delicate attributes of butterfly wings are juxtaposed in its materiality. Casted from delicate carvings into thin wax, the titanium earcuffs still play with our perception to materiality, as the incredibly lightweight jewellery pieces gleam in their chromatic spectrums, and firmly wrap around our ears. Feminine and beautiful, these reflections of elements of nature become an elegant statement piece to our everyday fashion.

Ania Guillaume Butterfly Wings, 2018 Titanium ear cuff 3.3 x 6.8; 3.5 x 7.6 cm circa Unique   Butterfly Wings is an exemplary series of Guillaume’s examination of elements of the natural environment, translated into wearable art. In sculpture as much as in wearable art, there is a strong perception of the spiritual natural universe. Flowers or animals are designed within the shape of the jewel and, once worn, they create an intricate dialogue between the wearer and nature. Known for their fragility, the delicate attributes of butterfly wings are juxtaposed in its materiality. Casted from delicate carvings into thin wax, the titanium earcuffs still play with our perception to materiality, as the incredibly lightweight jewellery pieces gleam in their chromatic spectrums, and firmly wrap around our ears. Feminine and beautiful, these reflections of elements of nature become an elegant statement piece to our everyday fashion.

Ania Guillaume Butterfly wings, 2018 Titanium ear cuff 3.5 x 7; 3.4 x 6.6 cm circa Unique   Butterfly Wings is an exemplary series of Guillaume’s examination of elements of the natural environment, translated into wearable art. In sculpture as much as in wearable art, there is a strong perception of the spiritual natural universe. Flowers or animals are designed within the shape of the jewel and, once worn, they create an intricate dialogue between the wearer and nature. Known for their fragility, the delicate attributes of butterfly wings are juxtaposed in its materiality. Casted from delicate carvings into thin wax, the titanium earcuffs still play with our perception to materiality, as the incredibly lightweight jewellery pieces gleam in their chromatic spectrums, and firmly wrap around our ears. Feminine and beautiful, these reflections of elements of nature become an elegant statement piece to our everyday fashion.

Ania Guillaume Butterfly wings, 2018 Titanium ear cuff 7 x 3 x 1.3 cm Unique   Butterfly Wings is an exemplary series of Guillaume’s examination of elements of the natural environment, translated into wearable art. In sculpture as much as in wearable art, there is a strong perception of the spiritual natural universe. Flowers or animals are designed within the shape of the jewel and, once worn, they create an intricate dialogue between the wearer and nature. Known for their fragility, the delicate attributes of butterfly wings are juxtaposed in its materiality. Casted from delicate carvings into thin wax, the titanium earcuffs still play with our perception to materiality, as the incredibly lightweight jewellery pieces gleam in their chromatic spectrums, and firmly wrap around our ears. Feminine and beautiful, these reflections of elements of nature become an elegant statement piece to our everyday fashion.

Ania Guillaume Butterfly Wings, 2018 Titanium earcuffs 7.2 x 3 x 1.5 cm Unique     Butterfly Wings is an exemplary series of Guillaume’s examination of elements of the natural environment, translated into wearable art. In sculpture as much as in wearable art, there is a strong perception of the spiritual natural universe. Flowers or animals are designed within the shape of the jewel and, once worn, they create an intricate dialogue between the wearer and nature. Known for their fragility, the delicate attributes of butterfly wings are juxtaposed in its materiality. Casted from delicate carvings into thin wax, the titanium earcuffs still play with our perception to materiality, as the incredibly lightweight jewellery pieces gleam in their chromatic spectrums, and firmly wrap around our ears. Feminine and beautiful, these reflections of elements of nature become an elegant statement piece to our everyday fashion.

Meret Oppenheim Snake Ear Cuff, designed in 1936, executed in 2014 18kt gold with tsavorites ear cuff 7.8 x 4.4 x 1.2 cm edition of 88 signed and numbered Gems and Ladders edition   A small snake embraces the wearer’s ear, not as a passive adornment but as an active creature that looks back at the viewer with glinting green eyes. Meret Oppenheim passionately attended the annual carnival in Basel; she collected traditional masks and created her own costumes. Her works, costumes or adornments offer disguise and permit playfulness; in fact, with these wearable sculptures, the wearer might take on the properties of what they are carrying. In the case of Oppenheim’s Snake Ear Cuff  the person wearing this wearable art piece may take on the sinuousness and stealth of the reptile. The wearable art pieces by Meret Oppheneim are representative of her personality: between humour and elegance, they explore female sexuality, identity and exploitation. The snake’s narrow tail wraps around the ear, as can be seen in the illustration of 1936, a gesture that is protective yet a little menacing.