Pommes de Jong

Jacqueline de Jong Pommes de Jong, 2016 Shrunk potato, sprouts, 18kt yellow gold plated pendant 12 cm long Unique ref. P3 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.

Jacqueline De Jong Pommes de Jong, 2017 Shrunk potato, sprouts, roots, 18kt yellow gold plated necklace 6 x 25 cm Unique ref. N2   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.

Jacqueline de Jong Pommes de Jong, 2016 Shrunk potato, sprouts, 18kt yellow gold plated necklace Unique 21 x 14.5 cm ref. N1     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.

Jacqueline de Jong Pommes de Jong, 2017 Shrunk potato, sprouts, 18kt yellow gold plated pendant 10 cm tall Unique ref. P1     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.

Arman Untitled (Pendant), 1973 Yellow gold casing with diamonds Unique Part of the collection is also a unique pendant that Arman has designed for his wife in 1973. The violin is cut out from an Asiatic garden beetle and is embedded in resin. This extraordinary jewel is made even more precious through the addition of diamonds and the yellow gold casing.

Giulio Paolini Psiche (Senza Amore), 2016 Silver rhodium plated necklace with white gold torque 5 x 5 cm Edition of 8 Signed and numbered Make it Yours ♥ Giulio Paolini’s first wearable art project has been ideated around the idea of love. This silver   engraved pendant is inspired by former installation of the artist ‘Amore e Psiche’. It represents a woman in Hellenistic style seen from behind, facing directly at the heart of the wearer. She is trying to trespass the threshold between the outer and the inner dimension, emphasizing the universality of the gaze as a bonding action This piece condenses the essence of the artist’s research that has always demonstrated interest in exploring the nature of images and the relationship between image and viewer. Through replication, fragmentation and citation Paolini often incorporates elements from the past into his artworks, thus establishing an artistic dialogue across times and styles.

Giulio Paolini Psiche (Senza Amore), 2016 18kt yellow gold engraved pendant with 18 kt yellow torque 5 x 5 cm Edition of 8 Signed and numbered Make it Yours ♥   Giulio Paolini’s first wearable art project has been ideated around the idea of love. This gold engraved pendant  is inspired by former installation of the artist ‘Amore e Psiche’. It represents a woman in Hellenistic style seen from behind, facing directly at the heart of the wearer. She is trying to trespass the threshold between the outer and the inner dimension, emphasizing the universality of the gaze as a bonding action This piece condenses the essence of the artist’s research that has always demonstrated interest in exploring the nature of images and the relationship between image and viewer. Through replication, fragmentation and citation Paolini often incorporates elements from the past into his artworks, thus establishing an artistic dialogue across times and styles.

Miquel Barceló Boucle de mer (Sea curl), 2007 18kt satin yellow gold 15 cm (D) Edition of 20 Signed and numbered The collection of Miquel Barceló came to life in 2007 through a dialogue between the artist and his friend Chus Burés. These pieces are linked to the artist’s iconography and in tune with his serpentine aesthetic of that time. Before the collaboration started, Barceló finished the altarpiece for the Blessed Sacrament Chapel in Palma Cathedral, Majorca; a magical world that drew life from the sea and plants. Out of it arose a series of jewels that writhes and swirls with the movement of the sea. The contours of the Boucles de Mer (Sea Curls), primordial in their irregularity, invite us to enjoy Barcelo’s majestic art in mini sculptural jewellery form thanks to Burés. Barceló made many test pieces out of variety of easily worked material – aluminium foil, cardboard and pieces of wax he shaped with his hand, leaving fingerprints that are reproduced in some of the jewels.  

Tom Sachs Godfather of Soul, 2009 18kt yellow gold necklace Pendant: 5.1 cm x 1.8 cm Chain: 65 cm long Box: plywood, resin, mirrors, steel screws, safety lock:  39.5 x 35.5 x 7 cm Edition of 10 Signed and numbered The Godfather of Soul is a necklace that was created by Sachs to celebrate the icon of Soul music, James Brown. Not only a musician, James Brown reinvented himself and innovated his industry. The Godfather of Soul is beautifully framed in a cabinet made of plywood so that it can be displayed on a wall. Sachs made the cabinet from ready made and found objects and he assembled it in his studio in New York. The idea is to have the necklace on the wall as a precious object to contemplate. 

Giuseppe Penone Foglia (Leaf), 2011 Twig (4.6 x 10.8 x 1.9 cm) Leaf (8.6 x 3.2 x 0.1 cm) Chain (33 cm) 24 kt yellow gold, bronze and 18 kt yellow gold necklace Edition of 10 GP on the reverse of the leaf Edition sold out “The imprint of the skin, the lines of the hand, nails and veins draw, literally and metaphorically, a network that links us to the leaves and trees, water and stones, animals.” – Giuseppe Penone 
Giuseppe Penone, member of the Arte Povera group, throughout his career explored the connections between natural and cultural forms. In the early 1970s the artist used his body as his principal subject, projecting images drawn from the surface of his skin on to plaster casts of his face or on to wall surfaces. The connection between man and nature is also transferred into the collaboration project with Elisabetta Cipriani resulting in Foglia (Leaf), a necklace of a twig and a pure gold leaf with an imprint of Penone’s palm The jewellery project “Foglia” in collaboration with Elisabetta Cipriani is part of the collection of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.