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| Streams of Golden Lava Pendant Necklace |
The building’s ornate Art Deco architecture
and its roof’s prismatic lantern are signature details. Missouri is also home to featured jewelry
designer Bond Blackman.
The tagline of Blackman’s Etsy shop reads: “Intuitive,
improvised and unpredictable jewelry art forms,” and nothing could be
truer! His wild sense of style is chock
full of texture, color and unexpected forms.
He incorporates carved branches and bone alongside lush
gemstones like moonstone, opalite, emerald and lapis lazuli to create a
powerful visual language.
His aesthetic
extends beyond statement jewelry. Each
piece is organic and bold, and requires an observer to pause just to let it all
in.
These pieces are hands-down conversation pieces. They are striking more so than pretty and
sometimes even strange; but it is this deviation from the norm that draws you
in.
The robust 80-year-old is not afraid to approach jewelry
design in a way that veers from people’s expectations.
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| Wavy Mother-of-Pearl Earrings |
Having explored various creative outlets including motion
picture producer, screenplay writer, poet, art director and “professional
appraiser of ancients prior to the Magna Carter,” Blackman is a true lover of
the arts.
In 2010 the jewelry artist was
featured in the publication Best of
American Artists along with two hundred jewelers.
His advent into jewelry making began in 2006 after a
successful stint as a wood crafter. “I
am a true challenger of tradition. I
have never acquiesced to formal art training.
My family members say I am unstoppable when I kept working at my bench
after having shoulder surgery. My arm
was in a sling at the time,” he recalls.
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| Blue Rhinestone Brooch Pin on Stingray Leather Cuff Bracelet |
“I create unusual, original concepts that flow from me spontaneously.
Ancient coins, antique
buttons or unique gemstones serve as inspiration to my work. I believe no two pieces can or should ever be
the same.”
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