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| 22K Gold Plated Stainless Steel Gather Earrings |
The history buff can enjoy the Museum of Brisbane while the nature enthusiast can take in the floral displays at Brisbane Botanic Gardens.
Australia is also home to featured jewelry designer Iris Saar Isaacs.
Not
since Canadian jeweler Karen Konzuk
have I seen stainless steel presented in such a unique way.
Each collection of Isaac’s eight-year-old brand, inSync Design, is steeped within an aesthetic based in deceptive simplicity.
Each collection of Isaac’s eight-year-old brand, inSync Design, is steeped within an aesthetic based in deceptive simplicity.
Based
on the children’s book Harold and the Purple
Crayon her Line Collection highlights
“continuous,” hand drawn lines of 22-karat yellow or rose gold plated stainless
steel. These continuous lines extend and
expand to produce abstract and lithe dangle earrings, necklaces and brooch pins
that seem ephemeral.
Dainty
outlines of stainless steel serve as the canvas that offsets carved blocks of
anodized aluminum in the jewelry maker’s Pebble
Collection. However, the Frost Collection is a streamlined play
of colored nylon coils and tubes that form simple necklaces and bracelets with
a cool, relaxed flair.
Of
Israeli descent the Australia-based jeweler draws on her background in
printmaking, graphic design and sculpture to build a minimalist design style
that focuses on comfort and wearability.
Educated
at the Northern Melbourne Institute of
TAFE and the Victorian College of
Arts at the University of Melbourne,
Isaacs’ love for “uncluttered spaces and aesthetics” prompted her to seek out
alternatives to building jewelry collections without the standard materials of
18-karat gold and gemstones.
“I
always knew I wanted to do something creative.
I constantly draw from my skill set in graphics, and sculpture. I love the intimate interaction of the wearer
with a piece of jewelry and that intimacy drives me to create jewelry that is
practical and wearable,” she says.
“My
ideas always start developing with pen and paper, then explored and manipulated
on the computer using my graphics skills.
Once I resolve the design, scale and mechanism I then work out the
structure and mechanism using my sculpture knowledge.
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| Model Wears Anodized Aluminum Double Pebbles Lariat Necklace |
For
the Line Collection I wanted to use
stainless steel because it is 100% hypoallergenic which allows women with
sensitive skin to wear the pieces.
Due
to its hardness you can’t apply traditional metalsmithing techniques to it but
it is flexible and that lends itself to the whimsical, hand drawn lines
highlighted in this collection,” explains the 2012 recipient of the Faces of
Design Award.
“For the Pebble
Collection I wanted to use new materials to introduce color ranges and
allow me to shape into large pebble forms.
I intentionally did not choose natural gemstones.
Aluminum was the perfect material because with anodization
it can be virtually any color, and it is also very lightweight. Similarly the neoprene rubber I use in this
collection is very comfortable and it is also durable and won’t leach color
onto the skin with sweat or perfume.
For my Frost
Collection, once again, I used nylon due to its transparent qualities and
how it feels against the skin. My
absolute passion is clever design solutions!
I get very excited when products combine different materials seamlessly
with clever execution. That is what I always
strive to achieve within my work.”
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| Nylon Frost Bangle Bracelets |
Grey, beige, aqua, orange, red and bright green are some of the colors you will see and each are on trend for the year.
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