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| Leather Waves Necklace from Skin on Skin Collection |
Mykonos, however, also has a subdued side with “romantic” seaside villas and 16th century windmills.
Greece is also home to featured jewelry designer Christina Karakalpaki.
I really enjoy the anti-establishment vibe of contemporary
art jewelry. With jewelry born from unconventional
ideas and unusual materials, this niche can be a wild ride that takes an
observer into an uncharted visual world challenging long held perceptions
of jewelry.
Though Karakalpaki implements traditional metals like
sterling silver, and opts for a surprisingly wearable style she is a
contemporary art jeweler at heart.
Other materials at her disposal are resin, electrostatic
paint, leather and Plexiglas. Designs
range from the metallic, mechanistic forms of her Industrial Waves collection to the poetic fluidity of pieces from
her Clean Cut collection. Her artistic vision is explorative, sublime
and off-the-wall yet ultimately fashionable.
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| Sterling Silver and Resin Powder Earrings from Resin Pleasure Collection |
Her cube rings from the collection Square Logic are wonderful, three-dimensional forms with carved out
centers and tactile surface reliefs. Her
Skin on Skin collection is a play of different
textures and colors of leather where brooch pins become biscuits and cookies.
Nevertheless the prolific jeweler is often inspired by the
materials themselves. “Architecture
plays an important role in the way I think about jewelry and in the way I
compose my pieces.
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| Gold Vermeil Knot Necklace with Satin Cord from Golden Touch Collection |
However, many times I act intuitively without having a certain plan or image in my mind of the final result. I let the materials lead me. My goal is to create a unified aesthetic, and harmonious composition.”
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