Japanese accessory brand, Hobo, gives us a look into their silver-making process. The following is a video showcasing a metal smith’s careful handcrafting process of the precious metal. Heat, hammering, bending, grinding, precision and a whole lot of patience!
Not sure how we feel about diamonds and jewelry especially after all controversy surrounding conflict gems, but here's how piece-maker to the stars, Ben Baller, collaborated with G.O.O.D. Music artist, Pusha T on his $20,000 USD Mercedes Benz piece. We're going to keep the politics out of his and just tip our hat to the fact that it pays homage to old-school acts like Eric B. and Rakim--cats that originally pioneered the accessory.
Japanese designer Jay Tsujimura has created a line of jewelry accessories for a rather unique niche, SLR cameras! The aged silver pieces are designed to fit into the hot shoe and shutter cover slots of Nikon, Fuji, Leica and Ricoh-GR cameras. The elegant snakeskin and floral designs make a neat addition to some already-sleek machines. They'll run you about $300 USD and up.
Heavy Metal music fans rejoice as heavy-duty ring-makers The Great Frog are actually forging jewelry collaborations with some of the genre's most legendary acts--Motorhead and Slayer. And just in case that isn't enough to motivate you, we'll have you know that the company's been catering to Rock legends as clients for decades now. Everyone from Metallica to Iron Maiden has, in some shape or form, worn their sterling. London craftsmanship at its finest!
In what could possibly be one of the biggest Street Art swindles of the year (and it's still early 2012) California-born artist, ABOVE, recently made his political mark on the infamous African conflict diamond issue. How did he do it? By going straight to the source, a six-block compound in Johannesburg that houses over 300 diamond traders and South Africa’s Diamond Board and State Traders Association. According to his own account, the artist lied to the compound owners by telling them that he would paint "Diamonds Are A Woman's Best Friend" and then actually hijacked the rest of the wall space to add "And A Man's Worst Enemy." Talk about being had. Suckers!
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World-renown Italian jewelry maker, BVLGARI, is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year. As a special commemoration, the brand partnered up with the Italian mineral water makers of San Pellegrino to conjure up a special "gemstone" edition bottle. Fans can get a hold of these at the special BVLGARI touring exhibition that's currently running in Paris until January 2012. Or you can check out the video tribute here. Fancy!
Now here's something you don't see everyday. High-end Dutch jewelry designer, Ted Noten, mashes beauty with espionage in a slick piece dubbed "Dior 001." It's a ceramic spy gun equipped with make-up essentials, a usb flash drive, pill compartment, and real gold! We absolutely can't imagine any genuine Bond girl not having this stocked somewhere in their stash. Fresh!
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Albeit a little far-fetched in concept, jewelry designer, David Bizer, introduces a new way to perceive sound and art via the waveform necklace. Here's how it works: customers send personal audio clips (music or sound), Bizer analyzes it, then sends back a preview of the waveform. If you dig what you see, you can then have him create an acrylic or wooden version of it for your wearing pleasure. We can dig it!
With Valentine's Day just around the corner, here's a clever pendant brought to us by jewelry queen, Melissa Williams Netherton, of Zedena Designs. The enamel candy heart necklace offers your own "sweetheart" a permanent true-to-the-candy original. At $34 a pop, available in white, lavender, green, and pink, with the option to customize, you'd be a real love fool to not grab one here.
