Tiffany & Co. and Daniel Arsham are teaming up as soon as extra. The modern artist and American jeweler have collaborated on a limited-edition model of Tiffany’s “Lock” bracelet, together with a sculptural case to carry it in.
The vacation-season version, of which solely 99 items have been made, refashions Tiffany’s “Lock” franchise with its first run of coloured stones. Arsham’s take is a white gold bangle set with greater than 3 carats of diamonds in addition to a 1 whole carat of inexperienced tsavorite stones — evoking his studio’s trademark inexperienced coloration. Tsavorite is among the many treasured stones that Tiffany is claimed to have found: they launched it to the western market in 1974.
Every bracelet comes housed inside a padlock-inspired bronze sculpture referred to as “Bronze Eroded Tiffany Padlock,” which takes its form from an archival Tiffany design and is painted with a Tiffany blue patina. Tiffany mentioned the items took about 400 hours to make.
The collaboration is Tiffany’s third venture with Arsham. The jeweler’s govt vp for product and communication Alexandre Arnault mentioned: “We started our inventive partnership with Daniel final 12 months, launched a limited-series art work, titled ‘Bronze Eroded Tiffany Blue Field.’ We’re excited to proceed our inventive journey with him in commemorating the launch of Lock, which reimagines an archival Tiffany & Co. padlock design into a up to date art work.”
Arsham added: “It’s very private to me, however there’s additionally a component of historical past in there — a hyperlink between generations of craft, between operate and design, between craftsmanship and wonder. These are the weather that make Tiffany so distinctive, the weather that enable it to persistently hone the ‘candy spot’ between heritage and modernity. I needed to create an art work to have fun that.”
The work hits choose Tiffany shops on Dec. 1.
Robin Broadbent
