THE Ô
THE SHAPE IS A QUESTION
Ô JEWELS
MADE BY HANDS IN NEW YORK CITY WITH CONFLICT-FREE SOURCED AND CERTIFIED re-DEFINED™ PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS METALS. SOME ARE ASSEMBLED WITH REWORKED DISCARDS OF OTHERS WHICH INCLUDE 2018-2022 SELECTIONS OF BOROSILICATE GLASS.
WITHIN 2023-2025, Ô JEWELS WERE AVAILABLE TO ACCESS THROUGH PRIVATE APPOINTMENT IN THE STUDIO. WHILE DEVELOPING ONE-OFF PIECES IN THAT TIME, MOST RECENTLY THE SELECTIONS HAVE LED TO FORTIFYING THE Ô FOR THE THROAT, AND HANDS.
THE NEXT SERIES OF JEWELRY OFFERINGS WILL CLIMB BACK IN SPRING 2026.
SOME Ô JEWELS ARE AVAILABLE TO ORDER THROUGH THE WWW WHILE MANY OTHER SELECTIONS ARE MAINLY ON VIEW BY APPOINTMENT.
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PRÔJECT
Ô JEWELS IS A PROJECT WHICH WAS NAMED IN 2018 WHILE RESIDING IN A VESSEL ON VIEW OF THE UNITED STATES’ OLDEST AND LONGEST FUNCTIONING LANDFILL + IT IS ALSO A SMALL RECKONING IN STRIDE OF OBSERVATIONS FROM A LIFELONG CAREER IN THE ARTS; TO COLLECT, SORT, AND RESOURCE OTHERS DISCARDS.
SINCE REELING IN ADDITIONAL EFFORTS, THE OUTCOME IS THE PRODUCT OF MANY WITHIN A TIER OF MAKERS THAT COULD STILL DO BETTER, INCLUDING THIS ONE.
INFÔ
THE Ô AND ITS FORMS ARE MADE OF CONFLICT-FREE SOURCED AND RECYCLED METALS; INCLUDING YELLOW BRASS, 925 (STERLING) SILVER, AND 18K GOLD.
THROUGH 2022, OFFERINGS WERE CAST AND FINISHED BY TABA IN MANHATTAN. THEIR METALS WERE SOURCED THROUGH UNITED PRECIOUS METAL REFINING INC. READ ABOUT UNITED’S SUPPLY CHAIN DUE DILIGENCE POLICY HERE
SOME JEWELRY IS DESIGNED FOR THOSE WHOM HAVE METAL SENSITIVITIES. YELLOW BRASS EAR HOOKS MELD INTO 925 SILVER AT THE PIERCING POINT, WHILE YELLOW BRASS STUDS HAVE A 925 SILVER COMPONENT AND POST.
ADDITIONAL METALS ARE COLLECTED/FOUND/GIVEN/ OR NEWLY PURCHASED INCLUDING 925 SILVER EARRING POSTS AND BACKS. SOME ARE BY LUXLOCK™. SOME ARE SOURCED BY RIO GRANDE, STAMPED 925 SILVER, MADE IN THE USA .
ALL BOROSILICATE GLASS ELEMENTS WERE CONTRIBUTED BY ARTIST EVAN CHAMBERLAIN. EVAN’S WORK-IN-PROGRESS OCCASIONALLY BREAK OR CRACK DURING COOLING, AND ARE DISCARDED. SELECTED SHARDS WERE REHEATED VIA OXYGEN/PROPANE TORCH TO CREATE A LOOPHOLE AND SOFTEN SHARP EDGES FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT.
ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS ARE LONG TIME COLLECTED/FOUND/GIVEN OR NEWLY PURCHASED OLD, RARE OR DEADSTOCK GEMS AND GLASS.