crafted in collaboration with goldsmith sandra coym.
Photography by Severin Göbel-Groß.
hand-crafted from sterling silver, The Taming explores the lines of the body and transforms them into a piece of jewelry. meticulously bent to fit closely to the body, a single piece of silver wire flows along the neck, back between the shoulder blades and forward to the décolletage. its curved, cohesive shape accentuates the contours of the body.
in its shape, the neck piece carries an enigma: how is the jewelry put on?
due to the silver wire's flexible properties, the neck can simply be pushed between the two elongated wings which will then bend apart and spring back to their initial position as soon as the neck sits in the designated curve.
emphasizing every bodily movement, a pendant breaks the symmetry and rigidity of the neck brace and gives it momentum. formally, it adds contrast to the piece. there is tension between stiffness and fluidity, edges and roundness, finitude and endlessnes.
the pendant has a clasp at each end that can be hooked to the brace just once so that the chain dangles down and around the hips, or twice and the chain will flatter the waist.
