My friend Jessica Biales, who is a Manhattan-based jewelry designer, has just debuted a brand new collection. True to form, these newest pieces are based on art and architecture, a common source of inspiration for Biales. (I typed at least one or two architecture papers for her in college. On my electric typewriter.)
Earlier this year she released her Scissors Collection inspired by Matisse’s work in last year’s MoMA exhibit “Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs.” Her most popular earlier work includes signet rings and slice rings. (I have a rose gold slice ring with tavorites, a green gem.)
The current collection offers modern rings, bracelets, and pendants in sterling silver and gold. Pieces echo artist Josef Albers’ colorblock square paintings, steel sheet metal sculptures by David Smith, and the inverted architecture of The Whitney Museum by Marcel Breuer, and Rothko’s meditative abstracts.
Paintings by Josef Albers
Painted steel sculpture by David Smith, Untitled, 1955.
Ballad Hoops, Jessica Biales Jewelry
Whitney Museum of American Art designed by Marcel Breuer.
Pendant necklace with pavé diamonds by Jessica Biales Jewelry.
Abstract paintings by Mark Rothko.
Colored diamond bead necklaces by Jessica Biales Jewelry.
Jessica at work in her studio.
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