Brooch
2006 (made)
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Luz Camino is a Spanish jewellery designer who works with an unusual array of precious materials, making one-off pieces and limited editions. Her series of different wayside flowers dates from the late 1990s and early 2000s and each may be worn alone or as part of a bouquet of similar stems.
Flowers have long been a prominent theme in jewellery design but these, with their straggling stems and roughened surfaces, are a freer interpretation than is usual and celebrate the wildness of nature. The patinated silver and flawed gemstones convey an air of shabby grandeur and the illusion of age – as though they might have been worn and loved for several generations.
Flowers have long been a prominent theme in jewellery design but these, with their straggling stems and roughened surfaces, are a freer interpretation than is usual and celebrate the wildness of nature. The patinated silver and flawed gemstones convey an air of shabby grandeur and the illusion of age – as though they might have been worn and loved for several generations.
Object details
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| Brief description | Brooch in the form of a poppy stem, patinated silver, diamonds and resin, with gold pin. By Luz Camino, Spain, 2006 |
| Physical description | A single flower on a slender stem of smooth, patinated silver. Three undulating and asymmetrical petals of translucent red resin unfurl behind an oval of blackened silver from which long stamens, some set with black diamonds, protrude. A simple gold pin follows the line of the stem at the back. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (Unmarked) |
| Credit line | Given by the Garcia-Tapia Family |
| Summary | Luz Camino is a Spanish jewellery designer who works with an unusual array of precious materials, making one-off pieces and limited editions. Her series of different wayside flowers dates from the late 1990s and early 2000s and each may be worn alone or as part of a bouquet of similar stems. Flowers have long been a prominent theme in jewellery design but these, with their straggling stems and roughened surfaces, are a freer interpretation than is usual and celebrate the wildness of nature. The patinated silver and flawed gemstones convey an air of shabby grandeur and the illusion of age – as though they might have been worn and loved for several generations. |
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| Accession number | M.58-2012 |
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| Record created | December 18, 2012 |
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