Totally Tubular: Jewelry as Sculpture
New York - The unlikely pairing of Swarovski pearls and clear acrylic glass tubes is just one of the ways that Austrian-born jewelry designer Andreas Eberharter creates simple yet distinctive jewelry for his Shade by AND_i collection, the latest of which he previewed in New York on Tuesday, March 25.
Eberharter creates rings, bracelets and necklaces out of anodized aluminum a process in which the aluminum is brushed to give it a matte, scratch-resistant effect as well as the acrylic glass and round "Belcher" chains in sterling silver. The designs have a minimalist, industrial feel, as though inspired by spare parts in a local hardware store. Aluminum or acrylic tubes look like cut pieces of pipe, while another necklace composed of knobby shapes in matte anthracite and black reads like sculpture of a bicycle chain, albeit sans the grease.
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