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Tina Fung Holder
Neckpiece 48.188, 1988
safety pins and glass beads on cotton thread
This neckpiece was forty-eighth in a series that Holder began in January 1988. Her use of elegant black safety pins and copper-headed beads to create this theatrical tribal-like neckpiece is ingenious and imaginative. The pins and beads are substitutes for jewels and are arranged in carefully composed patterns that bring to mind bone and fibers. This piece has the presence of a collar made specifically for a Hollywood film or a theater performance.
Jan Mandel
Susurra Transformation Tiara, 2001
18k gold
Mandel's "informal" tiara reinvigorates the time-honored tradition of this jewelry form by emphasizing precious metal instead of precious stones. Here, the emphasis is on form. Constructed from 18k gold wire, the tiara has eight parts that can be disassembled to create six brooches, one connector, and an armature. "Susarra", which means "whisper" in Spanish, evokes the ephemeral quality of the crown's linear openwork. |