To contemplate the sculptures she creates is to gain a greater understanding of Ana Khouri\u2019s left-of-centre, yet classic-leaning jewellery designs.\nBoth jewellery and sculpture design are the creative impulses that drive Khouri. This week, Jewels as Art, an exhibition at Phillips, London, spanning five years of her work, artfully displays...
, can impart: ‘I want to communicate that this is something so fundamental to life but so often muted by distractions – the everyday interconnectedness of life.’
The Phillips outing reveals her signature design details: diamonds are set off centre, ring curves aren’t smooth but distorted. As such, unfettered by the conventional, Khouri’s jewels take on a life of their own. She is preoccupied with exploring the ways a jewel takes shape on the body of the wearer rather than as a piece of adornment in its own right. ‘I want my designs to evoke their connection to space; its vastness, its majesty and its superlative form,’ she says. §Left, Aine, 2014, in iron. Right, Athena, 2018, in gold leaf aluminium Left, Camille, 2018, in iron, sand, paint and pearl.
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