Mazzi Odu is a Ugandan-British writer, editor and cultural consultant based in Lagos, Nigeria. Her work focuses on jewellery, design, fashion and art.
'I had been talking about doing my own thing for twenty years already,' reflects Kia Schwaninger, the founder and creative director of Kia Schwan. She has recently launched the Color Rhythms collection, vividly articulating the power of memory, palette and architecture, elegantly proposing the case for carved stones. The road to launching her line seems somewhat predestined.
Schwaninger’s preternatural talent was honed at the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design, where she studied Jewellery Design, which was followed by an internship at Tiffany, where some of her designs actually went into production. Roles at Van Cleef & Arpels, first in their Paris atelier before leading their customisation team in New York and latterly as design director for Harry Winston cemented her position as a jewellery professional in the truest sense.
Schwaninger is keen to introduce 'a different type of tension or harmony' as the stones, some faceted, others carved nestle together 'to create a dialogue among colours, geometry and movement.' For Schwaninger, 'colour memories that you create, and you keep within your mind' offer fertile ground for jewels that are imbued with her own recognisable design language, but also invite clients to be part of the co-creation process.
Clients can either choose a piece in a stone sequence of Schwaninger’s making such as the Abacus Ring in carved chrysoprase, malachite and turquoise set with diamonds and amethyst, or a Disc Pendant in turquoise and malachite with tourmaline cabochons, or go on an aesthetic adventure of their own; selecting to pair carnelian with tigers eye, lapis lazuli with chalcedony or opal with coral or any other stone that resonates with them. The pursuit of perfection is paramount.
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