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The eyes of Cora Sheibani

Published on December 30, 2017

The new collection of Cora Sheibani is called Eyes and it is a pleasure to watch it ♦ ︎
When she was four, Cora Sheibani lets you know that she was painting in a garage with Jean-Michel Basquiat. On his website he also reports a flattering judgment of the Italian designer Ettore Sottsass: «When Cora Sheibani decided to design jewelry, she did not opt for pounds of gold, volumes, complications, golden baroque with the addition of more or less precious or poor stones diamond surfaces to pursue the unattainable mythology of luxury “. Art and design: the bread that Cora has eaten since birth. She is the daughter of the Zurich art dealer Bruno Bischofberger and his wife Christina (known to all as Yoyo). The house, in addition to Basquiat, was frequented by artists of all kinds, starting with Andy Warhol. When she turned eight, just to understand, she chose for her bedroom a colorful chair of the Memphis Group, the postmodern design collective of Milan founded in 1981 by Sottsass, who was a friend of the family.
All this creative air that she breathed during her growth, Cora transferred it to her work as a jewelry designer. After studying art history in Florence and New York, she moved to London in 2001 and moved to London where married Kaveh Sheibani, a financier. She meet customers by appointment only. His latest collection is called Eyes and summarizes well the spirit of his extreme design, no frills but at the same time rich. The jewels have a rather large size, they are in gold with central stones like tanzanite, garnet, spessartite, pink rubellite, brown zircons. The jewels, in fact, resemble large eyes, but also primitive masks. Prices: from 5,000 to 40,000 pounds for bespoke ones. Giulia Netrese

Orecchini Butterfly, con tormalina e granati

Orecchini della collezione Eyes, indossati

Suzanne Syz on paper

Published on February 13, 2017

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A book photographs the impetuous creativity of the Swiss designer Suzanne Syz, jewelry inspired by the art pop to fairy tales.
A legend that has gone through and continues to transversely cross the jewelry and art. Born in Zurich, grew up in Paris, she moved to New York where he met Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Julian Schnabel, Francesco Clemente, and Jeff Koons. The jewelry designer Suzanne Syz could only synthesize in her work, or should we to say in her masterpieces, the two worlds and ways of looking at creativity. Her jewelry, in fact, they live both souls, as pop art together jewelery. In short she won an international fame that accompanies it since then. Back in Switzerland, in Geneva, she continues to scramble the agreements with its innovative ideas. Now a book brings together a series of images in her work and tells his story (Suzanne Syz: Art Jewels, Assouline, $ 150). As you can imagine, creativity Suzanne Syz can not be reduced to a kind of mirror of the work of painters and sculptors. She follows her vein and is inspired by nature, by fairy tales, to the things that she see in his travels. The unique pieces that are sought by the true fans (and those who can afford it) are classified as Pop, Naturally and Contemporary. The book is organized by the alphabetical order and reveals some little-known aspects of the technique used by the designer through a long interview with the art critic Nicolas Trembley. Must to browse. Federico Graglia

Orecchini Girouette, con rubini, tsavorite, tanzanite, zaffiri orange, tormalina

Anello di Suzanne Syz, oro rodiato, diamanti

Suzanne Syz: Art Jewels, Assouline, 150 dollari

Suzanne Syz for few

Published on June 13, 2015

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Collana Extravaganza, in oro bianco, 133 perle, 25 diamanti

Suzanne Syz has a surname of relief in Geneva, where he resides. But not only because it is the same name of a famous Swiss bank of investment. According to what she told herself to Forbes magazine, 15 years ago he had the privilege of being at the table with Elizabeth Taylor. It’s not every day and not at all. The fact is that the actress has admired a necklace of turquoise that Suzanne had created for herself. And he wanted to buy it. “I did not know how much to charge,” Suzanne told in New York, to Anthony DeMarco, an jewelry expert . The episode also marked the launch of the professional designer and his Swiss boutique, which produces only 50 pieces per year. Needless to say, his creations have become very, very sought after by connoisseurs and even wealthy enthusiasts.
The jewels of Suzanne have stories to tell and are affected, from a stylistic point of view, by the Eighties that she has lived in New York, in contact with artists such as Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Julian Schnabel, Francesco Clemente and Jeff Koons. It is now ready to present, in London, the new pieces, which uses a lot of titanium (she likes a jewelry light, wearable, comfortable) and many colors. The gems used ranging from green-blue paraiba Mozambique to red spinels, cut pear, green emeralds traditional blue sapphires. But even very tiny pearls. Cosimo Muzzano

Anello Ali Baba's Trove. Con tourmaline paraiba del Mozambico da 55 carati, diamanti, titanio — Anello Ali Baba’s Trove. Con tourmaline paraiba del Mozambico da 55 carati, diamanti, titanio

Midsummer Night: collana in platino con zaffiri antichi cabochon

Brezza estiva: collana in oro bianco, 16 elementi turchese, tormalina, zaffiri, diamanti

Orecchini Shanghai Lilly. Titanio, giada lavanda, diamanti, zaffiri viola

Anello con grande zaffiro, titanio, diamanti

Orecchini Lily of the Valley. In Oro bianco 16 peele Akoya, 544 zaffiri viola, 152 granati verdi, 330 diamanti, 36 smeraldi

Orecchini Coast to Coast. Oro giallo, titanio, con 449 diamanti

Bracciale in zirconio, con 10 zaffiri naturali, un diamante rosa

Braccialetto Vita Savers. Oro bianco, titanio, con 560 diamanti

Bracciale Estate Symphony. Oro rosa e bianco, con 42 zaffiri molticolor, diamanti rosa

Orecchini Foglie di autunno. Oro giallo, due smeraldi, diamanti brown, zaffiri gialli, diamanti bianchi