Carpenters Workshop Jewellery is elated to be exhibiting at PAD London for the first time this year, presenting a selection of works from the HUNROD Collection, world-renowned artists such as Cindy Sherman, Rashid Johnson, and Robert Longo, along with notable masters of jewellery-making.
With the excitement of Cate Blanchett’s September cover of Vanity Fair, comes the collaboration between creative Michèle Lamy, and jewellery designer for the stars, Loree Rodkin, the HUNROD Collection. Exclusive to Carpenters Workshop Gallery, works from HUNROD Gold incorporate 18K white and yellow gold with ethically sourced diamonds to embody the Chinese zodiac animal spirits in ring form, whilst HUNROD Original pieces emit a unique ‘buried treasure’ energy as an abstract explosion.
Liz Swig, the founder of LIZWORKS, has collaborated with the three following artists to create limited-edition pieces that reflect the moment and push the boundary between jewellery and art.
Cindy Sherman, who ignited an exuberant new body of work when she took her Instagram feed from private to public, invites us to consider the cameo as the original selfie. The formality of the cameo is both revered and turned on its head. These cameos are hand-carved in Italy in small editions under the vision of Gino Di Luca, a third-generation cameo maker in Torre del Greco, where shell cameos have been produced for centuries. Set in gold and ornately adorned, each individual cameo conjures up an entire world unto itself—mesmerising, discrete, and complete.
In his Anxious Men jewellery, Rashid Johnson focuses on anxiety and the negotiation with fear. Working in a wide range of media including sculpture, painting, drawing, filmmaking, and installation, Johnson incorporates diverse materials rich with symbolism and personal history. The multiple-disciplined artist started this body of work with cathartic intentions, to push back against the feelings of anxiety, while confronting that it travels with him turning the series into something wearable.
Making a debut presentation at PAD London, Robert Longo’s collection of jewellery is a comment on the state of our union. The ring and pendant, in the form of a rose and a bullet hole are available in editions of only 15, harness the enormous power and scale of Longo’s work with immediacy and intimacy. The image of a blooming rose presents a living thing in a state of becoming, whereas the bullet hole offers an image of aftermath–suggesting an act the viewer did not witness.
Other exhibited artists include Jacqueline Rabun, Hermien Cassiers, Castro NYC, Ane Christiansen, Aki and Arnaud Cooren, Kayo Saito, Paris Kain, and Caroline Van Hoek.
