Alison Lou’s New Wave Collection captures fluid motion in precious metal
The New York jeweller channels the rhythmic energy of water into a collection of sculptural pieces, debuting 11 November. Undulating surfaces and crystalline edges render the ephemeral in gleaming form.
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Alison Lou has long held an eye for the sculptural possibilities of precious metal, the way light moves across a polished surface, the interplay between reflective planes and shadow. The New Wave Collection, arriving 11 November, takes that fascination into territory both elemental and abstract: each piece channels the kinetic energy of water in its moment of greatest movement, when surface tension breaks into cascading motion.
What emerges from the studio are works that read almost like frozen choreography. Rippling bands of metal sweep across each design with a fluidity that seems to defy the material’s weight and rigidity. The surfaces catch and scatter light as though responding to an invisible current, with areas of high polish giving way to textured, crystalline edges that fragment the reflection into something more fragmented, more alive.
This is jewellery that moves even when still. The undulating forms sit against the skin with a dynamism that transforms with each gesture, each turn of the wrist. Where conventional jewellery tends toward the geometric or the minimal, these pieces embrace a more organic vocabulary, one drawn from observation of natural phenomena rendered through the discipline of precious metalwork.
The New Wave Collection arrives tomorrow, 11 November, at Alison Lou.
Imagery courtesy of Alison Lou (@alisonlou).