Kuboraum’s Mask X22 Gorgone channels ancient myth in metal and acetate
The Berlin eyewear house expands its Gorgone series with hand applied embellishments that coil around the lenses like serpents, merging high craft with classical storytelling.
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Kuboraum’s Mask X22 Gorgone arrives as a study in controlled drama: black acetate frames anchored by sculptural metal elements that pierce and coil around the lenses with serpentine precision. The hand applied embellishments catch light asymmetrically, silvered metal and gold leaf tracing the rim like creatures in motion, a direct echo of the Gorgons themselves, those mythological guardians suspended eternally between the mortal realm and the divine.
The collection draws its conceptual spine from transformation and protection, themes bound to the Gorgon myth for millennia. Here, Kuboraum renders them physical: the acetate surface becomes a canvas for metalwork that seems to threaten the frame’s structure even as it reinforces it, a visual paradox that commands attention without demanding loudness. The lenses sit as subdued grey, allowing the frame’s sculptural architecture to dominate the composition.
Each pair is crafted with the meticulous hand finishing that defines the house’s practice, a level of artisanal intensity that resists the logic of mass production. The limited run ensures the Mask X22 Gorgone remains precisely what its makers intend: a rare object for those who understand that eyewear functions as both functional tool and sculptural statement.
The frames are available at Kuboraum’s Innerraum Galleries in Berlin, Milan, Rome and Mexico City, alongside selected retailers worldwide. The highly limited quantities reflect the piece’s nature as an object to be discovered rather than simply acquired.
Imagery courtesy of Kuboraum (@kuboraum).
