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Bond Hardware Perforated Hoop Earrings 'Exclusive'

About the Item

Perforated metal open-back earrings with butterfly clasp closures and a high-polish finish. Wear individually, as a pair, or mix + match with a Perforated Cuff Earring. Made by BOND HARDWARE. BOND Hardware is a sustainable jewelry and accessories label, designed and handmade in New York, and recently named a finalist for the 2019 Elaine Gold Launch Pad award. Founded in 2012, designer + stylist Dana Hurwitz started the brand as an experimental project, locally sourcing scrap metal and found industrial objects to adorn looks for New York club kids. Later joined by creative partner + photographer Mariah Pershadsingh, the duo continues to develop the brand with a focus on innovation and craftsmanship. Often featuring iconic motifs inspired by the power and edge of New York City subculture, BOND Hardware has collaborated with The Blonds, DKNY, Prabal Gurung, Anonymous Gallery, artist Chloe Wise, among others. BOND Hardware celebrates self expression, the bold and the eccentric. BOND Hardware designs with functionality in mind, empowering the wearer through aggressive minimalism, with sharp and sculptural silhouettes. BOND Hardware is committed to producing ethically and sustainably, carefully choosing metals and processes that minimize environmental impact and respect the wearer: stainless steel, platinum/silver, gold that is nickel free and hypoallergenic. Pieces are created for lifelong wear. - This piece is part of the NYCJW HERE WE ARE Marketplace. HERE WE ARE is a strategic initiative that supports the diverse spectrum of creators within the jewelry community by creating impact and action within and outside the industry through awareness, empowerment, and education. Launched in 2019 under the guidance of NYCJW’s Director of Cultural Diversity and Inclusion, Elliot Carlyle, HERE WE ARE is a combination of community-driven events including panels, webinars, and exhibitions. Initially designed to reflect and celebrate the many and varied cultures & visions across New York City, NYC Jewelry Week is excited to expand the reach of HWA across the United States as the platform enters its second year in November of 2020. With over 50 participants, HERE WE ARE 2020 presents the work of fresh emerging talent alongside innovative established talent in the field of jewelry. HWA celebrates the voices and visions that make the jewelry world one of the most captivating industries around, HWA kicks off with an introduction to the faces and names of the hand-selected jewelers and artists involved. Each jeweler and artist chosen to be a part of HWA 2020 has created a business that presents a well-crafted collection or body of work, a unique vision and a dedication to the work. HWA serves to provide a platform for visibility, business growth and connections for the jewelers involved and is focused on the pursuit of equity within the jewelry industry.”

Creator:
BOND Hardware
Metal:
Silver
Weight:
9.99 g
Dimensions:
Height: 0.04 in (1 mm)Width: 0.58 in (14.5 mm)Diameter: 0.75 in (19 mm)
Style:
Contemporary
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
2010-
Date of Manufacture:
Made to Order
Condition:
Seller Location:
Brooklyn, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU2067210903492

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Strength. Sustainability. Creativity. Innovation. These big-picture ideas are everyday concerns for Dana Hurwitz and Mariah Pershadsingh, partners since 2017 in Bond Hardware.

“Our customers are united by a psychographic, not a demographic,” says Hurwitz. “It could be somebody with a bold political or aesthetic point of view — definitely somebody who understands the creative potential of sartorial expression.”

Of course, those words also perfectly describe Hurwitz and Pershadsingh. Hurwitz launched the brand in 2012, when she was an art student at New York’s Pratt Institute and “bopping around hardware stores” to create edgy designs for her club-kid friends. Although the materials and execution have become much more sophisticated, the design inspiration remains the same.

“Dana will take something that hasn’t previously been wearable and make it wearable,” says Pershadsingh, pointing to pieces like a ring modeled on coupling hardware or a hammer ring in gold-coated steel. “I think that with a lot of these recognizable motifs comes nostalgia.”

Sustainability guides every decision. Recent innovations have made this easier. For example, the partners use surgical stainless steel that’s resistant to corrosion as well as hypoallergenic 935 Argentium silver, which doesn’t include nickel and so won’t oxidize. Using metals that are resistant to corrosion and tarnish, Hurwitz explains, not only circumvents the need for toxic chemical baths (and the subsequent dumping of the chemicals used) but also increases the “longevity of the pieces, because they maintain their original luster.”

Bond Hardware was accepted in March 2020 into the Council of Fashion Designers’ Elaine Gold Launch Pad program, a residency offering design and business mentorship, as well as funding “to support idea activation.” Unfortunately, the day Hurwitz and Mariah Pershadsingh learned they had been accepted — with the program’s highest monetary award — was the day New York City shut down due to the coronavirus. Nonetheless, the city continues to inform their work.

“New York has such grunge and glamour to it, right on top of each other,” says Hurwitz. “That feeling imbues everything that we do. Our work is not for the faint of heart.”

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