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Robert Lee Morris Wabi Sabi Salad Necklace
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Robert Lee Morris is the designer who brought the rustic look of Wabi Sabi into his fashion jewelry and has helped to make it more mainstream. This one of a kind spectacular necklace is a symphony of colors and shapes hanging in a web of brass chains, and makes a powerful fashion statement. The use of verdigris greens and turquoises, copper oxides which are a ruddy deep red, and shiny brass with oxidized brown and blackened sections are the epitome of the color palate of Avante Garde jewelry today. The individual shapes of discs, circles, open triangles and forged rectangles and squares, make for a bright puzzle of eye candy imagery. The sophistication of asymmetry, balance from unbalance, all traits of lasting mysterious art. This necklace may be one of the most iconic pieces that truly define the ground breaking nature of Morris jewelry and sculpture. The oxidations on the metals create permanent finishes, and will last for many many years unchanged.
Wabi Sabi is the Japanese term that means aged, used, worn, filled with character and spirit through use, old, spirited, and Robert Lee Morris loves it. So much of his jewelry has the Wabi Sabi quality, which is the opposite of glitz and sparkly bling so associated with jewelry in the first place. Morris spent 4 years living in Japan as a child, his father a USAF officer and pilot, and was very inspired by the beauty of traditional Japanese aesthetic and culture. Therefore one can see this exemplified in the colors of the metal and materials he uses; tarnished and oxidized brass, copper bronze and sometimes even darkened silver.
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- Weight:7.1 oz
- Dimensions:Height: 9.25 in (234.95 mm)Width: 9.25 in (234.95 mm)Depth: 0.2 in (5.08 mm)Diameter: 20 in (508 mm)Length: 20 in (508 mm)
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- Date of Manufacture:2010
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. This piece has been in storage since it was made in 2010 and is in mint condition.
- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU3141219101872
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