Brooch
2000 (made)
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Luz Camino is a Spanish jewellery designer who works with an unusual array of precious materials, making one-off pieces and limited editions. Her series of different wayside flowers dates from the late 1990s and early 2000s and each may be worn alone or as part of a bouquet of similar stems.
Flowers have long been a prominent theme in jewellery design but these, with their straggling stems and roughened surfaces, are a freer interpretation than is usual and celebrate the wildness of nature. The patinated silver and flawed gemstones convey an air of shabby grandeur and the illusion of age – as though they might have been worn and loved for several generations.
Flowers have long been a prominent theme in jewellery design but these, with their straggling stems and roughened surfaces, are a freer interpretation than is usual and celebrate the wildness of nature. The patinated silver and flawed gemstones convey an air of shabby grandeur and the illusion of age – as though they might have been worn and loved for several generations.
Object details
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| Brief description | Brooch in the form of a wheat stem, gold and citrine. By Luz Camino, Spain, 2000 |
| Physical description | A slender matt gold stem of wheat with a head of ripe seeds each made from a faceted citrine bead. The citrines are arranged vertically in three bands, and each is held by a separate gold wire that continues in an upward curve representing the wheat ear's awn or hair. A simple gold pin follows the line of the stem at the back. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Marked 'L CAMINO' and with her monogram |
| Credit line | Given by the Garcia-Tapia Family |
| Summary | Luz Camino is a Spanish jewellery designer who works with an unusual array of precious materials, making one-off pieces and limited editions. Her series of different wayside flowers dates from the late 1990s and early 2000s and each may be worn alone or as part of a bouquet of similar stems. Flowers have long been a prominent theme in jewellery design but these, with their straggling stems and roughened surfaces, are a freer interpretation than is usual and celebrate the wildness of nature. The patinated silver and flawed gemstones convey an air of shabby grandeur and the illusion of age – as though they might have been worn and loved for several generations. |
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| Accession number | M.54-2012 |
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| Record created | December 18, 2012 |
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