{"product_id":"bistable-pendant-collection-copy-2","title":"Bistable Pendant collection","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThis piece began a while back, inspired by the work of my favorite jewelry artist, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eAnthony Lent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e. His \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003eAdorned Hands\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e collection has always stayed with me. Some of his most powerful work, in my eyes (sorry, you know I can’t help myself 😎). I made two early versions and knew the idea needed more time, so I let it rest. A recent conversation with him on the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e@athousandfacets\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e podcast is where the design resurfaced and ready to be revisited.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eWhat resonated most in that conversation was the idea of making for yourself first, and allowing the work to find its own path within your practice or business, if and when the time comes. Not everything you make needs to neatly fit your main customer and maybe it shouldn’t. As artists, we need to create first, and let the meaning, purpose, and audience reveal themselves later.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eIt made me think about how easily the pure act of making.. making simply to make can slip away once an audience enters the room. This version of the design came from a place of returning to that instinct.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eAt first glance, you might see an eye held by hands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eBut what if it’s something else entirely?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eWhat do \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003eyou\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e see?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eIs it protection? Creation? Witnessing? Or a form that shifts the longer you sit with it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eWhile designing this piece, I kept returning to the idea of perception.. how the same image can hold multiple truths depending on how, and when, you look at it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eOne reference is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eFigure–Ground Reversal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e, famously explored by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eM. C. Escher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e, where positive and negative space trade roles. In works like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003eSky and Water I\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e, birds become fish, background becomes subject, and the eye is asked to choose… then choose again. There is no single correct reading,, only a continuous oscillation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eAnother influence (of course) comes from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eSalvador Dalí\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e ~duh! You all know how I love his use of ambiguous imagery: forms that seamlessly transform into something else entirely. In paintings like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003eApparition of Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e, a face dissolves into a still life, and perception itself becomes the artwork. Meaning emerges not from certainty, but from instability.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eThis piece lives in that in-between space.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eIt asks nothing of you except to look\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eand then look again… and maybe once more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eSometimes it’s just an eye and hands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eSometimes it’s something else altogether.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eAnd sometimes, it’s simply art made for the sake of being made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e👁️🖤\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI personally believe this pendant will only become more interesting with time. As the silver naturally oxidizes and darkens in the crevices, the details will become more defined, giving the piece even more depth and dimension. I love the idea that it will continue to change and evolve as it’s worn.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis pendant does not come with a chain. For chains click\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"sterling silver chains\" href=\"https:\/\/eyeba.com\/products\/sterling-silver-chains\"\u003ehere!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eyeba","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47925517484210,"sku":null,"price":215.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0559\/3877\/7266\/files\/4FE3C9E5-AB74-497B-B7D0-5224FE3320B4.jpg?v=1787259388","url":"https:\/\/eyeba.com\/products\/bistable-pendant-collection-copy-2","provider":"Eyeba","version":"1.0","type":"link"}