FEATURE
JANET FITCH
TREND-WATCH
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Two years ago,
he identified a
novel way of
recognising
service: after
seeing his
own medals
gathering dust
in a drawer,
he evolved
the idea of a
commemorative
bracelet –
the Valour
Band - for the
armed forces
community
lliane Fattal is a London
based artist, designer and
art historian whose love of
the past in fashion has not only led
her to become a jewellery designer,
but someone who re-images and re-
invents antique jewellery; giving it
new life as contemporary, wearable,
often transferable and multifunction
pieces. Since 2011, Eliane has been
collaborating with SJ Phillips, the
antique jewellery connoisseur’s
treasure trove in Bruton Street,
re-fashioning archival pieces, with
their expert technical help and
knowledge, and “taking history into
the next century”.
Eliane’s emergence as a notable
and unusual jewellery designer
seems to have been a lucky
accident. After failing to find an
engagement ring that she liked for
her own engagement, she went, as
a long term family customer, to SJ
Phillips to customise an old piece
for her. This was the start of her
collection of remade pieces, like a
19ct butterfly brooch, adapted to
be worn as a ring or a hairpiece.
The Pensee collection features
delicate 19ct gold, enamel and
diamond set flowers, especially
pansies, originally worn as
brooches on the bodice or
on a hat, now styled as rings
with a diamond stem twisting
naturistically to form the shank.
Since the mediaeval times the
pansy, or heartsease has been a
symbol of sentiment, sending the
message: Think of Me.
The Metamorphosis Chameleon
Collection piece, Divine Wisdom,
features a c.1890 pave set
demantoid garnet lizard with
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February 2018 | jewelleryfocus.co.uk
Natura Morta Buttercup Dia Necklace
Valour Band
Bernhard Schobinger
diamond eyes, symbolic of
divine wisdom, reaching for a
2.77 DVVS1 diamond, h