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innovative techniques in the creative process with the ultimate goal of creating beauty and bringing joy to others .
I have immensely enjoyed the process of putting pencil to paper and watching our ideas evolve . There are no real barriers to bringing creativity to beautiful gems , each one with its own nuanced colour , and there are almost limitless possibilities with design . A quirky sense of fun is reflected in this collection and the hypnotic spirals and characterful motifs epitomise the spirit of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice .”
Liisa Tallgren says of the collection : “ I was inspired by the original “ Beetlejuice ” film ( 1988 ), in which a character called Betelgeuse , the Afterlife ’ s leading Bio-exorcist , appears as an eerie creature with a carousel head and spiral arms that unwind to form arms with mallets for hands . Throughout the films , Betelgeuse is dressed in a black and white suit , so we have dressed our collection in the same style to epitomise this .
The green glow of the Afterlife is reflected in the emeralds , and the red rubies are reminiscent of the red wedding dress and suit , both of which feature in one of Betelgeuse ’ s dreams . The world of Beetlejuice has mysterious black and white striped Sandworms with red eyes and green lips , again reflected in the use of rubies and emeralds , which have also inspired the spiralling snake rings . The collar bars in the collection are inspired by the Headworm , one of the forms that Betelgeuse takes to terrorise the living .”
THE ART OF LUXURY ISSUE 66 2024