Guggenheim Museum to offer limited edition jewelry line – Restoration Rocks – created from fragments of famed Frank Lloyd Wright buidling
By Megan • May 13th, 2008 • Category: News for Creatives (archives)
The Guggenheim Press Office reports:
Launch part of 50th Anniversary Celebration
“(New York, NY) — The Guggenheim Museum announces the release of Restoration Rocks, a special edition jewelry line — made with Gunite remnants of the Frank Lloyd Wright building – and distributed exclusively at the Guggenheim
Museum ’s retail store and on its website. Designed and fabricated by California-based jewelry artist, Cara Tilker, the collection features nine different designs including earrings, pendants, bracelets, a ring, and cuff links. Each piece incorporates actual historic fragments of Frank Lloyd Wright’s landmark Guggenheim Museum , which is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2009. Lightweight concrete and Gunite remnants, set aside during the 2007 restoration process from the building’s walls, are presented in resin and sterling silver settings. Tilker makes each jewelry piece through a labor-intensive process. Resin is poured into a handmade silicone rubber mold, then individual building fragments are placed in the resin, covered with a second layer of resin and allowed to set. After the resin pieces are released from the mold, they are hand-shaped and sanded, and finally set in sterling silver settings. “
