DEBUT JEWELLERY COLLECTION BY ARTIST NORA RENAUD AT SOME/THINGS SECRET

SOME/THINGS PRESENTS ARTIST NORA RENAUD’S DEBUT JEWELLERY PROJECT, ‘ADAL’— A COLLECTION THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH SOME/THINGS AGENCY. THE EXHIBITION ALSO FEATURES A SERIES OF LIMITED EDITION PIECES, ACCOMPANIED BY A VIDEO OF PROTOTYPE WORKS.

NORA RENAUD STUDIED AT ECOLE DE LA CHAMBRE SYNDICALE DE LA COUTURE IN PARIS BEFORE WORKING FOR A NUMBER OF COUTURE HOUSES, INCLUDING CHRISTIAN DIOR, MONTANA, & CERRUTI. IN 2009, SHE JOINED NICOLAS ANDREAS TARALIS, OVERSEEING DESIGN & PRODUCTION.

RENAUD, WHO EMBODIED THE WOMAN OF SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER005, APPEARING IN THE FEATURE EDITORIAL, & ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO AN INTIMATE PROJECT IN THE UPCOMING CHAPTER006, BEGAN CREATING HER JEWELLERY COLLECTION IN 2010, WHICH INCLUDES PENDANTS, RINGS, & UNIQUE SCULPTURAL OBJECTS HANDMADE IN FRANCE FROM OXIDISED & TREATED METALS, LEATHER, & FABRICS.

SENSUAL PIECES THAT EXPLORE PHYSICAL TRANSFORMATION & THE ANIMALISTIC ASPECT OF MOVEMENT, IRRESISTIBLY ATTRACTIVE & EMPOWERING, THEY REVEAL A DISTURBING BEAUTY & SEXUALITY. ACTING AS AN EXTENSION OF THE BODY, CAUSING BOTH TENSION & INTERACTION WITH THE WEARER, RENAUD’S JEWELLERY IS MOULDED IN SHAPES UNCOMMON TO ANY CONTEMPORARY DESIGNER.

THE COLLECTION, IN ADDITION TO CUSTOM ORDERS, WILL BE AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH SOME/THINGS, FOLLOWED BY SELECT STOCKISTS WORLDWIDE FROM AUTUMN 2012.

EXHIBITION OPENING [INVITATION ONLY] 8-10PM THURSDAY MARCH 1ST
AT SOME/THINGS SECRET / 16 VILLA GAUDELET 75011 PARIS +33147009190
EXHIBITION DETAILS GALLERY[AT]SOMESLASHTHINGS[DOT]COM
PRESS ENQUIRIES PRESS[AT]SOMESLASHTHINGS[DOT]COM