bits and bobbins

sculptural wearable wool: hisano takei

i love these outsized organic wearable sculptural necklaces by american artist/jewelry maker hisano takei (via crust station). anything that pushes the limits of normality in such a thoughtful way with use of texture and dimension in the way that these sculptural pieces do is a winner in my book. i like the idea that they are so dominant in their look, due to their size…they would *be* an outfit, and the person wearing them would be secondary to them, art wearing the person rather than the person wearing art. a fun way of playing with proportion that’s not for the faint of (fashion) heart.

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(photos via hisano takei)

February 8 2008 | Posted in amazing art, check this out!, fashion musing, this inspires me!

Comments

6 total remarks on this post.

  1. February 8 2008 at 2:32 pm

    Anne B.

    hee hee, my first thought was: if anyone can wear these necklaces and not have their personality completely overwhelmed by them, it’s you.
    I especially love the first one.


  2. February 8 2008 at 2:35 pm

    Jillian

    yeah, the person would totally be secondary to that artform consuming the head. i can picture somebody leading the brave person around at a party and throwing hors’ doeuvres over the top. “would you care for a pig in a blanket? it matches your headpiece! open wide!”


  3. February 8 2008 at 7:09 pm

    Melissa

    These are STUNNING. This is the stuff that gets me the most excited about fashion – pieces that play with texture and proportion to beautiful extremes. Thank you for showing them!


  4. February 9 2008 at 3:46 am

    pamela

    I love the “pearls” and the “chain” especially. A clever person might be able to modify “Marley’s Ghost” from knitty.com into a reasonable facismile of the chain!


  5. February 10 2008 at 12:26 am

    Miss

    I like the first one–it looks very cozy–and the second just makes me laugh. Hilarious. I probably fall in the category of faint of fashion heart, but I’m sure there’s someone on this crazy planet that could pull them off!


  6. February 12 2008 at 5:25 pm

    jenny

    ohmy, this certainly gets the juices flowing – wonderful!