Into the Blue

Art jeweller Austy Lee transforms his intellectual curiosity into spectacular pieces that combine geological phenomena and ancient mythology

Picture a pebble being tossed into a lake, or wind blowing on water: the placid pool, now disturbed, begins to move outward, creating ripples that spread in ever-expanding patterns. And then, almost as quickly as they form, calm is restored as they settle, until the surface is disturbed once again. In The Kymatismos collection, Austy Lee translates the ripple effect into jewellery. His juxtaposition of blue enamel against white diamonds in the 18-karat white gold Blue-Peonie Ripples Ring captures the waves that emerge in the water at the moment of initial disturbance, the undulating streams of coating and stones suggesting multiple areas of agitation, each creating their own hypnotic pools of movement. With the Phosphorescence Reflection of Blue-Peonie Ripples Bangle, Lee ventures beyond the ripple effect to explore bioluminescence. He adds an…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2022

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