C at the Store took offense to my last posting of 10 most bizarre museums, calling it a constipated try. ok, so I’ve hit a dry spell but I won’t take back an interest in what could have made the best sights on offer. Really. Fine, headed back to fashion then. Pfft.

Subversive Jewellery

Previously a successful fine arts painter, Justin Giunta makes collage-like pilings of vintage brooches and heavy chains, gems and beads - mostly garangutan sized - into jewellery. The seemingly haphazard manner of the put-together mechanics are surely something that every flea&flo jeweller wannabe has aimed for at rubbish tryings (stringing 10 retro buttons/swans sourced from People’s Park does not make an interesting necklace, not remotely) - But Giunta’s sense of proportion and aesthetic is unerring. No doubt a name to watch, he has collaborated with many designers including Alexander Wang and J Mendel. Some pundits even go as far as to feel pity for the collaborating designers for Giunta’s pieces are so stellar, they steal the limelight from the actual garments. Conceived on the idea that ‘more is more’, his descriptions for his pieces typically run in the vein of “…loads of antique chains tied in knots.. with additional schnick-schnack..”. These talented types don’t stop, apart from being a painter, Giunta is also a product/interior/industrial designer. His design inclinations are things I want to own if i had a fancy-sized boudoir.

See the rest of Subversive Jewellery collections here.

Red Tropical Treasure Necklace

Foliage Bracelet

Dinosaur Egg and Chain necklace

Sunken Treasure Necklace