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Christian Hemmerle's corn brooch.
Photo from JCK.
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I was so enamored with today's topic that I created this new blog, just so I could share it with you. How gorgeous are these lovelies?
Designed by Christian Hemmerle (of the famous European jewelry-royalty Hemmerle family), these silver, copper, and gemstone brooches celebrate the beauty found in . . . vegetables! In addition to being gorgeous, their realism astounds me. Being smack in the middle of summer in the South, there's fresh corn everywhere--but now when I see it, instead of "yummm," I think "pearls!"
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Christian Hemmerle's cauliflower brooch.
Photo from JCK.
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I also have to laugh about the cauliflower, because when I asked a guest who is coming to a dinner at my house next week if there's anything I should avoid in the menu, cauliflower was his only request. Being a jewelry designer himself, I'm sure he wouldn't mind seeing
this cauliflower on the table! Think those are diamonds? Swoon!
These precious veggies are part of a twelve-piece collection Hemmerle displayed in March at the European Fine Art Fair in the Netherlands. Wouldn't you have loved to see his radish made with juicy red spinels or his copper artichoke accented with purple sapphires? How about a pea pod made of jade or an eggplant encrusted in purple spinel? Included in the collection of brooches was a pair of carrot earrings made of bright orange sapphires. I love this mix of whimsy and finery, gemstones and nature. What do you think?