all the right elements
Solange Azagury-Partridge’s creativity seemingly knows no bounds — and she has applied her considerable imagination and love of colour to her latest collection, Supernature. The London jeweller was initially inspired by an out-of-print Lyle Watson book of the same name that reveals “mind-blowing facts about the universe from the lunar cycle to cycadian rhythms to tidal patterns,” which she keeps by her bedside. “I thought, let me try and translate those facts into jewellery,” she said.
Basing her designs on each of the five ancient classical elements — Fire, Air, Water, Earth and Aether — the result is classic Solange: full of color, exquisite craftsmanship, and tongue-in-cheek humor.
Icy stalactites of diamonds in white gold represent Water in an equally dramatic necklace and single earrings, while a beautifully iridescent golden South Sea pearl emerges from the curves of engraved gold waves in a cocktail ring. “It’s like Botticelli’s Venus rising out of the water,” she says.
Meanwhile, the ethereal element of Aether — the mysterious essence that links earth to the gods and the heavens — is represented by earrings depicting the architectural blueprints of places of worship like the Notre-Dame cathedral and a Mayan temple. The Mayan earrings share the same bubblegum pink and emerald colour scheme as Solange’s West London showroom. Behind its discreetly dark exterior and stained-glass windows, lies a cacophony of colour, detail and texture.
From its rainbow carpet to its green velvet sofas to the walls of her office, which are lined with antique Indonesian wood panels depicting tropical scenes highlighted in neon colours, it is the perfect location for losing oneself in Solange’s joyful and otherworldly creations.
