Losing the Plot

LOSING THE PLOTDistantly squinting through the turgid rims of her metallic red spectacles, Lisa had an epiphany. Amongst the multitude of grey distortion appeared an apparition of beauty. Who knew numbers could stimulate such fascination that resulted in creativity, style and elegance? Collaborating commodity and beauty, collection ‘The Plot Jewellery’ transpired. The noticeable piece from this collection simply had to be ‘Beautiful up’s and downs’ a delicious paradox of sensibility and artistic creativity. With a soulless surround of enamel, the rounded framecaptures a snapshot of history, refreshing the mind of human evolution and our glory within. To the amateur eye these pieces would read nothing but metallic lines surrounded by a choking shell. Reaching deeper into the collection origins, one would find that each piece represents the industrialised price of each metal over a specified time period. Each bespoke piece is a factual representation into commodity living, spanning over two decades. The irony lies within the colour contrasts of each piece, monotone harshness of metallic element meets femininity and innocence of enamel, a beautiful juxtapose.Merging with advertising giants Wieden and Kennedy in2005, Lisa’s concept of creating a ‘wearable visualisation’proved a storm hit as a contemporary jewellery line. One might say even ‘Gauss’ would marvel at, smitten at the ideal oftransformation from figure to form.Outside collaborations with jeweller Hannah Havanna spurned this collection to life. Producing over 30 styles withthe imitative generic influence, Price truly is the master of numbers. Welcome to the statistical revolution. By Claire Marie Levick