Chain reaction: sculpture and jewellery interconnect as Ana Khouri's designs go on show at ...

Chain reaction: sculpture and jewellery interconnect as Ana Khouri's designs go on show at Phillips, London To contemplate the sculptures she creates is to gain a greater understanding of Ana Khouri's left-of-centre, yet classic-leaning jewellery designs Both jewellery and sculpture design are the creative impulses that drive Khouri.

Khouri's first foray into jewellery creation grew from experiments at art school, where she hung sculptures onto naked bodies It may be her preferred medium now, but for Khouri the techniques and traditions of jewellery design are secondary to what she is creating: she remains preoccupied with the luminous feeling that a piece of sclutpure, or jewellery, can impart: 'I want to communicate that this is something so fundamental to life but so often muted by distractions - the everyday interconnectedness of life The Phillips outing reveals her signature design details: diamonds are set off centre, ring curves aren't smooth but distorted.

Unfettered by the conventional, Khouri's jewels take on a life of their own. . Source