LL, LLC
LL, LLC
LL, LLC Sans Earring, Tumbaga
Price: $48,45
NB: These earrings are sold as singles.
Tumbaga (copper/gold blend) spirals that hang just below the lobes, in an illusion style. Posts and backs are sterling silver.
LL, LLC
LL, LLC Sans II Ring, Tumbaga, Double Spiral
Price: $101,30LL, LLC's signature coiled ring in tumbaga (gold/copper blend), a double spiral band.
NB: LL, LLC's double spiral rings fit one size small, ie. Size 7 fits like a 6. Please order accordingly.
LL, LLC
LL, LLC Sans Ring, Sterling Silver, Single Spiral
Price: $92,49LL, LLC's sterling silver, single spiral band, that can be intertwined with other silver spirals. This ring is deceptively simple, but has a ton of sculptural impact.
LL, LLC
LL, LLC Sans Ring, Tumbaga, Single Spiral
Price: $70,47Tumbaga (gold/copper blend) single spiral band.
LL, LLC is a jewelry line entirely handmade in Mexico on the historic William Spratling Ranch. He himself is credited as the "Father of Mexican Silver." As a matter of course, the jewelers executing Lia Lowenthal's designs are paid fairly, the conditions are sustainable (executed in shorter, workshop formats), and the product follows as being of exceptional quality.
So that's the process, next is material. Copper, silver, and tumbaga are some of the primary metals used. Likely you know the two former (clean your copper with a lemon/salt scrub), but tumbaga is more obscure. A pre-Columbian alloy comprised of gold and copper, it was believed to have sacred properties. Often mistaken for gold, it's easily cleaned with dish soap, warm water, and rubbing.
And what of design? Starting with the spiral, Ms. Lowenthal takes its obvious spiritual symbolism (a kind of infinity), and does an end-run around "spiral methodology," which in factory terms is considered high-risk and combustible. In these small runs, made by hands with care, those are positives.
So that's the process, next is material. Copper, silver, and tumbaga are some of the primary metals used. Likely you know the two former (clean your copper with a lemon/salt scrub), but tumbaga is more obscure. A pre-Columbian alloy comprised of gold and copper, it was believed to have sacred properties. Often mistaken for gold, it's easily cleaned with dish soap, warm water, and rubbing.
And what of design? Starting with the spiral, Ms. Lowenthal takes its obvious spiritual symbolism (a kind of infinity), and does an end-run around "spiral methodology," which in factory terms is considered high-risk and combustible. In these small runs, made by hands with care, those are positives.