EIGER GALLERY / AN INTERDISCIPLINARY ENCOUNTER Eiger has commissioned the talent of an evolving roster of leading global designers to work outside their usual medium and create evocative and progressive design-led products. Eiger’s collection contains individual pieces and mini collections by an impressive list of ten designers from a wide range of design fields including interiors, graphic, product and fashion. The brand is design-directed by Terence Woodgate, Royal Designer for Industry, and industrial and jewellery designer Alba Bayona.
Eiger relies on a team of jewellery makers with 45 years’ of experience who have the expertise needed to help the designers bring their ideas to life with the impeccable finish that their designs demand, mainly using rhodium or gold plated sterling silver and natural gemstones. Rhodium is a metal, member of the platinum group and gives silver jewellery a sharp look keeping it in mint condition for many years to come. Each piece tells a story: the designer’s inspiration and focus, and the maker’s exquisite attention to detail.
BEAM COLLECTION BY TERENCE WOODGATE LIGHTING DESIGNER Terence has become known for a stripped down, elegant, modern approach to design with an obsessive attention to detail and manufacture. He became a Royal Designer for Industry in 2003 and has received several international design awards including the Red Dot ‘Best of the Best’ and the IF ecology award. His current client list includes: Established & Sons, Punt Mobles, SCP, Concord Lighting, Paviom, Izé and Objekten. Rhodium plated solid sterling silver necklace and earrings. Both available with a mirror polished finish and with a matt silk finish.
CROSSOVER NECKLACE AND SPHERE RING BY TERENCE WOODGATE “Crossover started by considering the way a necklace is put on. I thought about the way a scarf or a tie is worn, how the knot is actually the feature. This led me down the path of making the clasp the feature.” “I never thought I would use gemstones, but I recognised that they could be interesting if cut into pure geometric shapes with a hidden setting to hold the very pure and hemispherical gem. Like this the true beauty of the gem is revealed.” Right: Rhodium plated solid sterling silver ring with citrine gemstone. Bottom: rhodium plated solid sterling silver necklace with a mirror polished finish. The bars join in the middle by a magnet.
THIEF KNOT COLLECTION BY HANNAH MARTIN JEWELLERY DESIGNER “It looks very much like a reef knot but the loose ends are on opposite sides. This way, if a thief had been through someone’s kit they would always know, as the intruder would re-tie it in the more common reef knot. I loved the story and thought the knot itself was a beautiful, sensual shape.” Rhodium plated solid sterling silver necklace with a mirror polished finish.
ARETE COLLECTION BY TOMOKO AZUMI FURNITURE DESIGNER “An image I had at the beginning of this project was from the title of the brand, Eiger, the Swiss mountain. Mountains are created by the buckling of the earth’s crust so we started to look at folding paper techniques to repeat this idea of ‘pressing both ends of a surface and the middle going higher.” Rhodium plated solid sterling silver with a matt silk finish.
LINE RING BY CHIARA FERRARI INTERIOR DESIGNER “My designs are strongly influenced by the industrial nature of mechanical components and the production process – such as “extrusion” – which inspired the Line ring design. The collection wants to be elegant but far from being feminine, whereas the elegance generates both from the use of different finishes and combination of materials.” Rhodium plated solid sterling silver with a mirror polished finish with an onyx or mother pearl inset bar.
OTO PENDANT BY MICHAEL MARRIOTT FURNITURE DESIGNER “My piece evolved from playing with the idea of chain links, and how they tend to be very small, beautiful and quite complex forms. Making one bigger simply highlighted it’s sculptural qualities, and it felt like a wonderfully solid, lithe and fluid form to hang below your suprasternal notch.” Rhodium plated solid sterling silver with a mirror polished finish.
CHEQUERED COLLECTION BY HOLLY FULTON FASHION DESIGNER “I am delighted to be working with Eiger Gallery; as a designer, it has provided me with an opportunity to move in to the realm of fine jewellery and explore techniques such as enamelling to full effect. I wanted the range to encapsulate our signature style and graphic sensibility whilst also offering a bold design choice for Eiger. The use of colour was vital for us and I am delighted with the end results“ Rhodium plated solid sterling silver with a handenamelled chequered pattern and natural malachite.
VALENCIA COLLECTION BY ALBA BAYONA INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER Alba’s design for Eiger is the result of a collaboration with her father Antonio Bayona, a high-end jewellery maker with 45 years’ experience, from whom she learned everything she knows about jewellery. “I like tweaking conventional shapes to make them unique. These pieces have a triangular profile with one smooth rounded corner and two sharp edges. We highlighted this contrast with a brushed finish outside and a polished finish inside.” Rhodium plated solid sterling silver hoops and necklace. Fine brushed finish outside and a mirror polished finish inside.
THE PACKAGING / All the Eiger pieces come in a beautiful matt black box made from recycled card and paper made from sustainable forests. It measures 93x93x25mm and it includes a card with the story behind the design and caring instructions.
WHOLESALE / We are always looking for wonderful stores to stock our unique designs. If you are interested please contact us at sales@eigergallery.com
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