{"product_id":"helenas-retro-earrings-circles-with-glossy-onyx-20761","title":"Helena's Retro Earrings: Circles with Glossy Onyx","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese earrings are made from copper enameling. They are hanging from sterling silver. They were created in 2026. The blue is counter enameling on the back of the earrings.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eArtist Statement: \"Nod to Helena\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMy fascination for the Graham Sutherland’s portrait of Helena Rubinstein in the permanent collection of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery started roughly fifteen years ago when I was asked to help during a fundraiser.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSince then, often when visiting the gallery, I drop by to visit her and ask a passerby to take a photo. I will invite the photographer to guide me in the pose, where my eyes should look. As I age, I think I look more and more like her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis spring, my opportunity to have an artist residency at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery inspired me to develop a body of work for this exhibition. I decided on a design challenge focused and inspired mostly by Helena’s dress. This meant working with colour. Through the exploration of copper enameling, I created a retro inspired collection that, in my mind, may have been commissioned by Helena herself. I hear she collected melamine or Lucite, so perhaps she would have enjoyed this playfulness inspired by her dress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo read Brigitte Clavette's biography, scroll to the bottom of her artist page here.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brigitte Clavette","offers":[{"title":"2 x 1.25 x 0.25 in.","offer_id":44307961708631,"sku":"20761","price":160.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0078\/5937\/2083\/files\/20762.jpg?v=1789655612","url":"https:\/\/gallery78.com\/products\/helenas-retro-earrings-circles-with-glossy-onyx-20761","provider":"Gallery 78","version":"1.0","type":"link"}