James Thurman USA
My Name is Red (Hatayi motif) pendant with vessel
Piece created for Challenge 2022 Jewelry and Literature
Materials Thurmanite® (made from Orhan Pamuk’s book My Name is Red), silver, garnet, recycled dyed mother-of-pearl beads, pewter
Size 80x50x50mm (vessel)
The wearables of James Thurman’s feature Thurmanite®, a material he invented which is made of layered recycled paper bonded with a plant-based resin, creating a truly environmental material. Specific books can be chosen for their content and influence the design of the piece. In his Vessel+Wearable series, the jewelry forms the lid of small vessels when not being worn. The earliest human expression was in the form of wearable found objects and he continues that dialog of the body and objects.
