Marc Newson's "Julia" necklace for Boucheron. Marc Newson, being the design ingenue that he is, based this design on fractals, mathematical formulae of structures. This particular one is based on a formula discovered by mathematician Gaston Julia.
This one-off piece is made from 2000 pieces of sapphires and diamonds, and took the people at Boucheron 1500 man-hours to put together. Please click here to see it in all its close-up glory. You have to click the 'reveal' to get it started. You might have to wait a little while it loads. 'Coz only a super-fancy webpage can do this justice...
OK. Somebody just slap me right now. So I can wipe the drool off the keyboard.
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ReplyDeleteWow. that necklace is like its OWN GALAXY! :O
ReplyDeleteFan-bloody-tastic isn't it!
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