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Lavendoux Brooch
This is a brooch. It was designed by Svenja John. It is dated 2002 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is water jet-cut, surface treated, hand-colored and crafted polycarbonate (makrofol®). It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
With Lavendoux, John recreates a blossoming flower using the latest in digital technology. During planning, she sketches and models the piece. She then uses a water jet cutter to cut the shapes from a polycarbonate sheet. She further works the components by hand, carefully adding naturalistic details and assembling the form. John's technique creates intricate pieces that balance industrial fabrication and handcrafting.
This object was
donated by
Susan Lewin.
It is credited The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
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- machine-printed.
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- bent sheet copper, cast steel, enameled metal.
- Museum purchase from General Exhibition Funds.
- 1983-16-1
- Sidewall
- machine-printed on paper.
- Gift of Frankl Galleries.
- 1930-11-1-h
Our curators have highlighted 1 object that are related to this one.
- Textile
- cotton.
- Gift of Harold M. Bailey.
- 1960-79-33
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 10 cm × 8.6 cm × 7.6 cm (3 15/16 in × 3 3/8 in × 3 in.)
It has the following markings
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Cite this object as
Lavendoux Brooch; Designed by Svenja John (German, b. 1963); water jet-cut, surface treated, hand-colored and crafted polycarbonate (makrofol®); H x W x D: 10 cm × 8.6 cm × 7.6 cm (3 15/16 in × 3 3/8 in × 3 in.); The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum; 2016-34-53
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Jewelry of Ideas: Gifts from the Susan Grant Lewin Collection.
