For his partnership with J.Hopenstand, Blair Thurman drew his inspiration from one of his art pieces Bacardi Circuit (2018). He transposed it changing scales, material and textures, that still represents his artistic world. The American artist whose work is considered to be at the crossroads of Pop Art, geometrical abstraction, Americana art, and childhood memories, introduces a creation with specific references that should be understood by the people who are going to wear it.
The eye is invited on this circuit that has neither beginning nor end; the gaze glides on the inside of the buckle, the pattern of which makes us think of a spider web. In American pop culture, this reminds us of a famous superhero. The presence of a hoop around it also reminds us of the dreamcatchers made by the Navajo people. This reference to Indian American people is made stronger by Thurman's choice of material: turquoise and silver, which were often found in their traditional jewels.
For his partnership with J.Hopenstand, Blair Thurman drew his inspiration from one of his art pieces Bacardi Circuit (2018). He transposed it changing scales, material and textures, that still represents his artistic world. The American artist whose work is considered to be at the crossroads of Pop Art, geometrical abstraction, Americana art, and childhood memories, introduces a creation with specific references that should be understood by the people who are going to wear it.
The eye is invited on this circuit that has neither beginning nor end; the gaze glides on the inside of the buckle, the pattern of which makes us think of a spider web. In American pop culture, this reminds us of a famous superhero. The presence of a hoop around it also reminds us of the dreamcatchers made by the Navajo people. This reference to Indian American people is made stronger by Thurman's choice of material: turquoise and silver, which were often found in their traditional jewels.