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Nature-Inspired Jewelry

Designer Benas Staskauskas Creates Bold and Rugged Accessories

— November 8, 2014 — Fashion
As far as nature-inspired jewelry goes, the designs by Benas Staskauskas are incredibly artistic. As though wearable sculptures for those who like to embrace expressive fashion statements, each of the 70 rings that were created for the collection are beautifully unrefined and organic. Many of the nature-inspired jewelry pieces were inspired by the Icelandic landscape, which is full of alien locales and materials.

Using everything from volcanic ash to crushed lava and artificial resin, the nature-inspired jewelry is nevertheless meant to reflect much more including contemporary social and architectural landscapes. Staskauskas says, “I call it performative sculpture and this includes basically any form and scale body related object. In other words--it’s a trigger point for characters behavior.” Although the nature-inspired jewelry is raw and bold, there is also something delicate about them.
Trend Themes
1. Nature-inspired Wearable Art - Expanding beyond traditional jewelry and into wearable sculptures, the trend of nature-inspired wearable art offers a disruptive innovation opportunity for designers to create unique and expressive fashion statements.
2. Unconventional Materials - The use of unconventional materials, such as volcanic ash and crushed lava, to create nature-inspired jewelry provides a disruptive innovation opportunity for designers to create unique and sustainable fashion pieces.
3. Performative Sculpture Fashion - The trend of performative sculpture fashion, which includes body-related objects, offers a disruptive innovation opportunity for designers to create expressive and provocative wearable art that pushes the boundaries of traditional fashion.
Industry Implications
1. Jewelry Design - Jewelry designers can embrace the trend of nature-inspired wearable art and the use of unconventional materials to create unique and sustainable fashion pieces.
2. Fashion Design - The trend of performative sculpture fashion presents an opportunity for fashion designers to explore new forms of expression and push the boundaries of traditional fashion.
3. Sustainable Fashion - The use of unconventional materials in nature-inspired jewelry provides a disruptive innovation opportunity for designers to create sustainable fashion pieces that embrace the beauty of the natural world.
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