ABOUT VASILIKI
VASILIKI
CUSTOM & MADE TO MEASURE BY KIKI KARAYIANNIS.
ATHENS BASED JEWELLERY BRAND ,
WORKING EXCLUSIVELY WITH PRECIOUS SOLID METALS, IN RECYCLED STERLING SILVER & CERTIFIED FAIRTRADE GOLD.
THE ANCIENT PROCESS OF CASTING MOLTEN WAX IS USED FOR THEIR ASYMMETRICAL AND UNISEX FORMS, INSPIRED BY TRANSFORMATIONS IN MYTHOLOGY & SCIENCE FICTION. KIKI CONSTRUCTS HER PIECES AS PARTNERS IN YOUR DAILY PERFORMANCE, BE IT AS A BYZANTINE, PIRATE OR A PUNK.
IN OPPOSITION TO TECHNICAL DEMATERIALISATION & MASS PRODUCTION, VASILIKI IS MADE WITH CARE, SOFTENING METAL WITH FINGER PRINTS & FLUID DRIPS.
THEY ARE OFFERED IN LIMITED EDITIONS & KIKI HEAVILY RESEARCHES ORIGINS & ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, SOURCING RECYCLED& FAIRTARDE PRECIOUS METALS & ETHICALLY EXCAVATED GEMSTONES.
GEMSTONES ARE SOURCED
FROM DEALERS WHO UPHOLD FAIRTRADE PRINCIPLES.
MEANING THAT THEY ARE FULLY
TRACEABLE
& RESPONSIBLY MINED FROM CONFLICT FREE AREAS.
MINERS
ARE PAID FAIRLY & COMMUNITIES ARE REINVESTED IN.
CUSTOM AND UNIQUE PIECES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST CONTACT FOR A CONSULTATION.
VASILIKI
CUSTOM & MADE TO MEASURE BY KIKI KARAYIANNIS.
ATHENS BASED JEWELLERY BRAND ,
WORKING EXCLUSIVELY WITH PRECIOUS SOLID METALS, IN RECYCLED STERLING SILVER & CERTIFIED FAIRTRADE GOLD.
THE ANCIENT PROCESS OF CASTING MOLTEN WAX IS USED FOR THEIR ASYMMETRICAL AND UNISEX FORMS, INSPIRED BY TRANSFORMATIONS IN MYTHOLOGY & SCIENCE FICTION. KIKI CONSTRUCTS HER PIECES AS PARTNERS IN YOUR DAILY PERFORMANCE, BE IT AS A BYZANTINE, PIRATE OR A PUNK.
IN OPPOSITION TO TECHNICAL DEMATERIALISATION & MASS PRODUCTION, VASILIKI IS MADE WITH CARE, SOFTENING METAL WITH FINGER PRINTS & FLUID DRIPS.
THEY ARE OFFERED IN LIMITED EDITIONS & KIKI HEAVILY RESEARCHES ORIGINS & ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, SOURCING RECYCLED& FAIRTARDE PRECIOUS METALS & ETHICALLY EXCAVATED GEMSTONES.
GEMSTONES ARE SOURCED
FROM DEALERS WHO UPHOLD FAIRTRADE PRINCIPLES.
MEANING THAT THEY ARE FULLY
TRACEABLE
& RESPONSIBLY MINED FROM CONFLICT FREE AREAS.
MINERS
ARE PAID FAIRLY & COMMUNITIES ARE REINVESTED IN.
CUSTOM AND UNIQUE PIECES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST CONTACT FOR A CONSULTATION.
Beginning with complex, asymmetric sculptures in wax,
Kiki alchemically transforms them into shapeshifting characters of precious gold and silver that remember their mutable history as wax.
Each piece is an unique paradox that balances the contradictory idea that transience is the only permanent law.
Text by Ali Wong