Part of an exhibition of jewelry inspired by space happening at the Forbes Galleries.
Posted 03.15.2013 at 1:30 pm
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Apollo 11 In Gold
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Out of this World! Jewelry in the Space Age, an exhibition opening this weekend at the Forbes Galleries, is showing off jewelry, precious and otherwise, that's inspired by space, crafted from meteorites, and more.
Here's the idea, from guest curator Elyse Zorn Karlin:
Space has always been in our consciousness and often expressed in jewelry. The ancients wore amulets depicting the moon; in Georgian and Victorian jewelry we see numerous depictions of the moon, stars, and Halley’s Comet. The mid-20th century saw an explosion of “space age jewelry” and corresponding couture, and today the “futuristic” look in fashion is “in” thanks to Lady Gaga and other entertainers. Many contemporary fine jewelers and studio jewelers still look to space for inspiration and the result is some of the wonderful jewelry you will see in this exhibition.
This solid-gold replica was made by Parisian jeweler Cartier, and three editions will be shown off at the exhibition--one for each of the spacecraft's astronauts (Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins). Sounds like an Oscar for space explorers.
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The Parisian's make nice art for the USA.
I expecially like this Apollo 11!
It seems a bit of a misnomer to call this piece "Apollo 11." The depicted miniature is that of a lunar landing module. Is there a companion command module or the assembled Saturn V rocket?
It's a little nitpicking but the mission was named Apollo, which included more than the lander.
A little more thought on my part brings me to the conclusion that the lunar lander was only used in the Apollo missions, maybe it is more appropriate than my first reaction. I'm being too literal today, should leave the naming of art to the artists.
Seems like a dick move when NASA is being defunded so quickly....
I like the icon, very COOL!
Rapier153, no misnomer there. The goal of the entire Apollo program was to put an American astronaut on the Moon as charged by then President Kennedy. The lunar landing module is correctly named in the photograph since it was the LEM that delivered the astronauts to the Moon's surface.
The LEM of Apollo 11 is named the Eagle.
Yeah, ok. Gold. It already gets crappy gas mileage, so add a bunch of gold. That should help.