Chicago bassed jewellery artist, Carla Reiter, presents her original knitted jewellery collection.
| Loops & spiral necklace, Berry cluster earrings |
A studio jeweler trained as a sculptor, Carla Reiter has taken the wildly popular art of knitting to a whole new level. She makes her jewellery one piece at a time in her Chicago studio, fashioning darkened silver, gold, and copper into one-of-a-kind pieces that unite a refined vision with an artist’s regard for the unpredictable. Her feeling for nature and for adorning the female body is expressed in a vine necklace of hand-knitted silver leaves and flowers, a twinkling bib set with yellow sapphires, or a statement collar of richly patinated copper set with diamonds. Reiter makes each piece entirely by hand, letting it grow as an improvisation in response to the materials and the shapes that emerge as she works.
The mythology behind Carla’s art is made with a woman’s body in mind. Ready to wear for any occasion, the elegant and earthy Carla Reiter collection is nothing less than intriguing as each piece transcends time.
www.carlareiter.com
