Unusual Finds
My friend and I were strolling in the city yesterday and came across many wonderfully unique items - delicate handmade cards and unique one-of-a-kind dresses to unusual designs along the side of the weird or macabre.
One booth at a Noho flea market had several pieces of chicken claw jewelry - chicken claw brooch, belt, necklace and so on. You can see every groove of the claw. I was a bit repulsed yet, at the same time, very drawn to the jewelry. I lingered a the stall for quiet a long time. I asked the vendor if chicken claw, like rabbit’s foot, has any symbolic meanings. She said no, the designer just found chicken claws beautiful. Here’s a picture of a similar chicken claw necklace from paraphernalia.
We later came across Pamela Love Jewelry at Eva on Mulberry Street. With an unusual liking for cadavers, bones, teeth, bird’s heads and claws, Pamela came up with a jewelry line filled with wildlife references by combining her fascination with cadavers and her love for nature and science.
Here are pictures of Pamela Love’s Talon Cuff and Tooth Necklace as well as Chicken Feet Necklace by David and Martin:
It’s weird but the more I look at these jewelry designs the more I’m fascinated.
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Filed under: Finds, Indie Designer, Shopping, Marisa, Tidbits on May 18th, 2008
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