Orly Genger by Jaclyn Mayer is a jewelry line as rich with texture and color as the creative partnership between designer Jaclyn Mayer and artist Orly Genger themselves. Merging the looping texture of Gengers ropes with the functionality and beauty of Mayer’s jewelry, Orly Genger by Jaclyn Mayer was born and touted by industry experts as being right on target for the future of fashion jewelry. The New York based design team has again partnered with VPL to bring forth a lively collection and Creative Director Lynn Furge caught up with Jaclyn to find out about the perfect partnership between fashion and art.
Lynn Furge: Where does your fashion background start?
Jaclyn Mayer: I’ve always been interested in design but my formal background started at Parsons. I did my MA at London College of Fashion as well in womenswear.
LF: What made you choose to use the rope materials that you do…
JM: The rope comes from the collaboration I do with the artist Orly Genger. Her work is all made with large scale rope and the jewelry line started when we decided to try to make wearable pieces using the knotting technique from her artwork. (www.orlygenger.com)
LF: What do you consider first when you are designing shape, color or texture?
JM: For our newest collection probably color because we started to dye the rope to make the colors we wanted. After we dyed the rope we deconstructed it, unraveling it, creating texture. After the deconstruction we knotted it to create shape….It all sort of happens naturally. It’s not so planned out. It’s more about process.
LF: Speak to me more about color and your choices for this season…
JM: For the Spring 10 collection we used climbing rope. I was really attracted to all the different patterns and colors that the climbing rope came in. And then tried to mix it up with more delicate chains and metallic ropes. It also came from rope that Orly used in her art. In our new collection which we are just about to launch, the colors are much more subtle and gentle. We dip dyed the rope to create fades and tie dye effects from the knotting and unknotting. The colors really stem from the fall. It’s an autumnal palette while the spring collection was much more bright and fun.
LF: How do you feel jewelry fits into a modern woman’s lifestyle?
JM: Jewelry is a really personal statement. Because all of our pieces are hand made, I think it also make them feel more special and unique. One of the things which we try to do with our line is to have the pieces become extentions of clothing. Because they are fabric based, and some of the pieces are quite large, they almost become sculptural pieces on the body.
LF: What 3 consistent elements make up an Orly Genger by Jaclyn Mayer piece?
JM: 1.) Rope 2.) A Sculptural Quality 3.) Texture
LF: Who is your muse?
JM: Orly Genger
LF: What is coming up in the horizon for Orly Genger by Jaclyn Mayer?
JM: We just made pieces for the VPL Fall 10 runway collection which was just shown in New York. It was our second time showing with her and that’s always really exciting. We are launching our new fall collection in the next few weeks and can’t wait to see the response. We hope to really just be able to keep working and growing. We only started a year ago so we can’t wait to see what the next year brings!
www.jaclynmayer.com
www.jaclynmayer.com
Photography: Lynn Furge
Vision: Markus Ketty
Hair and Make Up: Fiquet Bailey @ Luxe Apothecary
Model: Nicole @ Directions US
Shot on Location @ Blue Lotus NC
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