Head and Tails

Luisa Schwarz

“Heads or Tails” is the name of a game with a coin, where you must guess before tossing the coin if the head or the tail will come face up.

My Collection is a series of jewellery and accessory pieces that invite the wearer to play and interact with the piece in order to change its appearance.
The works are reversible and collapsible.
In some cases the piece remains in its initial shape, but changes in the surface detail; in other cases there are four different ways of wearing the object. I propose play as an important element to this collection: playing and manipulating the structure of the pieces, the inside and the outside, the shape and the surface. This is why my collection is entitled “Head and Tails”.

Most of the pieces can be transformed, and in transforming them, another visual or physical aspect of the jewel is revealed. The manipulation effects a change from 2D to 3D, from one shape to another; or else the transformation comes from the piece itself, with the effect of gravity, of movement when wearing it or with the play of light on the surface.
Each piece is flexible to some extent, and most of them offer a means of transformation. By interacting and manipulating the jewel the wearer can discover new facets of the piece.
The facets differ in colour, material, or shape offering both a visual and tactile sensual exploration.
The collection is a burst of colour, giving a fresh and light sensibility.

Luisa Schwarz
June 2012