creating a brutal-meets-brilliant contrast
and the whole piece ties at the back with white leather cords finished with delicate silver-plated copper cord tips
sculpted in bronze-plated copper with a deeply textured
chased it across the floor
like something unearthed rather than made
Arnia Bracelet belts creating a brutal-meets-brilliant contrastTHE STORY Some women collect things. Arnia collects trajectories, every almost, every detour, every version of herself she didn't end up becoming, all coiled up and worn on the arm like proof she survived the editing process. This piece doesn't sit flat against the skin because she doesn't sit flat against life either. It spirals, doubles back, catches itself mid turn, and at both ends, a tiny flash of crystal, like punctuation marks on a sentence