FRICTION CAN BE FOUND WHERE LUXURY MEETS DECAY
AND THE REFINED BECOMES RAW.
AS RAW REMNANTS COLLIDE WITH SMOOTH SURFACES, HYBRID FORMS TAKE SHAPE
WITHIN THIS COLLECTION OF HANDMADE EYEWEAR.
LUXURY AND DECAY MEET THROUGH THE DRAMATIC USE OF HIGHLY CHARGED MATERIAL,
ANIMAL BONE AND TEETH AGAINST POLISHED BLACK BUFFALO HORN, ACETATE AND GOLD.
MONTAGUE PRESENTS HER COLLECTION WITH TITLES DERIVING FROM EUROPEAN ARMORIAL CODES INCLUDING CHIEF, WIDOW, HEIRESS (BLONDE AND GOLD), ARMS OF EXPECTATION AND THE ANOMALY BLACK SHEEP.
INDEED, MONTAGUE CLAIMS DARK GLASSES AS TODAY’S GUISE OF MODERN ARMOUR.
INDEED, MONTAGUE CLAIMS DARK GLASSES AS TODAY’S GUISE OF MODERN ARMOUR.
THE COLLECTION COMPRISES OF 6 STYLES, EACH HAVING BEEN DESIGNED AND ENTIRELY HAND CARVED IN RESPONSE TO THE NATURAL FORM AND CHARACTER OF THE INDIVIDUAL DEER JAWBONE. SEAMLESSLY FUSED WITH A SURREALMIX OF MATERIALS THE RESULT IS AS THOUGHT PROVOKING AS IT IS BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED.
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
BRIAN MC GINN, ADRIAN & HERMIONE, ROGER POPE & PARTNERS, MAZZUCCHELLI 1849 & THE BRITISH DEER SOCIETY,
PHOTO CREDITS: GABRIEL THOMAS (COLLECTION), EMMA MONTAGUE (PORTRAITS)
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED EMMA MONTAGUE MA RCA 2012