Wallpaper* Design Awards 2025: JB Blunk rings are sculptures for the hand

A grasp of uncooked kinds, the late JB Blunk sculpted primarily in wooden and ceramic for works that took their cue from salvaged pure supplies.

It was an natural philosophy that prolonged to the jewelry that Blunk loved creating for his household and associates. Wearable sculptures in their very own proper, the miniature items had been additionally a means for Blunk to work on a small scale, exploring keyhole silhouettes or uneven circles, which had been then translated into his bigger items.

Now the JB Blunk Property – which additionally runs the Blunk Area exhibition programme – has paid tribute to this heritage, for the primary time issuing reproductions of 4 particular rings, in collaboration with LA-based jewelry designer J Hannah. Every ring is produced in a restricted version of fifty in silver and recycled 18ct gold. Three are reinterpretations of items that Blunk created for his accomplice Christine Nielson, together with Continuum, crafted from a single piece of ivory for Valentine’s Day 1975. Presence was a present for Nielsen in 1980, its type harking back to his 1977 work, Entry Arch (Presence), whereas Muse was a Christmas reward in 1974, a bit Nielsen wore as her marriage ceremony ring.