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In the ivy league
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The new collection from Ganjam uses the ivy leaf in a myriad dazzling ways
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GET KAYOED Each of Kazuo Ogawa's pieces tells a story Photo: R. SHIVAJI RAO
It is all happening — jewellery as lifestyle, as style statement, as cultural presentation and also a chance to quaff gallons of champagne all the while keeping your frosted lipstick intact — excuse while I mingle, Hi, how are you? The programme for the evening as Jim would comment was not new. The gracious Leela Kempinski Hotel played host to a gracious exhibition of gracious gems and jewels — this time around the Ivy Leaf collection from jewellery behemoth Ganjam.
The usual suspects — rings, pendants, brooches and bracelets — scintillated and winked in multiple hues demanding to be taken home. The mind behind the gorgeous creations, Japanese designer Kazuo Ogawa, combined darling diamonds, pristine pearls and glorious gold to create designs guaranteed to spawn feelings of acquisitiveness in the most detached fakir.
Apart from the Ivy Leaf collection with, yeah you got it, the ivy leaf as the leitmotif; there was the Wings of Desire collection. Parrots, magpies and swallows cavorted in a swathe of diamonds and white and yellow gold. The fact that the jewellery uses no blue or green indicates the lack of open spaces for the little birdies to twitter and play!
There was more to come, from the Hana Bira line. The term means flower and the jewellery is inspired by Japan's national flower, the beloved cherry blossom. The cherry blossom season heralds the coming of spring and new beginnings. The short lifespan of the flowers — a week to 10 days — attaches a special poignancy to them. Their delicateness was translated into dainty pieces in diamonds twinkling away, reminding us of time's winged chariot hurrying near — due apologies to Andrew Marvel.
The Exotica line was totally dedicated to our national bird, the peacock and the involved one, which revealed a peacock head in profile was smart if a tad ornate, while the Solitaire line could afford to be regally understated.
The Ikat line found rubies and diamonds mimicking the famed Indian block prints. And while we are on the subject of prints, the Tsuji Ga Hana Line takes its inspiration from the ornamental tie and dye patterns of 15th Century Japan.
A ring costing upwards of Rs. 2 lakh looked worth every rococo whorl with a splendid massive pearl sitting pleased as Punch amidst a nest of diamonds. While avarice is definitely listed as one of the deadly sins, temptation ought not to come in such glittering ways!
MINI ANTHIKAD-CHHIBBER
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