EGYPT - Jewelry collection by Julio Martínez Barnetche
now launching on our new Artsy Viewing room
16 May - 29 May 2022
“without intention, this collection honors and resumes the sacredness of Egyptian art. ”
JAPNESE from the Egypt Jewellery collection by Julio Martínez Barnetche, 2021
Marion Friedmann Gallery is pleased to present a selection of pieces from EGYPT, the recent jewelry collection by Mexican stone sculptor and designer Julio Martínez Barnetche.
Julio Martínez Barnetche
ZORRO, 2021
Ebony wood with gold leaf, 1st-grade Lapis Lazuli from Afghanistan and solid .950 silver, gold−plated. Direct carving and lost wax casting techniques.
D: 12.7 cm
Julio Martínez Barnetche
OJO, 2021
Ebony wood with gold leaf, 1st-grade Lapis Lazuli from Afghanistan and solid .950 silver, gold−plated. Direct carving and lost wax casting techniques.
D: 12.7 cm
Supreme quality Lapis Lazuli, Ebony wood and gold leaf are the core of Julio’s bold EGYPT jewelry collection, which consists of unique sculptural necklaces. The artist combines these three materials in his pieces and unites them masterfully to a coherent object full of surprise and the power to make us wonder.
WHALE from the Egypt Jewellery collection by Julio Martínez Barnetche, 2021
The work of Julio Martínez Barnetche is of high technical mastery combined with a creative fluidity that has the capacity to reveal the aesthetics hidden in the crystalline structures of the stones or the inner life of wood specimens. Martínez Barnetche, who is an established pioneer of the direct carving technique, continues to stretch the limits within his three-dimensional work to new heights.
Lapis Lazuli, Ebony wood and gold leaf have been present since ancient times in Egyptian and Middle Eastern cultures. Magnificent art pieces have been manufactured in these three materials for more than five thousand years. The simultaneous use of them is traditionally Egyptian. This gives the collection its name: EGYPT.
Julio Martínez Barnetche
HACHA, 2021
Ebony wood, 1st-grade Lapis Lazuli from Afghanistan and solid .950 silver, gold−plated. Direct carving and lost wax casting techniques.
D: 12.7 cm
Julio Martínez Barnetche
DULCE, 2021
1st-grade Lapis Lazuli from Afghanistan and solid .950 silver, gold−plated. Direct carving and lost wax casting techniques.
D: 12.7 cm