Gay Isber Jewelry

vintage chain + dyed malachite

jaw dropping: Gay Isber creates the kind of jewelry you dream about for weeks and months on end.  gorgeous assemblages of color, materials and textures that are as melt-on-your tongue delicious as the name of her workshop, the sugar factory, where she creates them.

close up vintage chain

this month, red is proud and excited to share an exclusive handful of Gay Isber's pieces with you.  each one of a kind is only available at red and whether you make one yours or just have the opportunity to try them on, we know they are worth the trip.

gilded antlers: gold chain and antler pendants

 making bits of nature into something luscious and exotic, Isber's work with natural stones transforms the everyday into brilliant colors and daring texture mixes.  on "gilded antlers" (shown above) Isber pairs a shining precious metal with sumptuous and earthy antler cross sections for something that is both rustic and ballroom all at once.

Lady Gaga, Martha Stewart and Queen Elizabeth all own at least one of Isber's wearable works of art.

mixing vintage chain and swarovski crystals

simply stunning, red's Isber collection includes both large scale necklaces and smaller bits of loveliness, like this gorgeous mix of swarovski crystals and vintage chain.

colors that come as easily from wild tropical flowers as from the neon mix on the streets of new york mix with rugged, rich and visually engaging texture in each and every piece.

black water buffalo horn

transforming material as rugged as buffalo horn into the black, polished beauty shown above is what makes Isber's work so surprising, so special and so unforgettable.

Each detail is carefully thought and carefully executed into visual delight and perfection.

like small visual tornados of excitement, Isber's wire bracelets are lightweight yet full impact.  swirls of color and texture draw the eye into the sheen of colored metal in silver, bronze and punch pink.

a gift you'll never forget...

 with style and artistry that won't quit...

drop in to red and try on our Gay Isber collection today.  

flower and sugar : idlewild

florals.  hiding behind what often seems a sappy and sweet demeanor is a wild and racy history of the human love affair with flowers.

chinese wallpaper

nature's attractors, early artworks and textiles are riddled with attempts to reproduce the color and vivacity of gardens, bouquets and floral landscapes.

bouquets

signaling everything from farmhouse simplicity to the most elaborate, exotic and powerful displays of grandeur and influence...

Suntory Museum of Art

flowers have often symbolized the fecundity of a monarch's reign, the subtle allure of traditionally feminine prowess, and the simple blossoming of a region, a season, a woman or a project into fertility.

remembering that the flower is the reproductive organ of every plant paints these 'sweet' victorian studies in a very different light...

tile mosaic

moving away from attempts at true representations, in search of the form behind the content, geometricized florals have cropped up in almost every culture around the globe.

abstraction + pattern

blending the natural with the constructed, patterns and colors derived from early florals

Christopher Gray

 floral abstractions often speak to the way that ideas in the mind shape what we see in the world at large.

Singulares Magazine

and oh how they thrill the eyes!

succulents

from live succulents...

to detailed victorian carpets...

depth, movement, vivacity...

abstracted into quilting patterns...

sketched in the raw...

or woven 

into the most luxurious

Lonny 2010 + Kate Spade

patterns and colors.

celebrating florals for so many reasons, red is proud to introduce the the latest from Theresa Heard's red exclusive idlewild line.  sampled in the pillow cases below, stop in to see the full line (including duvets and euros in punchy corresponding prints) in bloom!

idlewild : teal poppy pillow case

idle wild : spotted poppy pillow case

idle wild : color wheel pillow case

paired with one of the following lights, recreate your own favorite evolution of the floral.

19" orange bakey street orb

19" turquoise bakey street orb

19" yellow bakey street orb

marley fabric pendant

mason fabric pendant

dig in to a new kind of floral at red.

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locked and loaded vintage style

you remember the clank of their closure, but do you also remember how beautifully rhythmic a repeating span of lockers can be?  boldly painted metal, with unforgettable numbering : school lockers are a treasured result of the modern drive for uniformity, repetition, organization and simplicity.

 giving surface texture to previously dull wall space...

 adding a vertical element to any room...

lending a splash of color...

and organization - built for precisely this purpose there is little that can't be conveniently tucked away behind these smooth metal doors.

as a bedroom or closet accent...

 in an office or workspace for storage...

 or simply as sculpture in a room needing color, smooth metal texture and a hint of nostalgia...

 make them your own,

 or provide them for your small home community of stuff keepers...

we've just returned from a vintage buying trip where we were lucky enough to find a handful of these handsome art-cum-organizers.  click below to see what's in-store!

black 2/2 lockers - $520.00

blue football lockers # 2 - $1575.00

leary st lockers - $2550.00 

light blue lockers - $585.00

penco red lockers - $530.00

red shelf lockers - $585.00