Cult of the Machine

The 2020 Cult of the Machine collection, named after an exhibition at the de Young Museum, is inspired by the Precisionist interpretation of heavy industry. The palette and use of lab-created stones adhere to the theme of machinery made beautiful, although each piece is made by hand and bears the mark of individuality.

“If...we are to ‘end the divorce’ between our industry and culture we must assimilate the machine aesthetically as well as economically. Not only must we bind Frankenstein–but we must make him beautiful.” Alfred H. Barr Jr., 1934