Eagle-eyed fashion lovers may have noticed a few of their favourite brands exploring the world of decor, after all, that time at home during the pandemic — Simon Miller, Mounser, and SVNR, to name a few. In 2021, that trend isn’t slowing down — and that’s in part thanks to beloved jewellery brand Completedworks, which expanded its line of homeware objects in June in an exclusive partnership with luxury retailer Net-a-Porter.
It’s welcome news, particularly for the label’s fans who have lauded its unique, sculptural pieces for years. Because as Artistic Director Anna Jewsbury explained in a press release, the new launch is supposed to be “a bit like jewellery for the table, the napkin rings especially. Although existing on different scales, visually there is a lot of similarity between the home and jewellery lines.” That’s especially true given that the most recent collection utilizes Completedworks’ signature materials throughout: aka gold, ceramic, and freshwater pearls.
That said, the shapes of the homewares provide a through-line between the different categories as well. As Completedworks’ website says, its jewellery is designed to “gently roll against the tide of convention — using sculptural forms that weave, loop, twist, flow, enfold, and expand.” The same is true for its newest objects, including vases, candlesticks, tableware, and more that appear to “imitate the visual properties of a more supple material such as fabric or cushion,” as the press release states.
Jewsbury has not only been honing this aesthetic through Completedworks’ jewellery line. The brand created its first ceramics with artist Ekaterina Bazhenova Yamasaki in collaboration with the brand says in ongoing. In addition, the artistic director and her team have been experimenting with and developing these types of objects since before the pandemic. “For a lot of our customers, fashion and dressing are a form of self-expression, and so it feels natural that their desire for aesthetic expression would extend into the home,” she continued in the release.
“It’s jewellery but on a larger scale,” explains Jewsbury, who welcomed the opportunity to go big. “There’s always such a consideration for lightness when you’re making jewellery; it was quite freeing to go in the opposite direction for once,” she adds, pointing to a pair of towering, dough-like candlestick holders, which, in a new type of design challenge for her and her team, had to be sturdy enough to support a set of tapered bougies.
And yet, the sculptural objects may be as visually satisfying when they’re left empty as when they’re filled, notes Jewsbury, who keeps the collection’s creased, matte white vase within eyesight—whether or not she’s had a chance to make it to the florist. “Even if you don’t have any flowers,” she muses, “it still looks great.”
Completedworks’ new homeware collection ranges from $35 to $600, and it’s exclusively available now at Net-a-Porter and Completedworks online stores.