Peter Doherty and Hannah Martin present Albion Trinketry Jewels
Peter Doherty landed at Joseph boutique in Notting Hill
to present his new jewellery collection: Albion Trinketry, created
with London jeweller Hannah
Martin. Mammoth tusk and rose gold are big in this collection.
Peter Doherty and Hannah Martin
present Albion Trinketry Jewels from The Jewellery Editor
on Vimeo. With David Bowie's Space
Odyssey playing in the background, Peter Doherty sporting a
carefully engineered haircut, shambled in to Joseph's Westbourne
Grove boutique, fashionably late. Serving himself a Pink Pigeon
Super rum and Coke, he braced himself to face questions about
mammoths and the origins of the word 'albion'. Such is the life of
the fallen angel, musician cum jewellery designer. His new
jewellery collection, in collaboration with Hannah Martin, is
called Albion Trinketry and the polished ivory of mammoth tusk sets
off rose gold, oxidised silver and black diamonds with an attention
to detail of finishes that is to be expected of Hannah Martin. But
is Peter wearing any of the jewellery? "No, I'm not allowed to," is
Doherty's reply and he shows a flat, thick silver chain concealed
under his jersey. Hannah Martin was inspired by Doherty's
eclectic collections of elephants, medals, antiques and trinkets at
his Wiltshire home. As for the use of mammoth tusk, Doherty's
rambling reply alluded to a link with elephants and human skulls. I
tried on the rings, and their edgy look belied a beautifully
crafted object and the coming together of two very original minds.
The big rings are indulgent and spectacular and so cleverly subtle
that they wouldn't look amiss on a Byzantine prelate's finger. The
pendant that holds in oxidised chains a halo of gold is pregnant
with historical, religious and military symbols. The symbolism is
profound with allusions to heroes, bones, medals and saints.
Jewellery in the right hands tells a story. The jewellery will be
on sale at Joseph
