NAULA STUDIO’s futuristic jewelry
Elena Lazzarini
Naula Studio is a jewelry brand from Bali made by Loan Favan, a jewelry designer and artist from New Caledonia.
Loan founded her brand Naula Studio to pay homage to Pacific traditions through the medium of jewelry. Additionally, she is also known for creating unique futuristic jewelry. Her work is often celebrated for blending traditional aesthetics with futuristic jewelry influences. In fact, she makes jewelry pieces that capture the spirit of her island home.
FUTURISTIC SKIN JEWELRY
Futuristic and cyborg-inspired, the skin jewelry collection draws from electronic details and mechanical connections. Specifically, Loan shapes all pieces using a metal lathe, giving the brass a distinctly industrial look.
The MANE KULIT, which means “crying skin”, allows the wearer to become a semi-cyborg and highlights the appeal of jewelry that is both futuristic and unique. Furthermore, the brand creates this skin jewelry to temporarily adorn the skin, creating a mesmerizing shine and intriguing details.
In particular, each item showcases how futuristic jewelry transforms traditional concepts. The brand makes all pieces in brass and silver plate, one size fits all, and customers can indicate their desired skin jewelry combination at checkout.
KEY COLLECTIONS
ALLIAGE – Cu29Zn30
Loan created ALLIAGE in 2020, and today it sits in the Den Bosch Museum’s permanent collection. The collection explores Transhumanism. Moreover, each piece transforms the wearer into a cyborg, symbolizing a “super power” of Loan’s “future self.” Ultimately, it blurs the line between skin and jewelry with a distinctively futuristic character, a true reflection of jewelry that merges with future aesthetics.
NGEI
In 2022, Loan developed NGEI, “later in the future” in Nengone, a language from Maré, New Caledonia. Through it, she pays homage to her Pacific culture. Each piece draws from Kanak artifacts, juxtaposing ancient relics with futuristic interpretations. As she describes them: “pieces of jewelry with futuristic qualities, charged with symbols that convey our past values and identities into the future.”
TANEM FUIJA
“Exchanging future” in Bichlamar, the local language of Vanuatu: this is what TANEM FUIJA means. The Design Museum of Den Bosch commissioned and exhibited it. Loan drew inspiration from a Vanuatu rite of passage: men mark their skin to mimic crocodile scales. From this, she created three monumental looks with “scarification tools.” Each piece resembles an implant placed between skin layers, drawing from an animal considered “invincible” to empower the wearer. Finally, TANEM FUIJA stands out as a collection where jewelry becomes a vessel for futuristic inspiration.
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