THE ONE
I KEPT.
Some objects become part of us.
Explore the story ↓There are pieces
I cannot let go of.
There are pieces I create knowing that one day they will belong to someone else, and then there are those that become so deeply connected to my own life and experiences that I cannot imagine parting with them. This has been that piece. It has traveled through different chapters of my work, worn on runways and photographed on musicians and artists, yet each time it found its way back to my studio, I chose to keep it.
I did not create it all at once. It grew slowly over years, gathering altered sticks, stones, ancient materials, hand-worked metal, bound threads, hidden paper prayers, vessels, and found fragments. Each addition brought another story into the whole, until the work became something like a record of my life as an artist.
Where materials
become meaning.
Long before jewelry was worn simply for decoration, people gathered objects from the natural world and gave them personal meaning: a stone shaped by water, a bone found along a path, a feather carried by wind, or a fragment of something ancient. These objects became reminders of courage, protection, belonging, memory, and hope; their meaning was deepened by the hands that chose and altered them.
That relationship between a person and an object has always fascinated me. I am drawn to materials that have already lived another life, to the marks and irregularities we might otherwise overlook. I wrap, bind, burn, alter, and assemble, allowing each element to retain its history while becoming part of something new. The hidden prayers are as meaningful to me as the visible construction.
Made to be lived in.
Nothing in this piece was required to match. Yet through gathering, binding, and trusting my instincts, separate fragments became something whole. I think there is something deeply human about that.— Susan Lenart
The collected
details.
Every fragment has a story.
Jewelry when worn.
Sculpture when resting.
I have never believed adornment should end where conventional jewelry begins. I am drawn to architecture, sculpture, movement, and the relationship between an object and the space it occupies. This piece was made to have a powerful presence on the body, but also to exist independently as a work of art.
It comes with its own handmade sculptural stand, allowing it to live in a home, studio, or collection even when it is not being worn. For those drawn to art, architecture, design, and jewelry, it exists between all of those worlds.
IT IS TIME
TO LET IT GO.
Releasing something does not mean losing its meaning. Sometimes it means allowing that meaning to continue growing in someone else's hands.
$6,000
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Original wearable art / Collector Power Piece / $6,000