Kilgore Brikken


JEWELRY LINE CREATED BY FRIENDS KILGORE AND BRIKKEN WHO MET AT METAL SMITHING SCHOOL IN 2018 AND HAVE BEEN BURNING THE TORCH EVER SINCE. HAILING FROM ATLANTA AND LOS ANGELES THE TWO ARE NOW HANDCRAFTING EACH PIECE AT THEIR SHARED TABLE IN BROOKLYN.

KILGORE BRIKKEN USES THE ANCIENT METHOD OF LOST WAX CASTING FOR THEIR SMALL PRODUCTION. FUSING TOGETHER WAX FRAGMENTS WITH CANDLES AND DIRTY HANDS THEY SIT AT THEIR DINNER TABLE SIMULATING THE TIME TELLING DECAY OF THE OLD GROWTH FOREST AND THE WASHED UP SEABED.

THE INDIVIDUAL WAX FORM IS THEN COMPLETED WITH A CENTRIFUGE AND A FLAME INJECTING THE MOLTEN METAL INTO THE SHELL OF THE WAX GHOST. THE FORM THEN BECOMES A SOLID WITHHOLDING TIME OR PERHAPS ANTIQUITY IN A DISTANT NEW WORLD.

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