Brian Crumley: Peace Under Fire

New York’s Brian Crumley, a fifth-generation Texan, Gen Art favorite, and increasingly-hyped accessory designer, has taken on something a little heavier than jewelry in his latest collection. Peace Under Fire: Aggressive Symbols of Peace features metal worked into twisted (or un-twisted, depending on your original viewpoint) interpretations of weaponry. In this sombre collection, fighter jets, knives and nooses become peace signs while guns tie their barrels into knots, squeezing out their last drop of blood in the form of a red crystal. My favorite of the collection is this noose, because — as sad as this sounds — I think I’ve been somewhat visually desensitized to jets and guns, and am required to think more when looking at a form of torture I automatically categorize as dated (a poor, yet classically American, assumption). You can find Brian Crumley’s designs in most major U.S. cities, or at the online store of a few major distributors like Creatures of Comfort or Fred Segal.

Via Refinery29