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BAZZdeGRANT is a collaboration in design and exploration of artistic form by Thea Grant and Nicolás Bazzani. A Brooklyn local, Grant founded the company in 2003 after experiencing repeated success with her designs on the runway. She has worked in several artistic media including photography, haute couture, costume design, sculpture and millinery.rnIn 2005 Grant was joined by her partner and husband, Bazzani. Trained in art and industrial design at first in his native Bogotá, and then earning an M.F.A. in product design from the Savannah College of Art and Design, Bazzani brought his talents in design of three-dimensional forms, his strong graphic sensibilities and his own perception of the Brooklyn fashion scene to bear on the growing collection, which has come to include a sterling-based unisex sub-collection.rnUnited by the strong ideologies of both Grant and Bazzani, and perceived as a vanguard of worn decoration, the jewelry collections integrate often wildly dissonant and unexpected objects that challenge the tradition of jewelry wearing. The designs often tread a fine line between costume and fine jewelry, and are ornament as much as allegory.rnThe jewelry that Grant and Bazzani create is distinctive—each piece is one of a kind and is approached like a constructivist sculpture. Draped on a mannequin and then built with attention to theme and form, each piece is appended with the vintage objects, fobs, curios and charms that catch their eye as they trove New York and beyond. Their materials range from vintage brass to sterling and gold and result in effects ranging from rock’n'roll to delicately gothic.rnThe collection has found success on local, national and international levels, and has been photographed for an ongoing host of magazines and can be found draped around the necks and wrists of the renowned in film, music and the arts. It is currently sold in barneys New York nationwide.
