Antonym - Natural beauty

 

A world where the beauty of opposites comes to life.

Where we embrace the tension between the expected and the unexpected.

Discover beauty in the intangible.

Romance the possibilities for reinvention.

Reinterpret the raw, timeless qualities of natural elements with a futuristic vision.

Antonym is a sophisticated expression of art, energy, and experience

brought to life for the modern soul.

Antonym Jewelry is produced and hand finished in the USA.

 

 

 

Finding inspiration in the richness of both ancient cultures and modern cities,

designer Shannon Mikolas has created three unexpected jewelry collections for Antonym.

At once glamorous and subtle, every piece is rare and sculptural—as unique as the person

who wears it. Shannon brings her deeply nuanced sense of design, space, and architecture

to luxurious contemporary design for the modern aesthete.

 

 

ANCIENT

Revel in restrained opulence, inspired by the exquisite workmanship

of centuries-old craftsmanship and design.

This is statement-making power meant to stand the test of time.

 

NEOTERIC

With its fluid shapes and lines, Neoteric offers a minimalist, modern

counterpoint to Antonym. Designed to frame and accentuate the

natural lines of the wrist, hand, and neck, every piece is a study in subtlety.

 

RELIC

Relic is a discovery of sculptural singularity. Each piece offers

an intriguing anomaly to the notion of a personal keepsake.

 

The various forms found in nature can often be quite minimalist. Antonym is a new house of jewelry to capture the precious elements of earth and shape them with the structural style of modernism. Antonym is handcrafted in the United States by designer Shannon Mikolas, whose global explorations and years spent as a stylist serve as the creative bridge between her eye and skill. The idea for the label came while Shannon was on a long jaunt through the Rockies, mesmerized by the many shapes and color sequences along the road. Shannon's fascination with art and design began as a child, and after pursuing a degree in visual communications, she found herself focusing on styling work as well as joining Holt Renfrew’s creative team for several years. After her fateful escape to the lush, rocky terrain, it became clear that it was time to hone her experience and passion into her own line. Jewelry was the obvious focal point, as Shannon has always seen the accessories as wearable sculpture. Her foremost influences — ancient cultures, Eastern lines and early 20th century aesthetics — culminate in Antonym, as an intersection of seeming contradictions that speak to the contemporary sensibility.

 

The house launches with three distinct collections that showcase Mikolas' cross-current philosophy. Antonym is created with only with the finest of materials — gold and silver bases cradle precious raw stones — and each collection unearths a unique expression of its materials. While all different, the three lines are in constant conversation with one another and blend as seamlessly as their opposing influences.

Relic is defined by its sculptural symmetry with fanciful ornamentation reminiscent of the Art Nouveau Paris Metro and natural elements of North America. Filigreed silver and gold showcase onyx, quartz, aventurine, moonstone and labradorite in cuffs, rings and pendant necklaces; each piece taps into its stones' healing properties, held long in belief by tribal traditions of the Celts, Inuits and China.

Ancient holds the wisdom and workmanship of the great empires of Byzantium, Greece, Rome and the Ottomans; and centers around the most beguiling of precious stones, Lapis Lazuli, which the great civilizations revered for its innate and irresistible glamour. The stately collar, chandelier earrings, cuff and cocktail ring set in gold vermeil are timeless and ever opulent.

Neoteric acts as a counter-point, where the architectural sleekness of Bauhaus and the Tokyo and Shanghai skylines come alive in minimalist cuffs, rings and necklaces. This collection is a meeting point of metals, and is bold in its subtlety.

 

Antonym, for the modern soul by a modern soul, unleashes the global perspective of Mikolas herself and the very world in which we live.