in memoriam

Let us remember Thorn NYC, the erstwhile jewelry line by Andrea Genti and India d'Arthenay, which is no longer. For so long I was obsessed with a particular necklace of theirs, of which I cannot for the life of me locate a picture. Their website went down, and for months I was confronted with this sad image:



But, it was an image that held the promise of a return - and an array of jewelry more glorious than ever before! Alas, even this has been taken down and their domain name has expired. I mourned this quietly. But today, upon attempting to consolidate a list of animal skull necklaces, I was confronted with the sad image of their Victorian mouse skull necklace.

These photographs here are the only ones I've been able to find. There are a few more out there, I'm sure, but other than a tiny picture on Daily Candy, this is just about it. There is no particular reason that I find Thorn's cast jewelry of seed pods, shells, beetles, bones and other detritus more appealing than all the others, but I do. Thorn, you have my undying loyalty. Sorta. Your type of jewelry is not difficult to find, and yet I have refrained from turning to another jeweler for my naturalia needs.

Thorn, you will be missed. I hope that this eulogy is premature (and I apologize for the fairly inelequent sendoff) and that you return to us someday.