How can we highlight the value and significance of something precious to us? One of the best approaches is to display it in a clean, straightforward manner. This approach has ruled art gallery exhibitions since the days of Marcel Duchamp.

The BAR jewelry series puts copper on a pedestal. Copper tube is now a colloquial term. This is the form in which copper is most familiar to us. A simple segment of “installation,” miniaturized and set in silver, changes its character entirely. It evolves from a functional item into a work of art.