{"product_id":"sevan-bicakci-the-timekeeper","title":"Sevan Biçakçi: The Timekeeper","description":"\u003cp\u003eSevan Biçakçi is a jeweler fit for an Ottoman emperor, encompassing a mastery of traditional techniques largely unseen in contemporary metalsmithing and gem cutting. An Istanbul native, Sevan is a visionary jeweler, fusing diverse elements of nature, ancient mythology, and Ottoman history, literature, and architecture into his award-winning creations. His imaginative designs and singular craftsmanship have intrigued and impressed fellow jewelers and connoisseurs for years, and his awe-inspiring jewels, unique in their storytelling artistry, are avidly sought by the world’s most discerning and sophisticated collectors. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Now, in a study and celebration of the essence of time itself, Sevan has explored the Ottoman tradition of timekeeping and clockmaking, which he discovered through an exhibition of timepieces at the world-famous Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul. For nine years, Sevan has channeled his imagination to create a collection of dramatic jewels that not only tell the time, but also recount the story of time, fusing the rational and the emotional. This evolving collection of extraordinary timepieces, featuring high-tech Swiss-made movements, have all the allure and grace of Sevan’s original jewelry, bringing his artistic refinement and technical expertise to the centuries-old craft of watchmaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--*SEP*--\u003e\u003c!--*SEP*--\u003e Returning to write her second monograph on Sevan Biçakçi, jewelry historian Vivienne Becker is an award-winning journalist and author. A contributing editor to\u003cem\u003e Financial Times’s How to Spend It\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, Becker writes for publications around the world, and lectures and broadcasts on her subject. She organized and wrote the catalog for the first major exhibition of the jewelry of René Lalique, and curated \u003cem\u003eJewels of Fantasy\u003c\/em\u003e, a traveling exhibition of twentieth-century costume jewelry. Becker’s previous books for Assouline include\u003cem\u003e De Beers Jewellery\u003c\/em\u003e (2011), \u003cem\u003eThe Impossible Collection of Jewelry\u003c\/em\u003e (2012), \u003cem\u003e\u003cem\u003eSevan \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBiçakçi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(2014), \u003cem\u003eThe Pearl Necklace\u003c\/em\u003e (2016), \u003cem\u003eChaumet: The Art of the Tiara\u003c\/em\u003e (2016), \u003cem\u003eBulgari: The Joy of Gems—Magnificent High Jewelry Creations\u003c\/em\u003e (2017), and \u003cem\u003eDe Grisogono: Daring Creativity\u003c\/em\u003e (2017).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Assouline","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35675640266916,"sku":"9781614286332","price":175.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0456\/5696\/5284\/products\/FLAT-SEVAN-COVER.jpg?v=1597304267","url":"https:\/\/assouline763-com.myshopify.com\/products\/sevan-bicakci-the-timekeeper","provider":"assouline763.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}