Aaron Changpo's surreal, eye-catching designs are out of this world.
, wasn’t exactly destined to follow in his Grandfather’s footsteps working with precious metals. He first studied anatomical drawing, then became a set designer, before trying his hand at the family business. “I was lazy, and I was like, ‘I’m going to sketch my jewelry line and my grandfather is going to do it for me,’” he laughs rather sheepishly, years later. Said sketches, however, turned out to be too expensive to make, so heavy were Aaron’s designs.
Aaron’s often surreal designs often elicit a “What the fuck” response, as they’re unlike anything else in the ever more crowded jewelry market. Rather than heavy, they’re robust in a unisex way, embedded with clear plastic which in turn contains a precious stone. All his pieces are made by hand in Mexico City, by artisans he’s built a close working relationship with.
The aforementioned acrylic, in particular, is one of the designer’s obsessions, along with crystals, because of the way light passes through it. “I’ve always had this thing with light, which is why I’m interested in minerals, and how they reflect light, or how if I put a floating element in acrylic or resin, it just expands the design and seems to resonate more with the eye,” he says.
Varon, then, is about both the ancient and new, combining a deep knowledge of jewelry making with innovative materials and a desire to make things in a genderless way. Having said that, Aaron’s greatest source of inspiration might be more terrestrial — Mexico. “That's how I've been growing myself through the years, thanks to that sense of community. In Mexico, you really can find it.
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