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OXUS Features in Belle Magazine Design Section

11/4/2019

Thank you to the incomparable Belle Magazine for featuring the OXUS 'La vie en Rose' cuff in a beautifully curated design spread. Belle loved the soft, rose gold finish of the cuff accented with delicious pink gems.

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Lisa Lamarre

What moves you? Where are you most at home?
Those answers have never shifted for me, not since I was old enough to hold a pencil. My first work experience was in the drawing department of a local newspaper, watching with adolescent envy the talents of cartoonists and graphic designers bringing their work to life with effortless precision.
I soon came to understand that there was nothing effortless in the way objects came into being. Design is a process. There are no shortcuts. Talent only morphs into skill given plenty of application.
My twenties, naturally, found me behind a drawing board. Cartoons and free form illustrations gave way to rigid, precision lines, reviews and revisions. And in time, the drawing board itself faded into a dusty corner and the heady smell of ammonia printing gave way to early CAD programs, clunky 2D drawings and revisions...and years later to the incredible array of computer-driven design we take for granted.
We would sign off with our handwritten moniker then. We can model a piece now on a screen, if we so wish...tap away in virtual reality until the prize is complete. And the resulting render will rival the final piece in terms of its incredible, photo real finish.
My sister and I started OXUS with a vision of bringing original, quality pieces to the market. Jewellery we would wear ourselves, and believed in. Our first, sell-out favourites (the hand cut crystal earrings and the simple, elegant cuff, with stones set on a 45 degree cut) set the pace. The feedback from clients gave us the impetus to continually refine our look and to keep working at pieces a man or woman could wear every day.
We hope you love wearing them as much as we love making them for you.
Come back and visit us often. I hope you enjoy the blog.
Lisa xo

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