Finer Points
Designer Sara Bran's 18k gold lace collar comes to life
By Tina Snyder
A self-taught jewelry artist, Sara Bran of St-Just, France, became fascinated with textile lace in 2008. During a seminar she attended in Lisbon, Portugal, with masters of Portuguese and French art, Bran was drawn to these textures. “With the exception of the material, I saw a lot of similarity with my work in patterns and ornamentations,” she says.