Alexis Bittar started designing jewelry in his East
Village apartment eleven years ago. Inspired by Bakelite
and Lalique glass, he began to hand carve, hand paint,
and gild Lucite. His singular technique creates luminescent
jewelry that is plainly brilliant. While selling his work
on the streets of New York City, Bittar was discovered
by the buyers for the Guggenheim Museum and Henri Bendel.
Bittar, stimulated by the intrinsic beauty of precious
and semiprecious stones, designed a second line of distinctive
jewelry. His innate ability to mix unusual colors into
bold combinations is closely rivaled by an intuitive understanding
of how to join distinct textures.
As with other artists whose work is an expression of a
singular and extraordinary vision, Bittar's pieces have
become collectible. Women as diverse as Barbara Walters,
Madeleine Albright, Oprah Winfrey, Eve, Annette Bening,
Pink, Vanessa Redgrave, and Queen Latifah are avid patrons.
Alexis Bittar jewelry has been featured in Italian
Vogue,
InStyle, The New York Times Magazine, New
York, German
Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, W, Harper’s
and Queen, and on “Sex in the City”.
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