Eclat by Sylvi Harwin EG2 Eyeglass Leashes

Since 1981, Sylvi Harwin has anodized and handcrafted an ever-changing line of colorful, whimsical aluminum jewelry, accessories, mobiles and tableware. Her work is represented in museum shops and galleries nationwide, and abroad.

Sylvi Harwin grew up in Europe (France and Switzerland) and the United States. She has traveled extensively worldwide, and having elected to take workshops and courses at different locations rather than at one art school, studied her craft in Mexico, France and the United States. She settled in Southern California, where she built her studio.

She developed the technique of anodizing aluminum she uses in the early eighties, and is one of the few artists today who anodizes her own work. This gives her greater artistic freedom and total control over her art. It is an industrial process which involves converting aluminum
hydroxide to aluminum oxide, which is a reactive state respondent to coloring agents. The metal is electro-chemically prepared, then dyed and sealed, rendering the color permanent and the metal non-corrosive.