Kondylatos jewels featured @ “Moss” magazine
October 2015
Interview – Pericles Kondylatos, le joaillier privilégié
de Lady Gaga !
1. Hi Pericles, welcome on The Moss Magazine. We
discovered your work and we found it really original and artistic. What
inspires you ?
Everything is an inspiration for me, nature, the
animals, a moment of clarity in my mind, life itself is an inspiration. They
say that artists need an inspiration, but I am not like that: I am in an
inspirational mode all the time, where creativity is something that happens
non-stop. Artists have creative powers because mentally they are in a realm of
existence that there is no end or no begging, I am talking about the spiritual
dimension of existence. Artists are there so there is no need for inspiration, if you are there you
are there and thats it.
2. What led you to being a jewelry maker ?
God wanted me to do that, I didn't do anything. I had
nothing to do with it, I just made space in my life for things to happen. We
have the strange notion that we must do something, that we must go after things
and that reality needs our input to exist, but that's not true. Things are
happening even if we don't do something. This has been proven and
scientifically in a laboratory in atomic and particle microcosmic level, they
observed that phenomenon, of non -stop creation out of
"nowhere". But there is no
such thing such as nothingness or emptiness. In the real world creation is
happening all the time. Let yourself to it, become a servant of the cosmic
machine, I always say....
3. Pericles Kondylatos universe is really special. How
would you describe it in 3 words ?
Endless, Magic, Beautiful
4. We've heard that Lady Gaga wore one of your
fantastic crown. How proud did that make you feel ? Could you tell us more
about this great story ?
A yes it's a great story and very inspiring. A friend
of mine New York based designer Nicolas Petrou who had a collaboration with
her, told me three years ago that her team might like what I do and he asked me
to send some pictures for her outlook management company: House of Gaga. I did
but for a long time nothing happened which was a bit of disappointment because
I was very excited when I heard the good news. Then time passed by and nothing
happened until a year ago that I heard that Lady Gaga was coming in Athens and
I remembered that story so I contacted Nicolas and told him if he could contact
these guys but he told that he had no collaboration with them anymore and he
knew no one from the team, but he told me to take a piece of jewellery and take
it to her hotel and that she is the kind of person that no matter what the
schedule is, if she likes it she will
wear it. I thought of it but then I said that this was too inappropriate for my
work and that that was not how I used to do things, and that it wouldn't be
professional to do such a gesture etc,..etc. But that was a limitation of my
mind and when I revalued the circumstances and though it again, I changed my
mind not expecting that she would wear it, but I did it as an action of going
against the notion that there are improbabilities in life. It was an exercise
to go against a way of thinking and I can honestly tell you that I was happy
just doing the gesture. Then I took it to her hotel and left it to the
concierge and as the lawyer of the Greek company that booked Lady Gaga told me
they thought it was a bomb and they panicked. Then they x-rayed it and they saw
that it wasn't, they took it off the box and saw it, and didnt know what to do
with it, and then the lawyer saw my card
and explained them that I was a well known designer and that he wished to take
it to her with his responsibility, After that crisis he took it u to her room
to show it to her assistant but that moment Lady Gaga was going out of the
bathroom and the Lawyer told her something like: "hello your
highness" and she responded something like "Indeed and that's my
crown" and she took it off his hands without asking anything and left.
Then she appeared wearing it. I was ecstatically happy when I saw her posting
it on her instagram and though that I must be a gentleman and send her flowers,
and thank her, and I did, and then she posted my note again on instagram and
that was the second shock, because she was thanking me!. It's a nice story I
think, it gives you a lot to think of....and my experiment was successful...All
I had to do was get out of the way (I mean get out of my mental reservations
and limitations) and let life happen.
5. Where can we found your incredible pieces of art ?
You can find them at Patricia Field store New York,
and at Greek Designer's atelier haute couture Vassilis Zoulias Athens Greece.
Vassilis Zoulias is the biggest fashion designer in fashion in Greece and we
work together. You can also check my social media and order them directly from
me through e-mail.
6. What's next for Pericles Kondylatos jewelry ?
Diamonds and Gold. For sure.
No comments:
Post a Comment