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The Independent Atelier
Leaving his eponymous House in 2024, Shaun Leane founded 12; an independent couture-jewellery atelier, the focal point of artistic credibility and twenty-first-century spectatorship. It is a new chapter for master jeweller Leane, the visionary craftsman commanding some of the world’s most exquisite, jewelled creations. It is an evolution of the designer’s creativity and the personal punctuation in his career as a designer of eminence.
Leaving his eponymous House in 2024, Shaun Leane founded 12; an independent couture-jewellery atelier, the focal point of artistic credibility and twenty-first-century spectatorship. It is a new chapter for master jeweller Leane, the visionary craftsman commanding some of the world’s most exquisite, jewelled creations. It is an evolution of the designer’s creativity and the personal punctuation in his career as a designer of eminence.
Leaving his eponymous House in 2024, Shaun Leane founded 12; an independent couture jewellery atelier, the focal point of artistic credibility and twenty-first century spectatorship. It is a new chapter for master jeweller Leane, the visionary craftsman commanding some of the world’s most exquisite, jewelled creations. It is an evolution of the designer’s creativity and the personal punctuation in his career as a designer of eminence.
12 champions singular artistry along with scrupulous, detail-oriented workmanship. Spotlit is the private interpersonal relationship between the artist and the collector. We centre on connection and the pure pleasure of impeccable pieces. Only twelve unique commissions are made in our ateliers each year. We are devoted entirely to rarity, provenance, and quiet mastery.
12 centres on connection and the pure pleasure of impeccable pieces. It is a new chapter in Leane’s legacy. Devoted entirely to rarity, provenance and quiet mastery. Shaun Leane’s collaborative spirit is the founding spirit of 12, beginning with his mythical body adornment for Alexander McQueen. Leane’s prestigious career spans four decades and has made him a global cultural authority. His architectural jewellery creations have proved so influential, they are part of modern design history.
12 champions singular artistry along with scrupulous, detail-oriented workmanship.
Spotlit is the private interpersonal relationship between the artist and the collector.
We centre on connection and the pure pleasure of impeccable pieces. Only twelve unique commissions are made in our ateliers each year. We are devoted entirely to rarity, provenance, and quiet mastery.
Shaun Leane’s purist vision is that true perfection takes time. His prestigious career spans four decades and made him a global cultural authority, his architectural jewels proving so influential that they are a part of modern design history. Beginning with his show-stopping body adornment for Alexander McQueen, Leane’s collaborative spirit is the defining principle in creating 12.
12 encapsulates Leane’s purist vision that true perfection takes time. His atelier will limit commissions to those that occupy three expressions; each Fine Jewellery piece must celebrate the finest in gems and craftsmanship, each must be Visionary, and each piece must be Objet d’Art. Within each of these three expressions 12 will create; exquisite Fine Jewellery pieces in classic designs using traditional techniques and pure materials only; Visionary pieces that are show-stopping body adornments in line with the heritage of the atelier; Objet d'Art that is bejewelled sculpture and spectacular art creations with architectural elements.
His couture-jewellery ateliers will limit commissions to those that occupy three expressions; each Fine Jewellery piece must celebrate the finest in gems and artisanry, each must be Visionary, and each piece must be Objet d’art. Within each of these three expressions 12 will create; exquisite Fine Jewellery in classic designs using traditional techniques and pure materials only; Visionary pieces that are sculpted body adornments in line with the heritage of the atelier; Objet d'art that is bejewelled sculpture and spectacular public realm works of art.
His couture-jewellery ateliers will limit commissions to those that occupy three expressions; each Fine Jewellery piece must celebrate the finest in gems and artisanry, each must be Visionary, and each piece must be Objet d’art. Within each of these three expressions 12 will create; exquisite Fine Jewellery in classic designs using traditional techniques and pure materials only; Visionary pieces that are sculpted body adornments in line with the heritage of the atelier; Objet d'art that is bejewelled sculpture and spectacular public realm works of art.
Twelve individual commissions begin each year in conversation with the client. Twelve bespoke creations only are then made in seclusion through private discussions between the client and the artist. Leane will open his private ateliers across London, Paris and Antwerp where designs will pass through a lineage of specialist artisans and craftsmen. Each couture-piece is crafted using unique and exceptional materials and gemstones.
Twelve individual commissions begin each year in conversation with the client. Twelve bespoke creations only are then made in seclusion through private discussions between the client and the artist. Leane will open his private ateliers across London, Paris and Antwerp where designs will pass through a lineage of specialist artisans and craftsmen. Each couture-piece is crafted using unique and exceptional materials and gemstones.
Twelve individual commissions begin each year in conversation with the client.
Twelve bespoke creations only are then made in seclusion through private discussions between the client and the artist. Leane will open his private ateliers across London, Paris and Antwerp where designs will pass through a lineage of specialist artisans and craftsmen. Each couture-piece is crafted using unique and exceptional materials and gemstones.
Shaun Leane believes that every touch leaves a trace. SMO-certified gold and stones with provenance mean beauty and ethics remain inseparable. Time is Leane’s invisible material. Pieces are carefully considered with intent, yielding to exquisite work that is not measured through cost or by hours. Shaun Leane’s jewels are repeatedly refined, their innate beauty revealed through a thorough process of production. Brought to life through exquisite wearing.
Shaun Leane believes that every touch leaves a trace. SMO-certified gold and stones with provenance mean beauty and ethics remain inseparable. Time is Leane’s invisible material. Pieces are carefully considered with intent, yielding to exquisite work that is not measured through cost or by hours. Shaun Leane’s jewels are repeatedly refined, their innate beauty revealed through a thorough process of production. Brought to life through exquisite wearing.
We welcome you to 12
The Independent Atelier
of Shaun Leane
Leaving his eponymous House in 2024, Shaun Leane founded 12; an independent couture-jewellery atelier, the focal point of artistic credibility and twenty-first-century spectatorship. It is a new chapter for master jeweller Leane, the visionary craftsman commanding some of the world’s most exquisite, jewelled creations. It is an evolution of the designer’s creativity and the personal punctuation in his career as a designer of eminence.
12 champions singular artistry along with scrupulous, detail-oriented workmanship. Spotlit is the private interpersonal relationship between the artist and the collector. We centre on connection and the pure pleasure of impeccable pieces. Only twelve unique commissions are made in our ateliers each year. We are devoted entirely to rarity, provenance, and quiet mastery.
Shaun Leane’s purist vision is that true perfection takes time. His prestigious career spans four decades and made him a global cultural authority, his architectural jewels proving so influential that they are a part of modern design history. Beginning with his show-stopping body adornment for Alexander McQueen, Leane’s collaborative spirit is the defining principle in creating 12.
Expressions
Expressions
Expressions
“Shaun has been a close friend and companion for many years.
He captures the feeling of my work and aesthetic and of the time
we are in... full of structure and finesse, crafted to perfection.”
LEE ALEXANDER MCQUEEN
“Shaun has been a close friend and companion for many years.
He captures the feeling of my work and aesthetic and of the time
we are in... full of structure and finesse, crafted to perfection.”
LEE ALEXANDER MCQUEEN
“Shaun has been a close friend and companion for many years.
He captures the feeling of my work and aesthetic and of the time
we are in... full of structure and finesse, crafted to perfection.”
LEE ALEXANDER MCQUEEN
“Shaun has been a close friend and companion for many years. He captures the feeling of my work and aesthetic and of the time we are in... full of structure and finesse, crafted to perfection.”
LEE ALEXANDER MCQUEEN
Process
Process
Process
Materials
Materials
Materials
The detail is part of the artistry.
The detail is part of the artistry.
Selected for origin, integrity, and traceable provenance.
Selected for origin, integrity, and traceable provenance.
Monograph
Monograph
Shaun Leane is the jewel in Hatton Garden’s gilded crown. His genius is for balancing the antique with the avant-garde, which makes him Britain’s beloved, daredevil master jeweller. He circles the worlds of high-fashion, high-jewellery and spectacular objet d’art.
Shaun Leane is the jewel in Hatton Garden’s gilded crown. His genius is for balancing the antique with the avant-garde, which makes him Britain’s beloved, daredevil master jeweller. He circles the worlds of high-fashion, high-jewellery and spectacular objet d’art.
Shaun Leane is the jewel in Hatton Garden’s gilded crown. His genius is for balancing the antique with the avant-garde, which makes him Britain’s beloved, daredevil master jeweller. He circles the worlds of high-fashion, high-jewellery and spectacular Objet d’art.
No other jeweller is as adept at harnessing the provocative mood of the 21st century and capturing the time we are in. His trajectory is a tale of modern romance, told across 320 pages in his hardcover monograph, Shaun Leane; his work brought to life through unseen photographs by Ann Ray, featuring artwork by photographer Nick Knight and other renowned contemporaries. Texts written by art historian Claire Wilcox, jewellery historian Vivienne Becker and jewellery expert Joanna Hardy.
No other jeweller is as adept at harnessing the provocative mood of the 21st century and capturing the time we are in. His trajectory is a tale of modern romance, told across 320 pages in his hardcover monograph, Shaun Leane; his work brought to life through unseen photographs by Ann Ray, featuring artwork by photographer Nick Knight and other renowned contemporaries. Texts written by art historian Claire Wilcox, jewellery historian Vivienne Becker and jewellery expert Joanna Hardy.
No other jeweller is as adept at harnessing the provocative mood of the 21st century and capturing the time we are in. His trajectory is a tale of modern romance, told across 320 pages in his hardcover monograph, Shaun Leane; his work brought to life through unseen photographs by Ann Ray, featuring artwork by photographer Nick Knight and other renowned contemporaries. Texts written by art historian Claire Wilcox, jewellery historian Vivienne Becker and jewellery expert Joanna Hardy.
For forty years, Shaun Leane’s jewels are the connection between the prominent 21st-century women of style. He appeals to a new generation of artists, drawn by a unique style that captures the human condition. Whether it be his Diamond Butterfly Brooch in collaboration with Damien Hirst, part of Cabinet of Curiosities with ShowStudio, human hair for Sam Taylor-Johnson's 18th century memorial pendant, or Leane’s sensitive Flora leitmotif in his Art Nouveau-inspired bronzed building facade in Kensington, London, his work thrives.
For forty years, Shaun Leane’s jewels are the connection between the prominent 21st-century women of style. He appeals to a new generation of artists, drawn by a unique style that captures the human condition. Whether it be his Diamond Butterfly Brooch in collaboration with Damien Hirst, part of Cabinet of Curiosities with ShowStudio, human hair for Sam Taylor-Johnson's 18th century memorial pendant, or Leane’s sensitive Flora leitmotif in his Art Nouveau-inspired bronzed building facade in Kensington, London, his work thrives.
Dualities present in Shaun Leane’s work as intriguing and enthralling. Contemporary jewels that reinforce religious iconography; rubies that evoke women as warriors; black pearls to make men less severe; and full body adornments that mix surrealism and the fanciful. The Shaun Leane monograph is a human document, chronicling the iconoclastic choices we make for self-expression. Leane arouses the spirit buried in our subconscious.
Dualities present in Shaun Leane’s work as intriguing and enthralling. Contemporary jewels that reinforce religious iconography; rubies that evoke women as warriors; black pearls to make men less severe; and full body adornments that mix surrealism and the fanciful. The Shaun Leane monograph is a human document, chronicling the iconoclastic choices we make for self-expression. Leane arouses the spirit buried in our subconscious.
Dualities present in Shaun Leane’s work as intriguing and enthralling. Contemporary jewels that reinforce religious iconography; rubies that evoke women as warriors; black pearls to make men less severe; and full body adornments that mix surrealism and the fanciful. The Shaun Leane monograph is a human document, chronicling the iconoclastic choices we make for self-expression. Leane arouses the spirit buried in our subconscious.
To acquire a signed copy of the monograph, with an optional message, reach out below or email: enquiries@12creations.com
To acquire a signed copy of the monograph, with an optional message, reach out below or email: enquiries@12creations.com
© 2020 ACC Art Books LTD
© 2020 ACC Art Books LTD
Monograph
Shaun Leane is the jewel in Hatton Garden’s gilded crown. His genius is for balancing the antique with the avant-garde, which makes him Britain’s beloved, daredevil master jeweller. He circles the worlds of high-fashion, high-jewellery and spectacular objet d’art.
No other jeweller is as adept at harnessing the provocative mood of the 21st century and capturing the time we are in. His trajectory is a tale of modern romance, told across 320 pages in his hardcover monograph, Shaun Leane; his work brought to life through unseen photographs by Ann Ray, featuring artwork by photographer Nick Knight and other renowned contemporaries. Texts written by art historian Claire Wilcox, jewellery historian Vivienne Becker and jewellery expert Joanna Hardy.
For forty years, Shaun Leane’s jewels are the connection between the prominent 21st-century women of style. He appeals to a new generation of artists, drawn by a unique style that captures the human condition. Whether it be his Diamond Butterfly Brooch in collaboration with Damien Hirst, part of Cabinet of Curiosities with ShowStudio, human hair for Sam Taylor-Johnson's 18th century memorial pendant, or Leane’s sensitive Flora leitmotif in his Art Nouveau-inspired bronzed building facade in Kensington, London, his work thrives.
“Shaun deals with death in a way that's full of life; it's so dramatic and simple and beautifully made.
A rare thing in this world of screaming information.”
