Kendrick Lamar Collaborates With Tiffany & Co. To Create The ‘Crown Of Thorns’
Jewelry House Tiffany & Co . showed the result of a collaboration with American rap artist Kendrick Lamar and pgLang co-founder Dave Free.
They presented the “Crown of Thorns” in the form of a titanium crown with pavé diamonds. This was reported in a press release from the house.
Rapper Kendrick Lamar and actor Dave Free first approached Tiffany & Co. with the idea of creating a Crown of Thorns-inspired crown headpiece in 2021.
Four Tiffany craftsmen worked on the creation of the jewelry for ten months. The crown, weighing almost 200 grams, is made of polished titanium and is set with more than 8,000 diamonds with a total weight of more than 137 carats.
For the jewelry house, Kendrick Lamar “represents the artistry, creative adventurism and relentless innovation that also define Tiffany & Co.,” said Alexandre Arno, executive vice president of product and communications for Tiffany & Co. for nearly two centuries.”
Kendrick Lamar collaborated with jeweller Tiffany & Co. on a bespoke titanium and pavé diamond crown, which he wore during his headlining performance at Glastonbury this year
The crown was born out of a creative partnership between Tiffany & Co., Lamar and Lamar’s longtime creative collaborator, Dave Free. The pair commissioned the jeweller to create the bespoke titanium and pavé diamond crown – a process that took four of Tiffany’s artisans 10 months to complete. A twisted base of ‘vines’ with 50 spiky metallic thorns was assembled from 14 separate components, and the piece is set with over 8,000 white diamonds (weighing over 137 carats in total) in a cobblestone micro-pavé arrangement, so that it glittered. Each diamond was hand set, and secured with prongs usually reserved for the high jewellery making process.
