Passion for Design, Passion for Jewellery, Passion for Craftsmanship, Stefano Canturi.

"Without passion there is no masterpiece".

When I first met Stefano Canturi we were both standing around in the Pitt Street paddock, Sydney's FashionCBD sipping our complimentary Taittinger Champagne at the launch of VFNO 2011. He and I were waiting for the opening speeches, and while I can't recall exactly how we struck up our first conversation;  I think we quite quickly started talking about quality, creativity and craftsmanship and; hit it off immediately, and I was duly invited me over to CANTURI in Castlereagh Street for gelato and to see Stefano's fine jewellery and designs.

And here we were again, 2014, not for VFNO this time; no I am at CANTURI 80 Castlereagh Street for morning tea and the launch of the all new ETERNAL fine jewellery range. But before we can see ETERNAL, there is a surprise for all of us, the new Canturi High Jewel, a mesmerizing necklace, inspired by the ancient Greek Goddess of the Rainbow, "Iris" by Stefano Canturi, 18ct white gold, diamonds, tanzanite, garnet, rubellite; a flagship piece four years in it's creation. Concept, design, the hunting and collecting, the matching of the jewels to create such a piece. Stefano is all over it! The way each piece of the necklace looks and moves has been engineered by him, its a living piece and I love how this piece is full of the colours of life.

Stefano Canturi - "Without passion there is no masterpiece."

You know Stefano is not only an artist but also an engineer at heart when, as artists and engineers do he talks more (to me) about the safety clasp he created that integrates into the design.. he knows the bracelet is beautiful, how could it be otherwise. But Stefano also knows, and no one seems to know this.. he has created a great safety catch too so you NEVER loose your CANTURI bracelet, well not while you are wearing it! Now that is all about heart, heart for his creation, heart for you and heart for your ETERNAL bracelet, that special personal item. My mum loves this kind of attention to detail and I. do. too. thank you very much; unseen, great design, just the beauty of the piece, quietly on show.

The CANTURI High Jewel from 2011 being worn by one very fortunate DJ! Sold the very next day.

I love visiting CANTURI and seeing the beautiful fine jewellery designs and I love having been fortunate enough to have spent extended time speaking personally with Stefano who clearly does not simply say, he loves coming to work every day, he lives through his designs and the craftsmanship of himself and his team.

"Without passion there is no masterpiece". This is what Stefano says and I do believe its true.

http://www.canturi.com/collections/eternal/

If you would like Kent to attend your launch please do not hesitate to contact him.

Kent Johnson, Sydney, Australia.

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VFNO Sydney at Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen 2014.

Vogue Fashion's Night Out, yes Street Fashion Sydney has covered a few VFNO's now. This year being a bit bogged down in a backlog of photography work I decided to take it a bit easier for 2014. I did however have a +1 to take Vivienne along to Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen, Danish jewellers with a Royal Warrant to the Royal Danish Court. What can I say, the jewellery is fabulous, beautiful hand made pieces. I loved them and Vivienne really loved them which had me wondering a little how financial I would be by the end of the night.. The staff were wonderful and I took the opportunity to grab a group portrait of the team - why don't more people do that?

And you know I loved Ole Lynggaard and their work, the workmanship, the Art and the Craft; because I am breaking my rules for only the second time, posting some of the Ole Lynggaard marketing pictures below, because they are also beautiful! I think it is a rare case of where the care taken with the marketing material truly reflects the qualities of the care and creativity of the product itself; rare indeed! Read an abstract of my thoughts on that here.

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The Australian Team at Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen, VFNO 2014.

Helena Christensen Photographed by Marc Hom for Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen.

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Little known facts,
I once had two Danish exchange Students studying at UNSW sharing house with me.
I grew up in Brisbane with Danish next door neighbours!

Kent Johnson

0433 796 863

kent@artcommunication.com.au

www.kentjohnsonphotography.com.au

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The Social Party at Pelicano David Jones for VFNO ..

Was it a big night out, you bet it was; after all it was the 4th Edition of Vogue Fashion's Night Out in Sydney and 'The Social Party' was "The central hub of Vogue Fashion’s Night Out - this hot spot at Fashion’s Night Out will be the central focus for designers, Vogue editorial teams and artists who have performed throughout the night on the culture stage."

Aided and abetted by ULTIMAT VODKA and PATRÓN TEQUILA cocktails which seemed to make everyone happy, they were certainly enjoyed by my friends and I. And it really was the social hub of VFNO and I do need to pay a little more attention so I can do a bit more social schmoozing and networking while I am out-and-about as my viewing of the 'official party pictures' shows more than a few people I would have loved to have shared some fashion time with!

The Social Party venue also played host to Vogue fashion & portrait photographer Hugh Stewart's pop-up portrait studio where Hugh with his team of assistants and the fabulous make-over team from YSL cosmetics spent the night creating beautiful portraits against a black background. I have seen this sort of mini studio before but I have never seen one with a photographer of Hugh's calibre at the helm. Well done Hugh!

Photographer Hugh Stewart taking a call.

And of course I do love documenting Sydney's social and fashionable set. It's great to be able to create fabulous pictures of such fabulous events!

Previous VFNO posts on Street Fashion Sydney,
2013 - VFNO - Getting it on in the Pitt Street Mall with the Big VOGUE Balloon
2012 - VFNO - Miranda Kerr & KORA - & The Crowd Went Wild!
2011 - VOGUE FNO Sydney - The People's Fashion Night!

 Street Fashion Sydney - shot with the Fujifilm X-Pro1 

VFNO - Getting it on in the Pitt Street Mall with the Big VOGUE Balloon.

While waiting for friend and fellow fashion blogger of Viva La Viv Vivienne Shui to attend Vogue Fashion's Night Out 'The Social Party' at Level 7 of David Jones; I decided to snap a little of the activity in the Pitt Street Mall while soaking up the vibe of the evening, here are the shots including Viv with the big illuminated VOGUE FNO balloon light which everyone interested in the night seemed to want to take a picture of! Stay tuned for the 'The Social Party' event write up cross blogged by Vivienne and myself, till then..

Street Fashion Sydney - shot with the Fujifilm X-Pro1