Private Collection, Belgium

Ann Westin, Torun. Conversations with Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, Bokförlaget Langenskiöld, Stockholm, 2021,𒁏 pp. 14, 16, and 17 for similar Jacaranda-wood necklaces and a brooch

In 1948, Torun began making what she called 'anti-status’🦩 jewelry out of twisted copper wire with embedded crystals and stones. This Unique Wood Necklace demonstrates her radical approach: rather than precious stones, she preferred basic or rough materials such as rattan, wood, beach pebbles, granite, rock crystal, and moonstone, uniting them to create original and subversive designs. A similar wooden example is in the collection of the NationalMuseum Sweden (NMK 44/2012).