The Fabergé Big Egg Hunt, NYC
I am pleased to announce that Martha Stewart Living has taken part in The Fabergé Big Egg Hunt, a creative charity initiative taking place in New York City, beginning on the 1st of April through the 26th. The Big Egg Hunt has hidden more than 260 massive egg sculptures, each about 2.5-feet tall, throughout the five boroughs of New York. In addition to our own creation, the other eggs are the unique work of famous artists and designers alike. The public has been invited to hunt down these masterpieces and check in via a smartphone app, called The Big Egg Hunt NYC. After today, the last day of the hunt, the eggs will be collected and displayed all together for one week in Rockefeller Center. Following that, there will be an auction at Sotheby’s to sell the pieces, with proceeds going to Studio in a School, an organization that brings arts programs to public schools, and to Elephant Family, an organization working to save the Asian elephant. Here are some of my favorite eggs from the event.
1 Martha Stewart - Inspired by Danish Artist, Tage Anderson. The cage was made of branches from my Bedford farm and brass chicken wire. The egg was spray painted with very shiny "24 karat" gold paint. Current price: $2200.
2 Alice Tams - Alice Tams, an illustrator in London, draws animals in human clothes, using bold colors and clean lines. Current price: $500.
3 Joanne Holbrook - An Alphabet of New York features landmarks, famous characters, foods and sights familiar to children, who can engage with and discover new details at every turn and follow the alphabet around the egg from top to bottom – a mini-hunt in itself! Current price: $2000.
4 Marsha Meredith - New York drips with energy, optimism and possibilities. The city's distinctive skyline belongs to everyone. It's a magical sight, especially by night. Current price: $2000.
5 Paul Wirhun - "As a three-dimensional phenomenon, eggshells offer unique possibilities for sculpture. Each type of eggshell affords me unique opportunities for expression due to the variations of texture, color and size. I endeavor to combine these properties to create a new art, a synthesis of ancient design toward a new worldview." Current price: $1500.
6 Ruth Powys - "The peculiarity of most things we think of as fragile is how tough they are. Squeeze an egg in your palm and it’s as hard as granite; a butterfly can flutter its wings over a flower in China and cause a hurricane in the Caribbean. Hearts may break, but hearts are the toughest of muscles, able to pump constantly without pause, 72 times a minute." Current price: $1400.
7 Karen Gunderson - "The Moon...something always in our lives, and at certain times, as we watch its changing shape, it becomes egg-like in form, and then, depending upon the light, we see the face of the moon as well as imagine the dark side of the moon with craters that, when hit by light, resemble jeweled facets." Current price: $850.
8 Christophe de Menil - "Thawing Tundra - an area of permafrost where growth still occurs. The locust thorns recall growth and the copper double helix is the conduit for it. I accept what is near and work with nature in its manner of operation." Current price: $550.
9 Clifford Ross - "When I had the opportunity to design an egg for Elephant Family and Studio in a School, it was natural to think of - imagery from my best-known series - hurricane waves. Rather than simply transfer a photograph onto the egg, I wanted to accomplish something more interesting and unique - a wave egg." Current price: $650.
10 3D EYE - "Creative liberty is a precious human right, one that I hope continues to flourish in this divine metropolis." Current price: $1450.
11 Marc Quinn - My egg is covered in a network of lines which come from the fingerprints of two people, a man and a woman. The lines from the prints run seamlessly into each other to create a new form, a monument to love. Current price: $16000.00
12 Beatrice Coron - "Egg's cape can be worn by a giant egg or a person. It can be suspended as a sculpture. The Fabergé egg, belonging to a flying elephant, becomes a fantasy egg-scape. The cape depicts people and elephants living in harmony with nature. The cape emphasizes the womb of new possible worlds." Current price: $500.
13 The Prince's Drawing School - "Humpty Dumpty is always a favorite nursery rhyme character. We are delighted to send our Big Egg to the Big Apple!” - HRH The Prince of Wales and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall - Current price: $16000.
14 Beth Katleman - "If Marie Antoinette and Howdy Doody met and decided to make a giant egg, and they happened to have over 600 handmade porcelain flowers, pearls, bunnies, and cast flea-market treasures at their disposal, this is the egg they would create. I’ve always loved the fancy sugar Easter eggs with little bunnies inside." Current price: $3200.
15 Maria Canale - "My egg is an Art Deco Jewel. The black undulating bands interspersed with layers of diamond-like crystal and recessed reveals are a modern take on Art Deco, while the playful tassel, with 60 strands of silver chain tipped with large crystals, is a signature of the Maria Canale Collection, my namesake jewelry line." Current price: $7000.
16 Mark Jump - "The ‘Frying Lady’ is a playful interpretation of the famous Virgin Atlantic flying lady who features on the aircraft livery. The idea is inspired by the brand’s adventurous optimism and proud Britishness." Current price: $2055.
17 Brooklyn Design & Fabrication Inc - James O'Malley and his team - Given their background in cabinetmaking there is functionality in their egg. In the tradition of the Fabergé egg this notion of "the surprise" is invoked by building an environment that reflects its history, but one you'd never expect to find in this impossibly small space." Current price: $5100.
18 Jonathan Schloss - "One of the most famous eggs in history hangs in the background of Piero della Francesca’s altarpiece in Milan. I believe this egg-shaped object is a rare and beautiful, giant pearl. Filled with thousands of pearls, the copper egg is as rare as Piero’s pearl. Take a pearl for yourself - like the egg, a symbol of life." Current price: $1500.
19 Rachel Lee Hovnanian - "The Narcissus Egg - A mouse sits proudly on top of the egg on a bouquet of white narcissus flowers. Inside, white lab mice reside, nibbling away at a wedding cake. My work continues the examination of narcissism, memory, and technology, and its essential fallibility. Relationships are made and broken with the use of technology. Are we the new lab mice?" Current price: $3400.
20 Richard Mishaan - "My thoughts for the world is that we will find a glorious planet near Earth that will be enlightened, filled with positive energy, and meant for intelligence and good will. The colors that ombred and the rings are somehow like the song Age of Aquarius: When the moon is in the seventh house and Jupiter aligns with mars… It is the dawning of the age of Aquarius...” Current price: $2000.
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