

HUNTER COLLECTION – ACT 3 – PIECE 1 Controlled Wild
Artist PECTORAL (necklace-object), applied arts – anthropology jewellery design
2011–2012, Florence, Italy
Author: Milan Stamenovic
Handmade, unique piece (one of a kind)
Materials:
Deer antler, tin elements, brass elements, semi-precious stones (black onyx, aulite with inclusions of pyrite, agate and quartz), leather dread
Provenance / status:
Availability or acquisition inquiries upon request
Controlled Wild marks the precise moment when instinct is no longer suppressed, yet not allowed to dominate. The piece embodies a calibrated tension between organic impulse and mechanical restraint, presenting wildness not as chaos but as a force brought into disciplined articulation.
The structure suggests movement arrested mid-gesture: elements appear poised between release and control, as if instinct itself has been subjected to measurement. The visible mechanism no longer hides its function; instead, it negotiates with the organic form, neither prevailing nor yielding.
Within Act 3, this work establishes the central thesis of transformation: that evolution is not the abandonment of structure, but its testing under pressure. The piece becomes a wearable diagram of internal conflict — a system strained, yet deliberately held.
