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Skulls Are Over And Antlers Are Passé. What’s Next? Teeth.

July 13, 2009  4:39 pm

Glen Szabo got his wisdom teeth out a few months ago. Nothing remarkable about that, except that the DJ/ex-American Apparel apparatchik wound up making a friend of his dentist. “I was on Novocaine, and we got to chatting, and this total Deadhead comes out,” Szabo explains. “We developed this weird rapport, based on which, he let me keep my teeth after he took them out.” Said teeth wound up in a jar, looking—in Szabo’s word—”disgusting.” After giving some thought to plating them in gold, it occurred to Szabo that if he was going to go to the trouble—and the expense—he might as well get himself some better teeth. Thus was born the grill necklace, made from molds and currently sold in various incarnations at No. 6 in Manhattan and the shop Map in Provincetown. “I like the idea of getting fronts for your teeth,” comments Szabo, “but you have to admit, it’s kind of corny to wear fronts if you don’t also have the Bentley to roll around in and the record deal.” True dat. And anyway, the ever-evolving range of accessories Szabo is making from his (fake) teeth has a gloomy elegance. “I’m so sick of all that skull and antler stuff,” he says. “That’s morbid, I guess, but this is way more morbid. A necklace full of teeth? That’s like, Lord of the Flies.’ “

tags: Glen Szabo, No. 6

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1. see more of my recent pieces at http://glenjoejewelry.tumblr.com/

   By GlenSzabo on 07/14/09 at 5:23 am

2. Maya the idea is fantastic but I always think you don’t walk around with a dead thing around your neck. Not even what was a hype yearssssss ago a teeth of a shark. If it was real or synthetic. It’s dead material and seastones or gold and silver are a living material beyond of course pearls, Coral etc. You can transform it in the shape you wish, with teeth etc, it’s not the case. Ciao

   By Valerio on 07/14/09 at 3:19 pm

3. teeth are too macarbe because they are too human. If they were animal teeth like a cat then that would be less disgusting. It just screams serial killer.

   By frejamacarons on 07/15/09 at 3:29 am

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