Artest: Atelier Ted Noten 

Title: Seven Necessities- Glasses for a Woman on the Warpath

Year: 2012 

Dimensions: 17 x 15 x 6 cm 

Noten created a collection of 7 necessities for women. This piece referred to as Glasses for a Woman on the Warpath are made out of 14K gold. They are stylishly crafted into a beautiful pair of glasses. There is even a quirky perfectly arched eyebrow to fit the wearers unique personality. They have inside one of the arms is a compartment housing an crystal ice pick. There are several other unique features within these glasses. Noten wanted to try and show how strong women really are. He wanted to come up with a way to really shine a light on women being stronger than men. To me he seemed to make the glasses white to depict innocence. He then added the little dangerous compartments to include how on the inside women are actually more violent than they may seem. Noten, to me is saying in this piece, women may look simple and kind on the outside but look closer and you might get hurt! Adding the eyebrow is my favorite part. It is attached by a small strand of gold  that has they eyebrow raised in a seductive type way. There could also be a flip side to these glasses. Noten could be going with the thought that women are actually weak and need to be protected. Which could be why he added the ice pick. 

These sculptured glasses are very beautiful and pleasing to my eyes. These glasses are lens-less so whoever put them on could have their prescription placed inside of them. These glasses are an ingenious idea and should be marketed as a self-defense item.