Key Pendant Necklaces
The key, a symbol of access, has become a trendy fashion jewelry item recently. A key can symbolize access to something that has been locked away as much as it does access to opening up new opportunities. In these hard times, people are migrating to the idea of economic and social rebirth on a global level so what better way to symbolize the opening of doors and new potential, than a key.
Thanks to the popularity of the key is because of the popularity of the jewel encrusted key necklaces released by Tiffany & Co. The Tiffany Keys Collection is a romantic tribute to keys. These platinum with diamonds or sterling silver pendants proved to be so popular with celebrities and fashionable women around the world that Tiffany & Co. issued a second collection of key pendants inspired by the Art Deco jewelry.
However, Tiffany & Co. is not the only one to embrace the key for their jewelry these days. One San Francisco enterprising artist is setting his key pendants apart from the rest by using them to unlock doors for others.
In 2009, Trevor Hubbard had the idea that a key on a chain would make a great gift for a friend of his that had been laid off. Trevor wanted to soften the blow from losing a job with a skeleton key necklace to remind his friend of the old saying that “when one door closes, another opens.” Realizing that the arts community in general was suffering from lack of funding in the weak economy, Hubbard thought there were many artists who could also use a supportive lift. Two weeks later, the 823 Key Project was born. The number 823 may seem like a random number for this project until you remember that it was once used as a code to send the message “thinking of you” via a pager (back in the day when pagers were the original texting devices.)