[Size]
Total length: 7 in.
Bracelet length: 5.75 in.
Gap width: 1.25 in.

[Description]This is a Leander Tahe cuff. The piece oozes the brutalism of a modern city’s municipal building. For the uninitiated, brutalism is an offshoot of modernism. It’s basically a rejection of the old art styles because they carried with them some form of cultural baggage. Roman columns of the classical period carried all of the Greco-Roman stuff. Art-Nouveau carried with it the industrial revolution (the 2nd one). All art carries some history with them, but what the brutalists wanted to do is leave it behind for a brighter future. Art both led and followed the buildings as it always does. Basically, any municipal buildings were built with concrete and given flat faces, and angled in “interesting” ways. Ever seen a sculpture of a cube or something? Most likely it was some sort of brutalist thing. It’s mostly made to be accessible to everyone without the weight of culture. “Out of our current culture, we’ll forge a new one without the old baggage”. If you know your history, you’ll know why this was important in the post-WWII era. That’s the briefest summary of the movement I can muster.

So is brutalism bad? Nope! It’s my favorite kind of building. The brutalists knew that art is supposed to move you, and boy do brutalist buildings move you. You walk into one and you’re often greeted by a large structure towering over the landscape. I’m not thinking “this is a pretty building” I’m thinking “this is a marvelous building!” My superlatives change because my mood is different. And that’s what this Leander Tahe piece actually is. Outside of the other feelings to go to art for, brutalist jewelry makes the onlookers feel in awe. And Leander didn’t disappoint. This is a precision piece with perfect symmetry and clean lines.

“If you love it so much, you should get it”

I own 15 Leander Tahe pieces, personally. I wouldn't recommend it to you, much less sell it to you, if I didn’t wear it. If you see anything in my shop, I most likely own something like it or I think it’s really awesome and will someday own something like it. I take my Leander Tahe seriously. What else can I wear in my black leather jacket, black boots, black jeans, black shirt, and black ranchero hat to strike fear into the hearts of my enemies? I’m kidding. It’s really awesome, though. Literally, it inspires awe (awesome). All silly jokes aside, it’s a gorgeous piece. Like the intent of the brutalist movement, it’s for everyone.