New York - June 28, 2006

Flaming Hot

Molly Jackson Jewelry

Whew, the heat is on. And we are schvitzing. Yet Molly Jackson keeps turning it up.

Literally. Like on an oxygen-propane bench torch — the designer’s tool for flame-working, her art of manipulating Pyrex into jewelry.

Jackson uses a 2,000-degree flame to hand-shape glass bracelets and rings that look like snapshots of rippling water; waves of ribbon candy; and slick, frostbitten baubles.

Check out Tuxedo, a collection of transparent rings named for the piping of color along the edges. Or get your hands on mouth-blown cobalt blue bubbles strung into necklaces. Frosty cube pendants look cold to the touch. And clear, oversize Sophia bracelets resemble cuffs of melting ice.

They’re stunning in person, with a futuristic edge that will make everyone want to stop and touch.

Now that should get you fired up.

Available at La di Da, 147 Orchard Street, between Stanton and Rivington Streets (212-529-7384); online at mollyjackson.com.