""When I had my kneecaps removed, the left one first and then the right, I asked my surgeon if I could keep the kneecaps, which he was rather startled about," the pop icon stated in an exclusive clip provided to , going on to add that he gave jewelry designer Theo Fennell the artistic liberty to do "what you want with them" after his double knee replacement."
"The designer then explained how his team "baked" John's kneecaps to "dry them out," a process that renders the bones into a porous, pumice stone-like texture, allowing them to be painted with acetate and polished. "My surgeon said I had the worst knees he's ever operated on," John said, revealing that his right patella was transformed into a gold-plated necklace. "That hole was actually in my kneecap. It looks a bit like an old artifact from Egypt.""
""The singer added that Fennell made the transformation even more special, as he "brilliantly had the necklace chain made out of bones." Making the piece complete is an engraving of a Latin phrase that translates to, "I will no longer bow to any man." According to Fennell, that's something "you can't do with a kneecap missing." Since they couldn't do "so much with it," John's left knee was turned into a brooch."
Elton John requested to keep his removed kneecaps after double knee replacement and entrusted them to jeweler Theo Fennell. Fennell's team baked the bones to dry them, creating a porous texture suitable for painting with acetate and polishing. John's right patella became a gold-plated necklace with a bone-made chain and an engraved Latin phrase translating to "I will no longer bow to any man." The left kneecap was transformed into a brooch. John described the pieces as timeless and said gold is a constant reminder of beauty. The film Touched by Gold is available on the World Gold Council website.
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