Bitter000000 makes grillz from cathedral windows and wrought iron

A fleur-de-lis pulled from a wrought-iron gate. A cathedral window transposed to tooth scale. Bitter000000, a Brooklyn studio, is making grillz that read as architectural salvage worn in the mouth.

The pieces lean gothic revival. Each one is cast from a mold taken from found objects: gates, window frames, ornamental ironwork. The studio sources from demolition yards and estate sales, photographs the detail, then scales it down. The result is a grill that looks less like jewelry and more like a relic worn wrong.

Prices start at $800 for a single tooth, custom work runs higher. Lead time is six weeks. The studio takes dental impressions by mail, then casts and fits in-house. No two pieces repeat. Once the mold is used, it's archived.

The look is closer to memento mori than hip-hop canon. A piece photographed for Dazed last month featured a gate pattern across four upper teeth, oxidized silver with hand-applied patina. It read medieval, but the fit was clean enough to wear daily.

Bitter000000 launched in 2024. The founder, whose name the studio does not publish, trained as a metalsmith before moving to grillz. The work sits between fine jewelry and performance prop. It's been worn at gallery openings in Bushwick and one Milan fashion week after-party, according to the studio's archive feed.

The approach is anti-bling. No diamonds, no gold plating, no shine for shine's sake. Just salvaged form, reduced and worn. The kind of object that makes you ask where it came from before you ask what it cost.