Flora Maris

Giorgio Vigna Flora Maris, 2024 Magnetic brooch Mixed media, magnets, copper, silver, gold 3 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm; 4 x 7.5 x 6 cm Unique and signed

Giorgio Vigna Sasso, 2019 Mixed media, copper, silver, gold leaf, Murano glass, and magnets brooch 8 x 6.5 x 1.5 cm Unique and signed

Giorgio Vigna Sasso, 2019 Mixed media, copper, silver, and magnets brooch 7 x 5.5 x 4 cm Unique and signed

Giorgio Vigna Costellazioni, 2024 Oxidised silver 999 and 18kt gold 10 x 8.2 x 1 cm

Elsa Sarantidou Lucidity in Blue, 2024 Sterling silver, dark blue and light blue sapphire brooch Unique

Ute Decker Rolling Waves in Moonlight II, 2019 18kt Fairtrade gold brooch & pin 16.3 x 6.5 x 3.2 cm edition of 12 unique within the series initialled and hallmarked   The award winning, internationally exhibited artist jeweller, with pieces in several museum collections including the V&A sculpts movement into powerful minimalist forms for her first solo show at the gallery. Sensuous undulations characterize the new Waves series created for this exhibition. Expressing the beauty of nature through abstractions, Ute Decker is arresting time to take a closer look at the movement of waves, usually so fleeting.

Sophia Vari Médée, 2000 ca. 18k yellow gold, ebony wood and emerald roots sculptural brooch and pendant H 8 x 6.5 cm edition 4 of 6 signed and numbered

Pol Bury Spilla Bastoncini (Rods brooch), 2004 18kt yellow gold brooch and pendant 7x 3 x 2 cm Edition 5 of 8 plus 2 AP Signed and numbered Sold In the early 2000’s Pol Bury started collaborating with the goldsmith industry F.lli Filippini in Verona who also invited international artists to design jewellery but in a limited edition of 8. Their collaboration was very fruitful, many rings, bracelets  earrings and brooches  followed in various forms, in white gold, yellow gold or silver. The spheres varied from ‘rods’ to ‘bars’ but none were static.        

Mirko Basaldella Il Galllo ed il Serpente (The Rooster and the Serpent), 1950 Yellow gold (Oro Masenza), circular cut rubies, cabochon tourquoise diamonds and emeralds brooch 7.2 x 4.5 cm unique Published on the book Gioielli D’artista in Italia 1945- 1995 (page 75), Abstract Motif bracelet it’s been inherited by the late heirs and is part of the family private collection. Also featured in the book, ‘Il Gallo e il Serpente’ (The Rooster and the serpent), 1950 brooch made of Masenza gold embossed by the Artist, rubies, diamonds, emeralds and turquoise, a true gem and a rare find in the Roman lot of Basaldella’s Archives.  

Joy BC Medusa (Comb), 2023 Dark green bronze, 18kt rose gold, 950 platinum, 7.61kt of natural un-heated Fuli Peridot brooch and sculpture. Unique This metamorphic artwork challenges definition. A mutating comb, a brooch – both a sculpture and a jewel. Combs date back to 5500 BC. Across cultures and continents, they are recognizable domestic objects, which are inherently connected to self-image and grooming. Combining noble metals, gemstones and bronze, the work oscillates between various material and categorical perceptions associated to both decorative and fine arts. The teeth of the comb seem to be moving, swaying like the tendrils of an anemone under the sea. We often talk about nature as if it is something separate from us, but we are nature. Medusa connects the human and the animal. She attracts yet disturbs the viewer – her hair a bed of writhing snakes. Though some may think of her as a monster, she was the only mortal out of her gorgon siblings. Her name literally means ‘Queen’. It was the act of violence, rape and scorn that changed her. Medusa has been a subject for artists throughout the centuries. This piece is my modern take on Medusa. To me, it is a story […]