Anello (Ring)

Giampaolo Babetto Anello, 1998 18kt yellow gold ring h 2.6 x 3 cm Unique and signed Make it Yours ♥ Giampaolo Babetto’s work reflects contemporary art movements such as concrete art, minimal art, kinetic or pop art in a unique, purist and plastic manner. His pieces are immediately recognisable by its simple design. He is inspired by the architecture of his homeland, by Palladio’s villas, and by the geometries in which he finds poetry. His jewellery is innovative in concept. Made up of different abstract elements, broken down into modular units, or rendered moveable through the use of ingenious links, Babetto’s works are like small architectural pieces or small sculptures. Babetto prefers working in gold due to its stable malleability and its warm sheen which he combines with unconventional materials such as plastic or glass, ebony, dusting the internal surface with a velvet-like pigment in luminous primary colours of reds or blues or using enamel and age-old niello-based techniques. These materials are used as highlights and contrasts in works of increasingly pure and essential geometrical forms that have come to characterise the Padua School.  

Sophia Vari Persée II, 2012 Ebony and yellow gold ring h.3.5 X 3.5 cm 1 AP from an edition of 6 Size 14 Signed and numbered Make it Yours ♥   Sophia Vari’s “portable sculptures”, as she likes to call them, first became part of the artist’s body of work 30 years ago; at a time in her life when demanding international schedule kept her constantly on the move. While travelling, she carried with her a small box of plasticine, from which she would mould miniature sculptures. “From that day on, I had a new creative challenge that gave me a lot of joy because I could see the pieces being worn,” she recalls. Vari approaches wearable art in precisely the same manner and strength as her abstract sculptures, collages and paintings. Her thorough exploration of bold geometric forms, the examination of volume, painterly curves and lines result in the composition both peaceful and elegant but also captures a harmonious theatrical tension. “It is a real challenge for me, and it is very much like creating a sculpture, made to be worn. No doubt, the fact that I am a woman has its advantages. Firstly, because I can try it […]

Giampaolo Babetto Anello, 1981 18kt white gold ring h 2 x 4.5 cm Unique and signed Make it Yours ♥ Giampaolo Babetto’s work reflects contemporary art movements such as concrete art, minimal art, kinetic or pop art in a unique, purist and plastic manner. His pieces are immediately recognisable by its simple design. He is inspired by the architecture of his homeland, by Palladio’s villas, and by the geometries in which he finds poetry. His jewellery is innovative in concept. Made up of different abstract elements, broken down into modular units, or rendered moveable through the use of ingenious links, Babetto’s works are like small architectural pieces or small sculptures. Babetto prefers working in gold due to its stable malleability and its warm sheen which he combines with unconventional materials such as plastic or glass, ebony, dusting the internal surface with a velvet-like pigment in luminous primary colours of reds or blues or using enamel and age-old niello-based techniques. These materials are used as highlights and contrasts in works of increasingly pure and essential geometrical forms that have come to characterise the Padua School.  

Giampaolo Babetto Anello, 1981 18kt white gold and niello ring h 2 x 4.5 cm unique and signed Giampaolo Babetto’s work reflects contemporary art movements such as concrete art, minimal art, kinetic or pop art in a unique, purist and plastic manner. His pieces are immediately recognisable by its simple design. He is inspired by the architecture of his homeland, by Palladio’s villas, and by the geometries in which he finds poetry. His jewellery is innovative in concept. Made up of different abstract elements, broken down into modular units, or rendered moveable through the use of ingenious links, Babetto’s works are like small architectural pieces or small sculptures. Babetto prefers working in gold due to its stable malleability and its warm sheen which he combines with unconventional materials such as plastic or glass, ebony, dusting the internal surface with a velvet-like pigment in luminous primary colours of reds or blues or using enamel and age-old niello-based techniques. These materials are used as highlights and contrasts in works of increasingly pure and essential geometrical forms that have come to characterise the Padua School.  

Mirko Basaldella Amethyst ring, 1960 Yellow gold (Oro Masenza) and amethyst ring 3 x  2cm unique

Mirko Basaldella Anello in corallo (Coral ring), 1956 Yellow gold, (Oro Masenza) coral ring set with a coral cabochon, to a mount of abstract open work design 3 cm Coral: 1.8 x 1.4 x 0.7 cm unique Mirko’s jewels were originally created and designed for his wife Serena Cagli, sister of Corrado Cagli, a rising star painter of the ‘School of Rome’ and a close friend of Basaldella. It is during those years that Mirko also started experimenting new shapes and patterns, influenced, and inspired by the Aztec mosaic sculptures and Donatello. The last piece the gallery acquired is Mirko’s statement 1956 Coral ring, set with a coral cabochon to a mount of abstract open work design, both gifted to his beloved wife. Albeit Basaldella rarely signed his pieces, all work sare accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Archivio Corrado Cagli who’s the sole and exclusive archive issuing documentation for Mirko’s heritage.     Il Gallo ed il Serpente (The Rooster and the Serpent) Brooches 5 Amethyst ring Rings 2 Anello in corallo (Coral ring) Rings 4 Motivo Astratto (Abstract Motif) Bracelets / Cuffs 7

Sophia Vari Thétis, 2011 18ky yellow gold ring 4 x 3 cm Edition of 6 Signed and numbered Make it Yours ♥   Thétis  was a goddess of the sea and the leader of the fifty Nereids. Like many other sea gods she possessed the gift of prophesy and power to change her shape at will. Thétis was also best known for being the mother of the greek  hero Achilles. Sophia Vari’s approach to jewelry, came at a time in which the artist’s busy and international schedule wouldn’t allow her time in the studio. To fill the creative gap, Vari began producing mini versions of her monumental sculptures using plasticines. Despite the significantly reduced size, the same attention and preoccupations that permeates her large-scale work were applied to the smaller ones and eventually become at the basis for her jewellery design making her an incredibly versatile and unique artist. Produced in monumental scale or as table pieces, monochrome or coloured, her bold, dynamic and yet elegant sculptures portray the artist’s profound respect for the material, which is only of the higher quality, and her interest in the process, in which she is an active participant. Another quality shared by all her sculptures, and one which the artist pays particular attention to, is the relationship between the object and the space […]

Sophia Vari Méandre, 2011 Vermeil ring 3 x 2.5 cm Edition of 6 Signed and numbered Make it Yours ♥ More than likely we’ve all come across the ‘Greek key’, also known as the ‘meander’ (a repeating geometric motif), at some time or another. During 18th century Europe, along with the rejuvenated enthusiasm for all things Greek came the Greek Key symbol, a sign of Greek style and taste; a sophisticated, decorative pattern which adorned just about anything. Today it’s still very much the vogue; usually a decorative border, embellishes jewellery, fabric, carpets, wall-coverings, carpets and magnificent buildings. In Ancient Greece, the unbroken, interlocking pattern of the Meander (Meandros), or Greek Key, was one of the most important symbols; it symbolised infinity, unity, also an echo of  the perpetual flow of water, or waves, it also represents the infinite and eternal movement of life. Produced in monumental scale or as table pieces, monochrome or colored, her bold, dynamic and yet elegant sculptures portray the artist’s profound respect for the material, which is only of the higher quality, and her interest in the process, in which she is an active participant. Another quality shared by all her sculptures, and one which the artist pays […]

Sophia Vari Zervodexos, 2022 Amaranth wood and yellow gold ring 3.5 x 10cm edition of 6 plus 1 AP signed and numbered A joyful and comic dance, performed at festivals in the spring, Zervodexos got its name from the way the dancers move to the left (zerva) and the right (dexia). The changes in direction occur when the lyra-player produces a specific high note The new body of works are once again breath taking in strength and creativity. Abstraction is refined to the hummed mantra of “Beauty and Harmony” where bold geometric forms are accentuated by colour coming from unconventional mediums. They are sculptures that become wearable with the force of a poetic statement. New materials such as amaranth wood and resin appeared in front of her by surprise. Vari was looking for something distinctive and by chance, when looking at the different colours of wood, she discovered the beautiful exotic amaranth wood. What is special about this wood, is that it is green in colour and then in contact with the sun, it transforms and stabilises into pink/purple.This new colour naturally redefines certain forms that the artist perceives differently with the other woods previously used.  

Sophia Vari Haniotikos, 2023 Amaranth wood and 18kt  yellow gold ring 4 x 3 cm Edition of 6 plus 1 AP Signed and numbered Make it Yours ♥   The Syrtos is probably the most popular dance on the island of Crete. Often called Haniotikos because it was originally most associated with the district of Hania, the dance is performed with slight variations depending on the local tradition. The term ‘Syrtos’ is found throughout Greece as a designation for several different dances which are ‘pulled’ by a leader (Serno–Syro = To pull, drag along). Crete is also one of the few areas of present day Greece where traditional  music and dance is still very much alive even among youngest generations. In all Vari’s pieces, abstraction is refined to the hummed mantra of “Beauty and Harmony” where bold geometric forms are accentuated by colour coming from unconventional mediums. They are sculptures that become wearable with the force of a poetic statement. New materials such as amaranth wood and resin appeared in front of her by surprise. For this exhibition, Vari was looking for something distinctive and by chance, when looking at the different colours of wood, she discovered the beautiful exotic amaranth […]