Sciara

Massimo Izzo Sciara, 2022 blackned silver, 9.2kt Mexican Fire opal, 2.2kt orange sapphires ring 4 x 3.5 x ø 1.68 cm unique and signed Sciara, from the Arabic word < ša῾ra> “barren and uncultivated ground, sodaglia” on a derivative of Latin flagrare “ardere” meaning “glowing lava,” then “hardened lava”, is a local term, used in Sicily,  precisely in the Etna and Stromboli (Eolian Islands) areas to refer to the accumulations of volcanic slag formed on the surface or sides of lava flows: the stars also shone brightly on the sc., and the surrounding countryside was also black, like the sc. ( Giovanni Verga, Italian realistic writer) The six one of a kind rings made of blackened silver, sapphires, diamonds and precious opals are for Massimo a journey in search for the essence. The Sciara rings are surreal, colourful, luminous craters with saturated blacks contrasted with shimmering lines. They are evocations of feelings and a calling for a new life. It is a magical world of astonishing colours and fascinating shapes the one of Massimo’s. Techniques like filigrane, lost wax, embossing and engraving are used to bring alive vibrant natural gemstones, corals and noble metals. “There, on top of the mountain, one can find the truth, building over a rock […]

Pol Bury Mezzaluna (Half-moon), 2005 18 kt yellow gold ring D 2,5 cm Edition of 8 Filippini Edition Signed and numbered Sold The Mezzaluna (Half-Moon) ring from 2005, is another extraordinary sculptural piece made in 18kt satin yellow gold contrasting with a high polished finish inside. The design of the Mezzaluna ring is composed by half spheres from which multiple rods emerge, giving the possibility to move freely, creating motion and sound.  

Gigi Mariani Ops, Classic series , 2022 18 kt yellow gold, silver and niello ring 3.5 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm Unique within the series and signed

Sophia Vari Dryades, late 90s 18 kt yellow gold and black marble ring edition of 6 plus 2 AP signed and numbered Dryades (Dryads) and Oreades (Oreads) were the nymphs of trees, groves, woodlands and mountain forests. They were the spirits of the oaks and pines, poplar and ash, apple and laurel. All nymphs, whose number is almost infinite, may be divided into two great classes. The first class embraces those who must be regarded as a kind of inferior divinities, recognised in the worship of nature. The early Greeks saw in all the phenomena of ordinary nature some manifestation of the deity; springs, rivers, grottoes, trees, and mountains, all seemed to them fraught with life; and all were only the visible embodiments of so many divine agents. The salutary and beneficent powers of nature were thus personified, and regarded as so many divinities; and the sensations produced on man in the contemplation of nature, such as awe, terror, joy, delight, were ascribed to the agency of the various divinities of nature. Sophia Vari’s work is a reflection of her multicultural upbringing, her artistic language is distinct and informed by a multiplicity of influences from Mayan, Egyptian, Olmec, and Cycladic traditions […]

Sophia Vari Médée II, before 2010 18 kt yellow gold, ebony and white cultured pearl ring 4.5 x 3 cm edition 4 of 8 signed and numbered Edition sold out Vari’s sculptures have evolved through several stages in the last few decades. While her early work from the 1960s onwards was mostly figurative, in the 1980s, Vari began to employ rounded abstract forms that suggested the human body. Eventually she began incorporating planar and constructed forms into her work, and by the mid-1990s she had begun to apply colour to the surfaces of her dynamic sculptures. This use of colour contributes to the movement of Vari’s pieces, and her sculptural works, created both on a monumental scale and as table pieces, appear to move autonomously as the viewer walks around them. Her work across all media shares a certain playfulness and liveliness, with compositions in collage, watercolour and paint pushing into the realm of dimensional space.  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 […]

Giampaolo Babetto Anello, 1983 18kt yellow gold ring 8.5 grams unique and signed

Joy BC Serpente (Immeasurable Time), 2022 Recycled silver, recycled 18kt yellow gold, triangular trillion 0.3ct cut diamond and old cut 0.43ct diamond. 3cm long x 2cm wide Size 54 Edition 1 of 3 + 1 AP Hallmarked, numbered and signed Make it Yours ♥   The serpent, or snake, has been on earth for at least 100 million years. It occurs on all continents, some 3000 species. Across cultures and epochs, the snake is a powerful symbol which has been both feared and revered. In Alchemy, the snake appears as the ‘ouroboros’, a snake eating its own tail, representing the unity of all things. The ouroboros refers to the mystery of cyclical time, which flows back into itself. The late poet Claudian described the ouroboros a surrounding a cave of ‘Immeasurable time’. In the ancient Egyptian myth of the journey to the sun, where time itself is created, there is Apep, a giant water snake. Whereas in ancient Greece Ophio is a male serpent impregnated by the primeval divinity Eyrynome, who bore a cosmic egg. Demeter even had a chariot drawn by serpents. In this rendition, rather the swallowing its own tail, the snakes head contains a modern triangular diamond, and the […]

Faust Cardinali R.F. , 2022 Silver, bronze, french 25 cents coin, citrin quartz, opal, ring Unique and signed R.F. is a series that symbolically transmutes the ‘Object Trouvé’. The materials, such as aluminium, gold, and precious gems live together with the history of the chosen coin. Faust works always focus on the alchemy of the materials and the need to create metallic objects where the precious marries the ordinary medium. The result is the creation of unusual, unexcepted amalgamation of stories and bodies coming from a different planet.  

Faust Cardinali Vitino, 2022 Silver, 18kt yellow gold , bronze, diamonds, 1955’s 1 Lira coin ring 4 x 3 x 4.5 cm Unique and signed Vitino is a series that symbolically transmutes the ‘Object Trouvé’. The materials, such as aluminium, gold, and precious gems live together with the history of the chosen coin. Faust works always focus on the alchemy of the materials and the need to create metallic objects where the precious marries the ordinary medium. The result is the creation of unusual, unexcepted amalgamation of stories and bodies coming from a different planet.

Faust Cardinali Schèi e Osei, 2018 Silver, 18kt yellow gold, 1950’s 5 lira coin, diamonds, synthetic rubies ring 3 x 5 x 3 cm Unique and signed   Cardinali moulds this new series of rings in relation to the 2018 project called ‘ Schèi e Osei ‘ (Schei e osei, finchè ghe n’è, ciapei translating from the Veneto region dialect  ‘money and birds (in the sense of penises), as long as there’s any, take them), where the coin, a 1950 lira, has seen as an opportunity to shape the idea of an archaeological inverted material. In other words, the artist, wants to focus on the symbolism of the object, which will change nature and become a jewel or a piece of wearable sculpture that blends different topics and subjects. This mutation will give birth to new bodies and entities. The coins are convexed by the artist to give a political idea of ‘beating a-new- coin ‘(battere moneta) and most importantly not from the national mint. The 2018 ‘Schèi e Osei ‘is a series that symbolically transmutes the ‘Object Trouvé’. The materials, such as aluminium, gold, and precious gems live together with the history of the chosen coin. Faust works always focus […]