Rongorongo Ring – Homage to Alan Watts

Tania Pistone Rongorongo, 2021 Homage to Alan Watts 18kt gold with bespoke red enamel ring 1 x 13 cm unique and signed   Tania Pistone’s wearable art project for the Elisabetta Cipriani Gallery came to life following the artist’s Rongorongo series, paintings which depict an imaginary alphabet on gold-leaf plates. In her Rongorongo paintings, Pistone creates symbols in a deliberate attempt to reach an ideal alphabet, which addresses our shared, collective human unconscious. A place which she believes has been shaped by the experiences of our ancestors. ‘This project was dedicated to Alan Watts, an English philosopher born in (1915 – 1973). His major contribution was given as a popularizer in the West of Eastern philosophies (Zen). In one of his many monologues, there is the one on: what is love, which I used to engrave the plates (obviously it is fragmented into the various jewels), but the intention is that the message they carry is that. I am attaching the text:’ -Pistone (translated from Italian) Well now really when we go back into falling in love. And say, it′s crazy. Falling. You see? We don’t say “rising into love.” There is in it the idea of the fall. And it goes back, as a matter of fact, to extremely […]

Tania Pistone Rongorongo, 2021 Homage to Alan Watts 18kt gold with bespoke white enamel ring 1 x 13 cm unique and signed   Tania Pistone’s wearable art project for the Elisabetta Cipriani Gallery came to life following the artist’s Rongorongo series, paintings which depict an imaginary alphabet on gold-leaf plates. In her Rongorongo paintings, Pistone creates symbols in a deliberate attempt to reach an ideal alphabet, which addresses our shared, collective human unconscious. A place which she believes has been shaped by the experiences of our ancestors. ‘This project was dedicated to Alan Watts, an English philosopher born in (1915 – 1973). His major contribution was given as a popularizer in the West of Eastern philosophies (Zen). In one of his many monologues, there is the one on: what is love, which I used to engrave the plates (obviously it is fragmented into the various jewels), but the intention is that the message they carry is that. I am attaching the text:’ -Pistone (translated from Italian) Well now really when we go back into falling in love. And say, it′s crazy. Falling. You see? We don’t say “rising into love.” There is in it the idea of the fall. And it goes back, as a matter of fact, to extremely […]

Ute Decker Rose, 2021 18kt Fairtrade gold sculptural statement ring 4.3 x 4.1 x 4.2 cm Individually sculpted, unique within the series Signed – UK Hallmark with artists initials (UD)

Gigi Mariani Classic Series, 2021 Silver, 18kt yellow gold, niello ring 2.7 x 2.9 x 3 cm unique and signed

Rebecca Horn Untitled, 2019 22kt yellow gold, silver, and labradorite ring Unique and signed     In collaboration with Luisa del Valle, Rebecca Horn’s Untitled (2019) series encapsulates her interest in the talismanic nature of precious stones. After months of research, del Valle sourced rare, labradorite stones, of which have been revered for its protective properties. Horn was enchanted by their bright mirage of colours, creating this project of a unique 22k yellow gold and labradorite set of rings and a necklace. From every angle the wearer moves, each gemstone glows in the light. Wearing these protective talismans as it gleams a spectrum of colours is almost as if wearing the impressionists paintings of the 19th century.  

Giorgio Vigna Sasso, 2017 Oxidised silver and 18 kt gold ring stone 3,6 x 3 x H 2,5 cm ca size 13,5 Unique and signed

Giorgio Vigna Segmenti, 2018 18 kt yellow gold, sapphires, golden South Sea pearl, ring 3,2 x 2,4 x 4H cm (from finger H 2 cm) size 13,5 Unique and signed

Giorgio Vigna Anima, 2019 18kt gold, beryl and diamond ring ø 2,1 cm, 1 round beryl ø 12,20 mm ct.5,52, diamond 0.04 ct size 14/15.5 Unique and signed

Gigi Mariani Cracks in gold, 2020 Silver, 18kt yellow gold, niello ring 2,4 x 4,7 x 3,5 cm unique and signed

Gigi Mariani Witnesses, 2019 Silver, 18kt yellow gold, niello ring 4,4 x 2,5 x 3,8 cm unique and signed