Butterfly Wings

Ania Guillaume Butterfly wings, 2018 Titanium ring 5 (H) x 3 x 2.3 cm Unique Ref. R24     Butterfly Wings is an exemplary series of Guillaume’s examination of elements of the natural environment, translated into wearable art. In sculpture as much as in wearable art, there is a strong perception of the spiritual natural universe. Flowers or animals are designed within the shape of the jewel and, once worn, they create an intricate dialogue between the wearer and nature. Known for their fragility, the delicate attributes of butterfly wings are juxtaposed in its materiality. Casted from delicate carvings into thin wax, the titanium wearable pieces of earrings and necklaces still play with our perception to materiality, as the incredibly lightweight jewellery pieces gleam in their chromatic spectrums. Feminine and beautiful, these reflections of elements of nature become an elegant statement piece to our everyday fashion.

Ania Guillaume Penseé, 2018 Gold plated silver ring 5 (H) x 5.8 x 2.5 cm Unique Ref. R21 Nature is Guillaume’s main inspiration: the subtle colours, the ingenious shapes, the amazing technical solutions.  Guillaume translates this inspiration, at the micro and macro levels, in her paintings and sculptures.  Guillaume first approached wearable art in 2011 using  gilded bronze, until the artist started moving onto gold plated silver and titanium, which proves to be much lighter, durable and with titanium more colourful. Each of Guillaume’s wearable sculptures are hand sculpted, sometimes leaving the artist’s finger prints on the surface of the work.  

Ania Guillaume Seaweed ring, 2018 Silver gold plated ring 6 (W) x 3 (H) cm circa Ring size 7 (US) Unique     Seaweed is a silver gold plater ring that engages with Guillaume’s interest in nature’s spirituality and its elements, in this case the organic elements of the sea. Casted from wax then made into a precious metal, Seaweed evokes the elements of nature with a human touch as it incorporates the fingerprints of the artist, it embraces the body in a sculptural fashion.

Ute Decker Infinity Spiral, 2019 18kt Fairtrade gold ring 4.2 x 4.3 cm edition of 6 unique within the series initialled and hallmarked   The wearable sculptures by the internationally acclaimed architectural artist Ute Decker are a meditation on the richness of simplicity. She sculpts space, movement, volume and a subtle texture into a carefully composed interplay of light and shadow with a richly evocative sense of space and story. This essential purity is typical of her work in its minimalism and attention to detail.

David Rodríguez Caballero 1 de Noviembre de 2.014, 2014 18kt rose gold ring 4.36 x 4.5 x 1.98 cm; 75.40 grams Unique and signed Make it Yours ♥ David Rodríguez Caballero is renowned for his geometrically reduced forms, which have been translated into a new formal vocabulary linked to Minimalism. The themes explored in his wearable art, like his sculptures, recall the Constructivism which has been subject to a sense of lyricism and softness that originates from painting. Geometric abstraction is one of the most important paths of modern painting and sculpture – it is also significant to contemporary music with its streaked structures and colourful overtones. In his wearable art, David Rodriguez Caballero brings his aesthetic obsessions to the third dimension, exploring materials, and the relationship between meaning and object, support and form, dream and paranoia. Caballero manipulates light through his bending and folding of material.

David Rodríguez Caballero 22 Junio 2.015, 2015 18kt rose gold ring 8 x 7.5 x 2.6 cm; 45.20 grams unique and signed   David Rodríguez Caballero is renowned for his geometrically reduced forms, which have been translated into a new formal vocabulary linked to Minimalism. The themes explored in his wearable art, like his sculptures, recall the Constructivism which has been subject to a sense of lyricism and softness that originates from painting. Geometric abstraction is one of the most important paths of modern painting and sculpture – it is also significant to contemporary music with its streaked structures and colourful overtones. In his wearable art, David Rodriguez Caballero brings his aesthetic obsessions to the third dimension, exploring materials, and the relationship between meaning and object, support and form, dream and paranoia. Caballero manipulates light through his bending and folding of material.

Sissi Nidi (Nests), 2019 18kt gold threads with rubies, sapphires, emeralds, and diamonds ring 4.2 x 4.2 cm unique and signed   With an artistic focus of anatomical study in relations to environmental elements, Sissi brings forth new ways to interpret wearable art, as the pieces transform into a second skin of light and gold for the wearer. For her wearable art pieces, Sissi interlaces the symbolism of the bird’s nest with the anatomy of the human body. The artist’s creations are hand-made and embellished, yet delicate like her sculptures. Carefully interwoven and welded with gold and silver threads, decorated with precious gemstones, Sissi’s contemplative process re-imagines a sculptural piece of art to work in tandem with the single wearer. It was pivotal to Sissi to be personally involved with the production of her wearable art pieces. Nests draws its symbolism from natural nests which provide a safe place. Nests can be displayed as a sculpture when taken off, and becomes a sculptural work of wearable art that unites with the individual when worn.  

Ute Decker Curl, 2015 100% recycled sterling silver ring unique within the series initialled and hallmarked   The wearable sculptures by the internationally acclaimed architectural artist Ute Decker are a meditation on the richness of simplicity. She sculpts space, movement, volume and a subtle texture into a carefully composed interplay of light and shadow with a richly evocative sense of space and story. This essential purity is typical of her work in its minimalism and attention to detail.

Ute Decker Curl, 2019 100% recycled sterling silver hand sculpture 16.3 x 6.5 x 3.2 cm edition of 12 unique within the series initialled and hallmarked   The wearable sculptures by the internationally acclaimed architectural artist Ute Decker are a meditation on the richness of simplicity. She sculpts space, movement, volume and a subtle texture into a carefully composed interplay of light and shadow with a richly evocative sense of space and story. This essential purity is typical of her work in its minimalism and attention to detail.

Ute Decker Calligraphy, 2019 18kt Fairtrade gold ring 9.6 x 6 x 4.3 cm edition of 3 unique within the series initialled and hallmarked   The wearable sculptures by the internationally acclaimed architectural artist Ute Decker are a meditation on the richness of simplicity. She sculpts space, movement, volume and a subtle texture into a carefully composed interplay of light and shadow with a richly evocative sense of space and story. This essential purity is typical of her work in its minimalism and attention to detail.