OLIVE TREE AND BUDS PARURE

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Research

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Nature, simplicity, essentiality. This is where my research starts, I observe and get inspired. The three brass and Olive Leccino hazel ornaments (necklace, earrings and ring) are made by the goldsmith’s piercing technique, which is done by means of a manual bow and thin blades. The olive pits are dried, drilled, treated (to protect them) and pivoted. The three jewelry pieces are part of the Ulivo collection, i wanted to pay homage to Puglia, my home region, by bringing back in the shapes the branch and leaves of the tree, and in the materials the hazelnuts that I grafted into the ornaments as if they were buds.

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Material

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Metal
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Craft

Jewellery
Metal-working

General Technique

Combining
Joining
Surface modifying

Specific Technique

The goldsmith's piercing technique

Properties & Qualities

Application

Art Jewellery

Qualities

Opaque Rigid Smooth

Colour

Brown Metallic Other

Sample Information

Date of creation

October 19th, 2021

Dimensions

Central necklace: 10x4.5 x 0.1 cm Earrings: 7.5x0.7x0.1 cm, 6.5x0.7x0.1 cm Ring: 3x0.3x0.2 cm, 2 cm outer diameter

Culture & Context

Jewelry that comes from knowledge of goldsmithing techniques and formal research of essential lines and local natural elements. Made of metal and discarded organic materials.In addition to their aesthetic value, they carry a cultural message of sensitivity and care aimed at the environment.The intuition to combine metal and natural materials was born in 2009, supported by my dissertation research on the “Organic Ornaments of New Guinea,” housed in the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology in Florence. “Early in his history, man made use of the nature in which he was totally immersed to create the first ornaments, he first felt the need to adorn his body. . .” G. Semper

As well as choosing to use non-precious metals, “A piece of jewelry is a precious, rare object, something that has value and not always a price.  What determines value? The material or the author’s intervention . . .” B. Munari

Credits

Craft Maker

Roberta Boccardi

Photographer

Roberta Boccardi

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