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Calligraphic Structures

I see calligraphy as a state of expression of the material world.

At first there were the signs, the written language as means of relating to the surrounding world. These are premeditated, deliberate, an invention, thus more elevated than natural languages. Since no natural language is purely written, it is somewhat an artificial construct.  When transformed visually by calligraphic techniques, it acquires even more expression.  

I propose a collection of wearable pieces made as deliberate constructs. The tools of this calligraphy are the manipulations of cuts, the qualities of the material, the fragility of chalk and graphite and the process of finding the flow lines that identify the new sign. I count on the strength of the signs as universal, as bodily gestures, coming from the depths of our existence. Thus from my point of view the sign is a gift, a witness, a relief, a breath of hope, a proof, it shows the way, the solution, the existence of a destination. It is the promise of a certainty.

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Calligraphic Pink

Black chalk, pink silk, brass, steel wire

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Calligraphic Green 

Graphite, green pigment, brass, steel wire

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Calligraphic Structure No 1

Graphite, red silk, brass, steel wire

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Calligraphic Structure No 2

Graphite, pink silk, brass, steel wire

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Insinuate Green 

Graphite, green silk, brass, steel wire

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Ephemeral Matters

While “Diamonds last forever” human nature is transitory. During one’s life time almost all body cells change radically, but you are still the same person. What are really important are the successive sequences that happen every day and of course most of all the happy and joyful moments. These are all transitory. While playing our life at the large scale we tend to lose them. Can one collect and prolong these moments? Can one collect and keep at least the happy memories? Even these fade away in time, thus, at some point our memory can become a book with white pages…

This is a collection about playing it with lucidity and awareness so to enjoy the moment fully. Wearable objects made of graphite or colored chalk as moments of pure joy and spontaneity but also of suspense. I associate this idea of full joy with childhood: as colored chalk is an instant, candid joy for any child in the world!

One can choose to break these pieces from the start so one can play it safe and sound, and to avoid any hazardous events. Others can choose to wear it so to consume it as a candid extension of them.

Not a handful of jewelry but one piece of jewelry, an ephemeral energy that produces vibration and it consumes – a dedicated performance: once you accept it, it depends only on you.

From my point of view, graphite is the opposite of the diamond: while one is the most perishable the other has the greatest hardness and preciousness. Still they are both different physical forms of the same element – carbon. I proposed a collection about the aesthetic and emotional value of objects, rather than their bare material value. If “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend”, I say graphite is an artist’s best friend!

These jewelry have the ability to leave marks… as all kind of events leave marks in our lives, so I dare you to fill your white pages with color and joyful marks instead.

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Cut Diamond 

Graphite, shibuichi

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14 Diamond Faces

Graphite, shibuichi

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Ephemeral Structure No 5

Red chalk , brass, resin, steel wire

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Roman Red

Red chalk, shibuichi

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51 Diamond Faces

Charcoal & graphite, brass, resin, steel wire

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Instant Joy

Red chalk, shibuichi

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Black Diamond

Graphite, shibuichi

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5.6K Diamond

Graphite, shibuichi

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Cage for Memories

Red chalk, shibuichi

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Mirror for Memories...

Graphite, mirror, brass, resin, steel wire