Carnelian and gem brooch
The cornelian lenses are the filter to the memory where an oval cut gem surrounded by small stones is falling and breaking. On top of the beautiful shades of orange of the cornelian, there are 4 silver rivets that dialogue with the small gems cut in the silver in the back.
MATERIALS
Carnelian, silver
MEASUREMENTS
40x30mm
NOTE
The Carnelian and Gem Brooch is hand made in London and made to order to avoid excess production for this reason it can take up to 4 weeks to be crafted. If you have any particular requests or would like this item to be customise please email info@carolasolcia.com
COLLECTION
My aim for the Colours Lenses collection was to produce a a body of work that investigates how the perception of events and objects becomes distorted in the construction of memory and the possibility that the image itself may undergo a modification subsequent to its initial conception. The collection is marked by the prominent use of transparent stones, as they symbolise the filters that memories place on our perception of events. Just as memories can sometimes distort and reinterpret experiences, these transparent stones are used as lens for memory which natural inclusion and colour nuances transform the image underneath. Some of the stones are revealing the cut out shape, in the metal, of stones no longer wearable or present. Other, through engraving or cut out, rebuild a specific piece of jewellery through a fragment of it in order to capture the moment of their breaking or becoming unwearable and at the same time make it wearable again in order to creates new narratives.