Jewelry Inspiration: I Am Titanium

Klimt02 is a website that provides an international forum for contemporary jewelry in a creative space that offers knowledge, information, debates, and exchanges - all within the artistic realm of jewelry. Based in Barcelona, Spain, Kilmt02 inspires everyone interested in the selection, quality, art, technology, and creation of art jewelry. Sheffield School has kindly been given permission to share works of global designers here on our website. Today's post focuses on the femine yet very industrial titanium jewelry creations of a jewelry designer in Treviso, Italy, Emma Francesconi. 

Emma Francesconi 

Emma Francesconi
Bracelet: Armor 2010
Titanium screws with Ti Color 65 surface finish

Emma Francesconi
Bracelet: Armor 2010
Titanium screws with Ti Color 65 surface finish
Detail

Emma Francesconi
Ring: Nose Vittorino 2011
Titanium

Emma Francesconi
Bracelet: Butterfly 2012
Titanium

Emma Francesconi
Necklace: Untitled 2012
Titanium screws

Emma Francesconi
Bracelet: Untitled 2012
Titanium screws

Statement

My pieces go from being a hard and unalterable material to becoming a soft and supple mesh like a fabric. I take handfuls of screws and washers and play around with them, attaching them in a multitude of ways, creating new shapes, going back and trying again until I find equilibrium of shape and overall smoothness. I tried to magically change indication of things and give them a new meaning. My objective is that of maintaining the essence of the material and of the shape, to take a handful of screws and make a piece of jewellery, limiting where possible my intervention.  Emma Francesconi On sale at Marijke Studio  Padova, Italy  Alternatives  Rome, Italy Emma Francesconi Piazza Crispi 8 31100 - Treviso Italy mail: francesconiemma@yahoo.it

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