Sea Dog is a table composition born from the union of an ammonite and a baroque pearl. The pearl gives the bulldog's muzzle and the fin; the other side of the dog's head is modelled in grey gold to mirror it, in accordance with the character of the pearl. The collar is set with cognac diamonds.
One side keeps the natural shape of the pearl, the other the jeweller's modelling, so that the two can be compared. The anatomy was already there in the pearl: the set of the cheekbones, the eyebrows, the muscle tissue, the cheeks, the upturned nose and the well-placed fin. For about two and a half years the artists could not decide the fate of the material, and the arrival of the baroque pearl settled it.
Ammonites are fossils of an extinct class of cephalopods that existed from the Devonian to the Cretaceous period; according to experts this material is more than 50 million years old. They are named in honour of the ancient Egyptian solar deity Amun of Thebes, who was depicted with the twisted horns of a ram, and for many peoples of the world the ammonite shell is a symbol of happiness and abundance and, in a broader sense, of infinity. This specimen was brought from the island of Madagascar; the pattern of the shell, and the way its segments articulate, resembles seaweed.
Materials: baroque pearls from the coastal plantations of the South China Sea, ammonite, blue sapphires, cognac diamonds, 18K gold (750 fineness)
In private collection.
Sea Dog is a table composition born from the union of an ammonite and a baroque pearl. The pearl gives the bulldog's muzzle and the fin; the other side of the dog's head is modelled in grey gold to mirror it, in accordance with the character of the pearl. The collar is set with cognac diamonds.
One side keeps the natural shape of the pearl, the other the jeweller's modelling, so that the two can be compared. The anatomy was already there in the pearl: the set of the cheekbones, the eyebrows, the muscle tissue, the cheeks, the upturned nose and the well-placed fin. For about two and a half years the artists could not decide the fate of the material, and the arrival of the baroque pearl settled it.
Ammonites are fossils of an extinct class of cephalopods that existed from the Devonian to the Cretaceous period; according to experts this material is more than 50 million years old. They are named in honour of the ancient Egyptian solar deity Amun of Thebes, who was depicted with the twisted horns of a ram, and for many peoples of the world the ammonite shell is a symbol of happiness and abundance and, in a broader sense, of infinity. This specimen was brought from the island of Madagascar; the pattern of the shell, and the way its segments articulate, resembles seaweed.
Materials: baroque pearls from the coastal plantations of the South China Sea, ammonite, blue sapphires, cognac diamonds, 18K gold (750 fineness)
In private collection.
