Karelia is a land of lakes and forests, where this northern «royal» berry grows everywhere.
• Cloudberry is a kind of business card of Karelia.
• The collection was inspired by the natural resources of the Karelian forest.
• In other rings, the berries are made of glass (melted by me in the flame of a high-temperature burner (1000 ° Celsius) — (lampwork technique).
• Here, the berry is made of Karelian shungite, and the splint is made of silver.
POSITIONING AND AUDIENCE
• low-mass low-circulation jewelry with a minimalistic design, combining modern trends with the cultural code of the North
• love of historical heritage
• decoration as a bridge connecting the past and the present
• individuality, novelty, beauty
• retrostylistics
• modern jewelry with non-traditional materials that attract the attention of others and reflect the aesthetics of the buyer
Most of the berries are made of glass, but some are from Karelian shungite, a mineral that is mined in Karelia (my place of birth and residence).
The splints of the rings are also diverse — they are made of silver with various coatings — nanoceramics, rhodium, ruthenium.
Used techniques: die casting, lampwork, manual processing, coating with jewelry materials.
The rings are presented in sizes from 16.5 to 18, the height of the berry varies, on average 1.5 — 2 cm.
• Year of creation — 2019-2020
• Price: silver with shungite — 8000 rubles, silver+ nanoceramics and other coatings with glass insert — 9800 rubles.
• Custom manufacturing.
• Author: Bolshikh Tatiana Valeryevna
