Universe and Me
Brooch. Marble, 14K gold.
Concept
I was thinking of how in recently the jewellery has developed into a new field, transforming from crafts into fine arts. Then I thought
of origins of fine art in Western civilization and of course about Ancient Greece and Rome. I wonder, how the same approach as
the one used by marble masters would look like in jewellery today? Most of the time, in some way or another, the Ancient artists
depicted mythology or important events in their work. I immediately thought of our universe and how modern western civilization
is focused on science instead of religion (at least with noticeable tendencies). In my opinion, the best way to depict the universe,
that is likely infinite, as a sphere that you observe from the core. Therefore, I made a statement brooch from marble, using simplest
tools to carve from a rock. I gave it a half sphere shape to show that a person wearing it is part of the universe. The brooch is
placed next to heart, symbolically connected by golden needle to a person. Golden needle pierces also the layer of marble
showing a small point on an empty marble space, like a lonely planet in the void.
I was thinking of how in recently the jewellery has developed into a new field, transforming from crafts into fine arts. Then I thought
of origins of fine art in Western civilization and of course about Ancient Greece and Rome. I wonder, how the same approach as
the one used by marble masters would look like in jewellery today? Most of the time, in some way or another, the Ancient artists
depicted mythology or important events in their work. I immediately thought of our universe and how modern western civilization
is focused on science instead of religion (at least with noticeable tendencies). In my opinion, the best way to depict the universe,
that is likely infinite, as a sphere that you observe from the core. Therefore, I made a statement brooch from marble, using simplest
tools to carve from a rock. I gave it a half sphere shape to show that a person wearing it is part of the universe. The brooch is
placed next to heart, symbolically connected by golden needle to a person. Golden needle pierces also the layer of marble
showing a small point on an empty marble space, like a lonely planet in the void.