I don’t remember if as a child I had a precise idea of what to do when I grew up, but I remember that I had a strong predisposition for manual activity.
When have you started creating jewelry? How did this passion come about?
As a young girl I received a gift of a gold necklace with a small heart in filigree, it was then that the passion for jewelry was born in me, I believe for my instinctive need for beauty and because I have always felt the need to create and seek harmony in forms. Only after high school though I followed my passion and became a goldsmith.
What was your first project or significant piece for you and from what point of view?
For many years I made classic jewelry, a little at a time then I also inserted alternative materials but only in recent years I finally felt free to create jewelry that came out of the classic canons. Surely the piece that most represents this turning point is the sculpture ring “Energy Evolution” of 2021, inspired by a gentle undertow just after sunset, it has in itself the themes and elements on which I have experimented and researched in recent years.
How do you charge your batteries? What other passions and creative interests do you have?
I love walking in nature but also among people, traveling but I can’t do it often, seeing exhibitions, museums, listening to music and singing.
What does the connection between manufacturing tradition and contemporary design mean to you?
I think every artist should use the tools and techniques that he prefers and that are more congenial to him but I believe that the manufacturing tradition must be preserved and transmitted and must therefore remain a basis from which to start also in contemporary design.
Is there a self-portrait piece that speaks most about you?
The sculpture ring “Ode to Joy”, created in 2021, for the Incinque Jewels Prize, following the correspondence between sounds and colors, ancestral sensory perception, represents the beginning of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, to each piece of colored papier-mâché corresponds a note; music, hymn to life, vehicle of joy and sharing.
Which material have you not yet used is a temptation and a challenge for you?
I would like to make and use biomaterials in my jewelry but also continuing research on papier-mâché is a challenge for me.
How was the pandemic period for you as a jewelry designer?
It was a time of loneliness but also of great concentration, introspection and it certainly represented an opportunity for me, a still, empty space that I filled with so many things that had been waiting to come out for a long time.
How do you see the future of contemporary jewelry?
I believe that contemporary jewelry, with its multiple languages, speaks to people and it seems to me that more and more people, even young ones, are fascinated and interested by it.
