Cerchio nel cerchio, Rettangolo Aureo, Rettangolo Aureo Scultoreo, Quadrato Scultoreo… The kinetic patented pieces forming the Modulando collection are the result of Elisabetta Fontana’s meticulous research into shapes and materials and represent a new way of designing jewellery, not only in terms of their aesthetics but also of becoming an interactive and playful element for whoever is wearing the jewellery. Eager to experiment with new materials, the designer has visited several companies in person on the search of non-ferrous metals – drawn metals and industrial bars in bronze and steel – which she fell in love with at first sight. An expert in traditional techniques which she learned from her parents who collected and sold antique jewellery, Elisabetta Fontana combines artisan skill with industrial processes. Using impernatura and joints instead of traditional casting, the artist manages to create dynamic pieces – which are mobile and rotary – thanks to assembling modular geometrical components. The dynamism she creates is continued by whoever is wearing the piece, rendering it kinetic. Circles, rectangles and squares are all combined to form perfect geometrical shapes as a result of their symbolic value. Cerchio nel cerchio – meaning circles within circles – are concentric circles clearly representing universal harmony and a shield against negativity. The physical structure merges with the metaphysical-symbolic structure of the shape. Inspired by the golden ratio, Bauhaus techniques and Bruno Munari’s philosophy, Elisabetta Fontana creates evolving pieces of jewellery which can be transformed from rings to pendants through to broaches. The collection is elegant yet modern given their simplicity, geometrical shapes and abstract form, based on a combination of applied art and architecture to create wearable jewellery. The Modulando collection by Elisabetta Fontana represents a seamless manipulation of changing geometrical shapes, analytical research into materials and a symbolic and playful value that goes beyond a mere object. “To play with the art – Elisabetta Fontana stated – as Bruno Munari has taught us, to play with modulated pieces using ancient and recent techniques, to play with the symmetry and the asymmetry, with the translation, the rotation”. As in the ring OM, a prayer wheel. A key to getting into the deep. A kind of meditation in motion. The squared ring modules rotating between your fingers perform a gentle massage. The peculiarity of the artist in in fact the movement in the jewel. Jewel is an object that entertains you and accompanies you. She designs and draws new collection always careful to the world of fashion in the respect for the environment, thinking that through the conjunction and collaboration between all these different types of knowledge can lead to the ideation and realization of high quality products.
