Wordy Girasole Ring
Francesca Vitali
United States
Paper

'I began my journey in jewellery design after having already started a career as a chemist. In my vision, art and chemistry have found an intersection point in the alchemy of paper jewellery. In ancient times, alchemists have been ambitiously trying to convert common matter into gold. Sharing this grand aspiration, I strive to transform paper, a humble and ordinary material, into precious objects of original and modern design. Paper crosses our everyday life continuously and in multiple forms: magazines, maps, shopping bags…. I love to manipulate used paper from these and other sources. I enjoy the idea that fragments of our lives will remain trapped in my paper jewels.'

'The Girasole ring, in particular, is the product of combining two ancient techniques, origami and peyote stitch, with the present need for recycling.'