Mariapia's Jewels - Art to wear
A "miniature work of art" that will be with you everywhere; a new way to bring a wider public closer to art.
Artist Jewels
The jewel goes beyond its conception and becomes a "Work of Art" not only to wear but also to expose.
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Nucleus
It represents the universe. The spiral, an old Celtic symbol, stands for the way to go to get into yourself and find inner light.
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Etna
The design of the jewel symbolizes the crater of a volcano. The shapes of the decorations are reminiscent of lava slowly flowing down to the valley.
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TaraA jewel inspired by the Celtic world. The reliefs are reminiscent of the hollows of the Hill of Tara, one of the most important historical places in Ireland.
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Sun/MoonIn the Celtic symbolism these two elements represent the harmonization of opposites.
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The White Stars/The Blue Stars
A set of stars that follow a spiral path, indicating that there is always a Light that shines and shows us the way.
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About the "Jewels of Mariapia"
“J'écris ton nom”
The universe of paper jewelry of Mariapia Zepponi
Pure and precious, lightweight and ductile, antique and innovative: the jewel of paper was founded in the sixties of the twentieth century, during a period of extraordinary artistic and cultural renewal, thanks to the genial intuition of two young London artists: Wendy Ramshaw and David Watkins.
Since then there have been countless artists who have ventured into the jewel of paper and one of the most important collections of European design, the Museum of the Triennale in Milan in 2009, has collected more than 100, in a show that is already historic and memorable.
Mariapia Zepponi, born in Fabriano, the city of the Paper, has chosen to continue this successful tradition of artistic jewel of paper.
The landing to the jewel of paper, it was natural for Mariapia, like dew which opens a flower. After she worked creating paper, ceramics and stained glass windows - three of the most ancient and noble art techniques – she has crowned this “virtuoso” route with the art of goldsmith.
The stones, metals and paper - in Mariapia Zepponi jewels - sensitive dialogue describing cosmic visions, the harmony of infinite that appeals to men and nature.
An artistic ideal that is in continuity with a great protagonist of the sculpture of the twentieth century - who was also born in Fabriano - Edgardo Mannucci (1904-1986). The protagonist on the international art scene with his sculptures and his jewels, suspended between cosmic energy and material.
Paper: daughter of the nature and masterful men wisdom, in Mariapia Zepponi jewels, is an infinite vision and immense emotion.
Pura Vida.
Paper: Vestal and the nymph of the word and sign power, in these jewels sings the joy of continual becoming, as the great French poet Paul Eluard, in his famous Liberté (1942) wrote:
On all pages read
On all the white pages
Stone blood paper or ash
I write your name
Fabio Marcelli Art Historian, University of Perugia.
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