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Sunday, 22 March 2009 17:40

Giorgio Cattano

 

Lost Pieces

The base pieces are small rectangles with no particular interest. Their value arises only when combined together. I like irregular and asymmetric forms because those are how nature is.
The pieces are made of silver but the welding is made with gold.
The meaning is the relationships between things, often more important than the things themselves.

  

TEMPTING
DEISA

My brother asked me to make a ring for his girlfriend. I renounced to find something that both would like (they are too different) and I decided to make an ode to love.
The ring is not close, meaning that a relation never goes back to the start, but keep on evolving.
You need a lot of enthusiasm to start (a small ruby) and bare in mind a great goal (the diamond) to go on with determination. The diamond is loose inside the structure, to underline that love needs space and freedom to survive.

  

DIFFERENT

This is a very simple chain of silver circles, with one exception: a square (of gold).
Many times we perceive a exception like this it’s a mistake, and we don’t realize that exactly the exception is often a precious thing. I made different versions of this chain: with a gold square, with a small stone trapped inside.

BIOGRAPHY

EnglishGiorgio Cattano

http://www.g10design.com/01jewels/Giorgio-page01.htm

He was born in Italy the 6th of December in1968 from Dutch mother and Italian father.
He studies architecture and industrial design in Italy.
In 1999 he moved to Holland where he worked as an architect while he approaches to new disciplines, among them jewellery. In 2006 he opens his own studio: G10design
A jewel is an architecture at a very small scale. In architecture, complexity and regulations make the end result: the compromise among various parties. In jewellery you can be the full creator. That is why he wants to design and as well as to build with his own hands his jewels.
Among his recent works we find a collection for gay, in collaboration with the designer Cleto Munari.
At the moment he lives in Seville, Spain.
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