When the Ocean came into being
Back in August 2019, I was contacted by Nina Hald, organizer of the upcoming exhibition, “Jewels of the Sea”, who wanted to know If I’d be interested in making a piece focusing on the sea and especially the materials that you can get from there. Of course, I wanted to join, and out of that came our new ring, The Ocean.
The Design processes
In my creation I have chosen to focus on the pearl, especially the Tahitian pearl, which is my favorite, with its dark colour and shine. The Tahitian pearl derives from the black-lipped pearl, Pinctada Margaritifera, a clam shell to which I own and was what I was inspired by for the ring’s top shape. From the perimeter of the shell a beautiful shape formed. When the rest of the ring was to be designed, I took a trip to the beach at home, in Langeland, where I was inspired by the foam and bubbles on the surface of the sea.
At the beach I would find a lot of seaweed with mussel shells intertwined. Both the bubbles and the seaweed have some soft, organic forms, and the two elements are home to different kind of mussels around the world. So those they should, of course, form the other part of the piece.
The last detail was to put diamonds and natural spinels in the surface of the ring like small drops of water as if the ring has just been taken up from the dark depths of the sea.
The ring started out as an idea of a clam but the more you look at the ring the more it also resembles a coral, a sea anemone, or what I have chosen to call a sea flower. The flora underwater is at least as breathtaking as the one found here on land.
The sea flower is an ornament in the bottom of the sea, which unfolds in line with the rhythm of the waves. It opens and reveals its innermost secret – a beauty in its midst. It sparkles on the leaves and stem as sunrays break through the surface of the sea and hit the many stones.
All 40 participants are Guild members at the Copenhagen Goldsmith Association.
Bodil Binner
Lone Løvschal
Rosgaard Collection
Rebekka Notkin
Marry & Me
Mads Heindorf Jewellery
Malene Helweg-Larsen
Milas Jewellery
Anja Eriksen
Hofjuvelerer P. Hertz
Karin Castens
Erik Aulkær Andersen
Karen Fly
bærbart
Josephine Bergsøe
Felix
Jens Alstrup Engemann
Jytte Kløve
Nanna Schou
Christine Bukkehave sammen med Rikke Lunnemann
Jørgen Meincke
J-Meincke Design
Linda Jakobsen
Guldsmed Sche
Louise Degn
Maria Wulff
Pind J. Design
Per Borup Design
Joakim Hjort
Birgitte Munch
Kære Ven
Charlotte Balle
Rosing Fine Jewelry
Dulong Fine Jewelry
Ninna York
Dauf & Pede
Antonsen Guld- og Sølvsmedie
Lene Vibe
Bolou, Ro Copenhagen
Lobelune
