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Carving "Little sparrow"
Pink Coral Carving with 18 Kt Yellow Gold on Obsidian base.
code: 4158
VINCENZO ABBAGNANO
Of Neapolitan origins, Abbagnano is a goldsmith who creates jewels with corals, turquoises, and cameos. His style, transversal in shapes and structures, stands out for elegance and originality. Thanks to his working experience as a professor at Istituto d’arte di Sorrento, Abbagnano receives everyday inspiration to reinvent his art and to create new combinations with elements of all the types.
VINCENZO IMPOSIMATO
Representative of the engraving and sculpture school in Torre del Greco, Imposimato is distinguished by his strong artistic sensibility and his elegant style which gives particular importance to details, as it can be seen from his works in coral and cameo. It is precisely his refined style that has brought him success, especially among the Japanese audience, and that earned him a place of honour at different jewellery fairs between America and Japan.
PACIFIC CORAL: “CORALLIUM SECUNDUM”
According to the legend, the coral was born from the blood of the beheaded Medusa, that coloured and petrified the seaweeds upon which Perseo had laid/ placed her head, turning them into coral. However, the science has another explanation: the coral is the calcareous secretion produced by little octopus communities, with support and protection function. These secretions, blending together, result in colonies.
In jewellery, the most appreciated corals, both for their value and beauty, are those from the Mediterranean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
The coral coming from the Pacific Ocean can be divided into three subcategories: Corallium Elatius, Secundum and Japonicum.
Secundum coral is fished off in southern Japan and Hawaii. It is characterized by fan shaped branches and by light tones, from the pure white of Midway coral to the pinkish white of Misu coral.
18 Kt GOLD
Pure gold, as present in nature, is a malleable material. So, in order to be used in jewellery, it must be alloyed with other metals. As a consequence, gold can have different colorations: yellow gold requires additional alloys like brass, zinc and silver; in white gold, on the other hand, are used alloys of brass (in reduced amount compared to yellow gold) and palladium.
OBSIDIAN
Obsidian is a magmatic rock created by the lava which, cooling rapidly, produces a natural glass. It is named after the roman explorer Obsius who, according to Pliny the Elder, was the first one to discover it. In ancient times it was frequently used for the production of sharp tools, whose trade was mainly widespread in the Mediterranean, thanks to the rich presence of obsidian deposits in Sicily and Sardinia.
