In Italy, confetti are part of celebration. Traditionally sugared almonds, they are offered at weddings, births and other important moments, often presented in colours chosen for the occasion. The word acquired another life through celebration. The little pieces of coloured paper scattered into the air at festivities became known internationally as confetti, while in Italian they are called coriandoli.
For us, the association was irresistible: colour, movement and the uncomplicated pleasure of a celebration.
Confetti became a circle of candy-coloured gemstones: green tourmaline, lime-green peridot, golden citrine, red garnet, pink tourmaline, rhodolite, amethyst, Swiss blue topaz and London blue topaz. Cut as smooth cabochons and set in 18-carat rose gold, the colours move around the spectrum from green through yellow, red, pink and purple into blue.
The gemstones were designed to move. On the necklace they dangle freely from the chain; on the ring they can rotate. Colour is never completely still. The ring contains another small piece of playfulness. Its shank sits off-centre, allowing the composition to be worn in two positions, either higher on the finger or extending further across the hand.
The same flexibility appears in the choker, which can be worn around the neck, combined with the longer necklace, or wrapped twice around the wrist as a bracelet.
"I derive a ridiculous amount of pleasure from playing with my jewellery."
We could not have described Confetti better ourselves.
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Renilde Vervoort
