Boucheron flowers from the Nature Triomphante collection: extraordinary high jewelery ♦ ︎
Despite the coexistence between flowers and jewels is difficult, continuing over time, almost like the one between Beyoncé and Jay-Z. Where is the difficulty in this marriage is soon said: first of all to interpret a flower is not simple, if you want to propose something original. Secondly, a jewel that does not limit itself to making just a simple idea of the flower, meets great technical difficulties. If, then, the goal is a jewel of great quality as well as precious, only a few designers succeed.
Claire Choisne, creative director of Boucheron, has succeeded it. And during the week of haute couture she presented the new high-end jewelry collection of the Maison. The jewels of the Nature Triomphante collection are a triumph not only for the refined selection of the materials used, but also for the complicated, difficult choice of construction. For example, in some cases the rock crystal was carved from the inside to accommodate diamonds and gold. The floral rings, moreover, were made with a touch of unusual naturalism, which at first glance could make the jewel exchange for an authentic flower. Also thanks to the processing technique of titanium, which takes on color and a finish that makes them become small masterpieces. More: true flower petals are applied, without pigments or chemicals to titanium surfaces. Thus a flower becomes eternal.
To achieve this level Boucheron has carefully studied the plants: as in the case of the necklace with ivy leaves that has been reproduced, including veins, after a digital scan of the foliage of a real plant. Or Nuage de Fleurs, a necklace of small hydrangea flowers in rose gold, with mother-of-pearl in pale pink, gray and cream, with petals with diamonds similar to drops of dew. In short, a true triumph of high jewelry. Giulia Netrese