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Bamboo becomes precious with Silvia Furmanovich

Published on December 2, 2020

Orecchini in bamboo, oro 18 carati, diamanti e tormalina verde

Fine jewelry can be made using simple bamboo. The answer is yes, if the designer is Silvia Furmanovich, a Brazilian who has already used plant material for her refined jewelry. In fact, Silvia Furmanovich’s new collection is called Bamboo and uses this plant that is very widespread in Asia in an innovative way. To learn all the secrets about bamboo, the Brazilian creator went to Japan, where it has also been used for millennia to create woven handicrafts.

Bamboo is a very ductile and fast growing vegetable, but it is also very hardy. To create her jewels, thin strips of bamboo are cut and curved in the intricate weaves of Japanese knots: a process requires experience and, above all, an Olympic calm. In the Bamboo collection, the fragments of this plant have been woven together with 18-karat gold, precious stones and diamonds. The collection is also the result of a partnership between Silvia Furmanovich and Instituto Jatobás, founded by Brazilian philanthropists Luiz & Betty Feffer, who is committed to influencing and expanding sustainable life and consciousness in the South American country. And, in addition, it has dedicated an area of over 80 hectares to the cultivation of bamboo in Brazil.

Anello con bamboo e smeraldo Muzo di SIlvia Furmanovich — Anello con bamboo e smeraldo Muzo di Silvia Furmanovich

Bracciale in oro giallo, diamanti, rattan, bamboo

Orecchini in bamboo, con perla dei Mari del Sud

Orecchini in bamboo, diamanti, topazio blue London

Giovanni Raspini’s silver bamboo

Published on November 7, 2019

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Bracelets, necklaces, rings and earrings in the shape of bamboo in the collection of Giovanni Raspini ♦ ︎

Bamboo, in nature, includes about 650 genera and 9,700 species. In short, it is one of the most common plants, especially in Asia. It is also one of the most used in the world, and thanks to its robustness this plant has been defined as vegetable steel, for its extraordinary mechanical resistance to compression and traction. Bridges, houses and even bicycles were built with bamboo. But, of course, a bamboo jewel is not exactly what every woman wants, even if there are bracelets and necklaces composed thanks to this ductile vegetal. But if the bamboo turns into silver, the liking increases.

Giovanni Raspini, orecchini a cerchio grandi

This is exactly what happened with the Bambù collection by Giovanni Raspini, which includes a bracelet with the shape of bamboo in silver fusion, but also a necklace and earrings. The jewels are created by mixing the bamboo texture with the electroformed tubular element. The result is a very light and luminous jewel. The collection includes two necklaces, three bracelets, four earrings and two rings, both in silver and gold silver versions. Prices: the silver necklace costs 580 euros, the ring 150 euros, the maxi earrings 180 euros.

Raspini, bamboo to wear

Published on September 7, 2016

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The new silver jewelry of Giovanni Raspini: the Bamboo collection.
He who loves silver wants to feel its texture, admire the shine, and feel it. And there are even those who would not exchange their necklace in white metal whith a gold equivalent. Matter of feelings. But also matter of shapes and proposals: Giovanni Raspini, Florentine jeweler who made of silver a religion, knows this well. And so he don’t stop to renew its collections and introduces pieces or proposes a completely new line. For the 2016-17 winter, for example, the latest news can be found in the collections Bamboo and Intrecci. On this page we look at the first of the two. As it is easy to assume, the bamboo collection includes jewelry inspired vegetable knotty particularly widespread in Asia.
Bamboo, realized both in fusion and electroforming, is a classic of women’s jewelry, but always also one of the flagships of the brand Giovanni Raspini. The bamboo elements here take the form of a new gem with a very intense chiaroscuro, where the plastic appearance and burnishing give a unique identity for a woman who loves the important object of great personality. The collection offers four necklaces, four bracelets, three rings, two earrings and a pendant. Giulia Netrese