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Auverture opens to vintage

Published on October 29, 2021

Anello Dome di Van Cleef & Arpels in oro rosa, diamanti, rubini

From trendy designers to vintage jewelry from great Maison. Auverture, the website founded by one of the most refined creative women in high jewelery, Bibi Van Der Velden, surprisingly opened the doors to a new genre of proposals. The marketplace, in fact, has inaugurated a section dedicated to vintage jewelry, with pieces also signed by brands such as Bulgari, Cartier, Tiffany or Val Cleef & Arpels. They are jewels made in the last century and put back into circulation to be worn again. It is the same kind of jewelry found on sites like 1stdibs, but also, with due proportions, at Sotheby’s or Christie’s. And it is a sign that high quality jewels maintain their value over time, because they continue to have a market.

That Auverture proposing these jewels, however, surprised those who considered Bibi Van Der Velden’s site as a space dedicated exclusively to the most innovative contemporary designers, such as Fernando Jorge, Ana Khouri, Bia Tambelli, Venyx, Alice Cicolini, Nikos Koulis , just to name a few. With the support of vintage jewelry, however, Auverture is now able to meet the requests of collectors and design enthusiasts of the past.

Orecchini firmati Bulgari in turchese e oro

Anello di Cartier in palladio e diamante

Anello Panthére di David Webb in oro e smeraldi

The pleasant and surprising novelties of Bia Tambelli

Published on May 29, 2020

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Bia Tambelli, anello della collezione Oito

Fortunately, the world becomes more beautiful every day and, above all, it is renewed: these two qualities are brought together in the work of Bia Tambelli, designer with Italian roots and base in Brazil.
Bia is one of the most creative young professionals in the world of jewelry. Her specialty is to combine two worlds at the antipodes: geometry, made above all of opposing volumes, and fluid sensitivity to the magical and fantastic world, which is one of the characteristics that are part of Brazilian popular culture.

Her new jewels summarize this unusual combination of rationality and myth. The truncated pyramid shapes in rock crystal enclose Brazilian gems, in a setting of oxidized gold and diamonds. The collection is called Oito (number 8 in Portuguese) and uses 18k champagne gold, light brown diamonds, white diamonds, emeralds and crystals. But, to testify that new ideas may surprise, Bia has also created the B-Tech Charm, to be added to the AirPods. A new idea which, in addition to having a pleasant aesthetic effect, according to the designer also serves to block the “negative effects of radiation”. Whether it works or not doesn’t matter: the idea is fun and the jewels can also be used as a pendant. The jewels are in 18k gold and stones such as diamonds, emeralds, aquamarines, sapphires.

Orecchini in oro ossidato con cristallo di rocca e smeraldi

Bracciale in oro ossidato con cristallo di rocca e smeraldi

Anelli di Bia Tambelli con ametista e citrino

Bia Tambelli con il bracciale Trinity in oro 18k, diamanti brown, cristalli di rocca, quarzi citrini. Copyright: gioiellis.com

The 2019 artistars are Sowon Joo, Veronika Kuryanova and Bia Tambelli

Published on February 26, 2019

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Sowon Joo, Veronika Kuryanova and Bia Tambelli the three major awards of Artistar Jewels ♦ ︎

Sowon Joo, Veronika Kuryanova and Bia Tambelli. They are the winners of Artistar Jewels 2019, an event organized in Milan and which get a consolidated event. This year, then, the edition was monstrously large, with over 500 creations on display. Artistar is also proposed as an e-commerce platform: the works on display can be purchased on the contest website. In addition to the exhibition of more or less innovative creations, the event is also a competition. Sowon Joo is a Korean designer, she graduated from Seoul National University, and has worked in the jewelry and sculpture sectors for over twenty years. One of the most appreciated pieces is a large heart-shaped crochet gold sculpture necklace with a rutilated quartz pendant in the center. Veronika Kuryanova is Russian, graduated from the Moscow State Stroganov Academy of Design and Applied Arts and presented some bronze and enamel rings with large sizes and bright colors. Bia Tambelli (already known to those who follow gioiellis.com) is a young and pretty designer with Italian origins, born and raised in Brazil. On this occasion she presented geometric and refined pieces from the Trinity collection in gold, diamonds and rock crystal that express a spiritual order between God, the cosmos and man. Form and materials are carefully selected to increase the energy and strength of the wearer.

A special mention was given to the American bijoux artist and creator Nita Angeletti of Italian origins, but born and raised in New York, who after an attempt as an actress on Broadway moved to sculpture creating figurines made of fabric, to arrive at the realization of what defines Wearable Art Accessories: creations that reflect in an exuberant way the passion for fabrics, used as pictorial elements with playful and colorful arrangements with the intent to amuse those who observe them.
Other awards for the young Dutch Lindsey Fontijn (Accessory Vogue Vanity Fair Award) and English Michelle Lung, for the Russian Denis Sozin, and Elena Franceschetti.
A recognition also for Anna Maccieri Rossi with her jewely we have already written here, at the Chinese Yichen Dong, the Portuguese Ana Magarida Carvalho and the Hungarian jewel artist Anna Zeibig.

Anello Trinity, oro 18k diamanti bianchi, diamanti brown

Bracciale Trinity in oro 18k, diamanti brown, cristalli di rocca, quarzi citrini

Veronika Kuryanova, ciondolo Australia — Veronika Kuryanova, anello Australia

Veronika Kuryanova, ciondolo Sud America — Veronika Kuryanova, anello Sud America

Bia Tambelli multiplied by three

Published on September 29, 2018

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The Trinity collection by Bia Tambelli presented at VicenzaOro: gold, diamonds, rock crystal and some symbology ♦ ︎

She is one of the most interesting emerging designers. And she was also one of the eight creators of the Design Room at VicenzaOro September: Bia Tambelli, Brazilian of Italian descent, on that occasion presented her third collection, after Arpia and Portal. The third collection also takes the forms of the number three. It is called, in fact, Trinity and, as the name suggests, plays around the shape of the triangle. If the three is a perfect number, the Trinity collection makes it an apologia.

The triangular surfaces multiply as in a game of mirrors and build volumes, edges, reflections.

It is not, however, a simple exercise of geometry: the volumes, in fact, serve to amaze, but also to add consistency to the jewels. Light, in short, but not inconsistent. The Trinity collection consists of eight jewels, including a bracelet. The pieces are made with an elaborate combination of gold, white and brown diamonds, rock crystals, citrine quartzes and imperial topazes. The stones have, of course, the trillion cut, that is triangular. Around the meaning of the choice, that of surfaces with three sides, you can let the imagination fly by combining mystical or esoteric symbology. But the designer’s aesthetic research is probably more interesting. Creating something new is not easy and Bia Tambelli has succeeded.

VicenzaOro, the magnificent eight of the Design Room

Published on August 31, 2018

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Who will be in the Design Room of VicenzaOro: Alessio Boschi makes his debut, comes Garavelli and … ♦ ︎

In the countdown in view of VicenzaOro September, organized by the Italian Exhibition Group and scheduled in Vicenza from 22 to 26 September 2018, the scope of one of the most awaited sections, The Design Room, is now outlined with greater precision. Introduced a couple of editions ago, the area is reserved for particularly significant signatures of jewelry design. In the September 2018 edition, the area sees some confirmation and several new features. First of all, the number of designers changes: from 12 in the first edition, to January 2017, to the 11th of last January, to 8 September 2018. Among the Design Room aficionados, for this edition there are Qayten, an innovative boutique which always arouses great interest, Alessa Jewelery, a brand born from the love between designers Yuvraj Pahuja and Alessandra Robles, and the Italian-Brazilian Bia Tambelli. An exceptional debut is that of the talented Alessio Boschi, an Italian designer with a world profile, which until now has only been present at Baselworld. Other novelties are represented by the Cedille brand, created by Carmen Aoun in 2015, from the exotic collections of Inspiration Jewels and the simplicity of Syna. And more, the historic Garavelli brand is moved-up to the Design Room. In reality it is a matter of a few meters, because the Piedmontese Maison was previously located in the Icon area of VicenzaOro, inside which is the Design Room area. It is no coincidence that last year Garavelli won a prestigious Design Award at the Couture in Las Vegas.

Alessa Jewelry, anelli della Amara Collection

Bia Tambelli, the Portal of sixth sense

Published on February 12, 2018

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The Portal collection by Bia Tambelli, a young Italian-Brazilian designer who goes hunting for symbols ♦ ︎
At VicenzaOro, in the Design Room, reserved for emerging jewelery brands, there was also Bia Tambelli (see also: Bia Tambelli, amazing Brazil). In addition to its Arpia collection, the young designer showed the jewels of the Portal line. Also in this case the creator combines the aesthetic sense with the sixth sense. That is, she links the shape of rings, bracelets and earrings with transcendent, spiritual, symbolic meanings. The geometric lines of the jewels, she explains, symbolize the material life, behind which often lies our true self. The black diamonds are set in reverse to represent the difficulties we encounter on our way. White diamonds, on the other hand, embody our intuition and the lotus flower symbolizes purity and knowledge. In the center, in fact, a cabochon-cut ruby is mounted, which symbolizes the heart. Who knows if those wearing a jewel in the Portal collection are reminded of all these symbols evoked by Bia Tambelli. In case you forget it, don’t worry: the jewels are interesting even without knowing the meaning. Lavinia Andorno

Piercing in oro bianco, diamanti neri, rubino

Bia Tambelli, amazing Brazil

Published on January 12, 2018

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From Brazil a new trendy designer in the jewelry world: Bia Tambelli ♦ ︎
The clichés describe Brazil as the home of carnival, football and samba. Yet there is another aspect of Brazil that is less known, at least to the general public: jewelry design. The wide availability of colored stones, from emeralds to tourmalines, and the imagination of young jewelers in cities like San Paulo or Rio de Janeiro, have widened the proposal for innovations. An example is Bia Tambelli, 30, who joined the Design Room of VicenzaOro, the section of the fair reserved for the trendy authors. In short, she is a novelty, even if she is now a trendy signature in jewelry. It is no coincidence that she grew up in Minas Gerais, an area in Brazil where there are many stones mines (in particular the tourmaline), while she was formed as a designer in modern San Paulo, where she studied art. Her jewelery brand is recent. Indeed, very recent: in 2017 she founded high-end brands, Bia Tambelli Creations. In the notes that accompany her presentation, the objective of creating jewelry also unites uncommon conceptual goals: she wants, in fact, «to contribute to the spiritual growth of the individual through the energy and strength that the stones, inserted into architectures of lines and symbols full of meaning, radiate».
For the moment, jewels are made to order, waiting for a wider distribution. Prices, translated into euros: from around 1,400 for smaller pieces (such as Portal piercing) to around 40,000 euros for the most important pieces (such as the Arpia choker). Margherita Donato