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Gala Rotelli in name of Sottsass

Published on May 13, 2020

Collana Van Gogh in bronzo o argento placcata oro

Design, Milan. Two words that are linked: the Italian city is considered the capital of design. And so, it’s not strange that even the world of jewelry is inspired by the great names in architecture and design that have taken root in the city. Gala Rotelli, for example, is a young designer who, he says, has been passionate “to small projects of Ettore Sottsass, small wearable architectures.” Daughter of art, in the true sense of the term (his father is Marco Nereo Rotelli), has “always drawn, painted and very drew.” After the Faculty of Architecture in Florence, he has a Masters in Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s Institute in London “and parallel I started producing silver and bronze rings and bracelets with the help of expert craftsmen. To specialize I attended the course of High training in design of Jewel by Alba Cappellieri at the Politecnico di Milano.” Gaia explains: “I chose this path because structure thoughts through forms and materials is essential to me. And I want my rings were not only pleasant to wear, but they can managed something etherea. For this reason each jewel has a special title.”

Orecchini a forma di foglia di vite placcati oro 24 carati

The images of his work give an idea of his style. If you like, you can buy it in via Stendhal studio / showroom in Milan, but soon there will also be an e-commerce service. Warning: “A jewel is handcrafted in few pieces: a waiting time is required, about ten days to receive it.”

Anello ispirato agli affreschi di Giotto nella Cappella degli Scrovegni. Argento placcato e smalto

Eclisse, anello in argento 925 galvanizzato oro 24 K, versione con lapislazzulo

The Lux by Gala Rotelli

Published on September 14, 2019

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Gala Rotelli’s new jewels, inspired by light and the art world ♦ ︎

Gala Rotelli, a young designer from Milan, with a passion for architecture, painting and jewelry, lights a light on her new collection. What is called, precisely, Lux Lucis, words that mean light lights in Latin. Understanding: jewels that shine, that send flashes, that attract glances. But also, for the designer, a more introspective meaning: “The light hidden inside each of us, that little flame that allows us to dream every night before closing our eyes”.

Orecchini in argento placcato oro 24 carati di Gala Rotelli

The collection is in 925 rhodium silver and 24 carat gold plated bronze. And, as always, it is also inspired by the world of art and design, from Van Gogh to Magritte: details of works by the great painters who turn into jewels: “Light has always interested me because of its ability to change in relation to the materials he meets. It reflects on mirrored materials such as metal, is refracted with glass. Furthermore, my father is an artist and he often creates light installations so in a certain sense he has always been in my DNA, but I like above all to think of light as an inner light, which each of us possesses and which
represents a dream, a talent, an idea ”, explains the designer, who decided to present the collection together with two other brands in the fashion world, Luce Studio and TPF Milan.
“For me design is, in every area, from jewelery to the product, to clothing,” explains Gala.

Orecchini pendenti in argento placcato oro

Gala Rotelli, jewelry for dreamers

Published on January 15, 2018

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The Dreamers collection, jewels by Gala Rotelli, among abstract painting and design ♦ ︎
A very concrete dreamer. Despite her latest collection is called The Dreamers, Gala Rotelli is a designer who does not lose sight of the concreteness. On the contrary, she has the objective of translating signs and dreams into objects: her jewelry. The road is that from color, painting and, more generally, creativity leads to the discovery of matter. That said, it seems the description of an artistic activity. And, in fact, the parameters are precisely those: daughter of the painter and sculptor Marco Nereo Rotelli, Gala is inspired by the blue of Yves Klein (French painter who came to patent a particular shade of this color), but also to Jackson Pollock. So much so that, before throwing himself headlong into the jewelry, she also created objects inspired by the abstraction of the American painter.
To get to designing jewelery, Gala graduated in Architecture at the University of Florence, worked in Milan and New York, attended Design and Trend Forecasting at the Parsons School of Design in Paris, and studied Modern Art at the Sotheby’s Institute of Art of London, followed the Masters in Jewelery Design at the School of Design of the Milan Polytechnic. Finally, in 2016 he chose to make the jewelry designer full time, with a studio and workshop in Milan.
The Dreamers
The Dreamers, the latest collection of Gala Rotelli, is made of 24 carat gold-plated silver («24 carats because it gave the right amount of yellow to the jewels that have a silver base»). The jewels are inspired by celestial symbols, natural themes and some iconic images of modern art. «The underlying concept is that every woman, when she undertakes to realize her dream, becomes better, strengthens her identity, is more beautiful and luminous. And unconsciously begins a process of empowerment», explains the designer. «The jewels are produced in Valenza, the glasses in Murano, the ceramics in Este or Vietri: each one corresponds to a territory of competence, but because the forms speak (the stars of the sky become jugs, the flowers of Andy Warhol that they are transformed into earrings, the dripping of Pollock becomes a dish) are ready to overcome the Italian borders to remember the beauty of dreams even to those who are not Italian».
The Gala Rotelli’s jewelry are on sale on the website that has her name, in her studio in Via Aurelio Saffi 25 in Milan and from February on the emerging e-commerce site Denoise Design. Soon they will also arrive in boutiques and physical stores. A few indicative prices: a double moon lapis ring 250 euros, Arcobaleno bracelet 680 euros, Spirale Luna bracelet 360 euros, Tao ring 220 euros.

Anello doppia luna lapis lato — Anello doppia

Gala Rotelli, bracciale Le cose che rinascono