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The new Sicis flowers

Published on May 24, 2022

Anello con diamante giallo di 7,78 carati e micro mosaico

New rings, same art. Sicis, a small Italian Maison that has the use of the micro mosaic technique as its hallmark, has prepared new pieces of high jewelry. The occasion to present the new creations was Haute Jewels Geneva, an event dedicated to high-end jewelery to coincide with Watch & Wonders. On that occasion, the creative director of Sicis, Gioia Placuzzi, showed a new version of the Bohemian Dream ring, a jewel in the shape of a large flower, presented with shades that alternate from blue-violet to yellow-orange of the micromosaic and with a cluster of diamonds in the center, like stamens.

Not only. Sicis also presented other extraordinary jewels, such as a decomposable ring that has a large aquamarine in the center, surrounded by blue, green and red micromosaic elements, positioned like petals of a flower. A different compositional idea, but always with a floral inspiration, is instead that of another ring with a spectacular yellow diamond of 7.78 carats in the center. In addition to the micromosaic, in this case, the main stone is accompanied by a series of other brilliant-cut white diamonds. Or, again, the Butterfly Romance necklace, with a butterfly motif in a new passion red version, with the play of color created by the alternation between pink and white gold.

Absolute novelty is the Crazy Moon line: a whirlwind of semicircles of various sizes enriched with diamonds, amethysts, emeralds and sapphires. The seven separable rings of the Tesserae collection are each characterized by a central stone between 7 and 11 carats, which determines their style and personality. The central stone can be isolated from the micromosaic setting, to be recomposed as desired.

Anello Crazy Moon con diamanti, ametiste, smeraldi e zaffiri

Sicis Jewels in Doha with butterflies and ribbons

Published on May 7, 2022

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Collezione Ribbon, collana e anello indossati

The Sicis Jewels micro mosaic appeals to the luxurious world of the sheikhs. This is why the Ravenna Maison specializing in high-end jewelry using the ancient technique of micro mosaic returns to the Gulf after just over a month for the Doha Jewelery & Watches Exhibition, which takes place in Qatar. Sicis has a dedicated section within the Alfardan Jewelery stand and presents some news: multicolored butterflies, one of the favorite subjects in the Sicis Jewels collections.

These are rings that are the fruit of the creative passion of the artistic director Gioia Placuzzi. The jewels have a particularly realistic and detailed decoration, distinguished by a different color of sapphires in combination with white diamonds. Also new is the Ribbon collection, with rings and necklaces in the shape of a bow, with a shape inspired by the dresses of the famous Degas dancers. A different colored stone with an octagonal cut characterizes the design of each piece. The Doha event is also an opportunity to show iconic pieces of the brand, such as the Damisa necklace, which depicts a jaguar covered with micromosaic and sapphire flakes, holding an imperial topaz between its paws. Or the Quetzal set, inspired by the bird of the Amazon rainforest. Finally, collectible watches, such as the Gardenia with multicolored petals or the men’s timepieces from the Memento Mori series.

Realizzazione di un gioiello della collezione Farfalle

Collana e anello Ribbon indossati — Collana e anello Ribbon con topazio indossati

Anello con tormalina rosa e micro mosaico

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Sicis focuses on the Middle East

Published on March 23, 2022

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Sicis Jewels, an Italian jewelry brand specializing in the micro mosaic technique, definitely focuses on foreign markets. This is confirmed by two initiatives: participation in the limited club of exhibitors at Haute Jewels in Geneva (30 March-5 April 2022), and at the Watch & Jewelery Middle East Show (23-27 March) in Sharjah (United Arab Emirates). Not only. The Maison directed by Gioia Placuzzi is also active with exclusive events. Like the gala dinner organized in collaboration with Farfetch in Dubai, which saw the participation of 25 guests selected among the special customers of the marketplace.

The event follows the launch of the Sicis Jewels collections on the platform, which took place last December. After dinner it was the turn of a cocktail organized in the AlFardan Jewelery boutique inside the Dubai Mall, hosted by Madame Ghada Al Fardan, where the deputy director of the Ice (Italian organization for exports) Maria Martorelli and celebrities spoke of Arab TV like presenter Lojain Omran. Events that signal the strong presence of Sicis in the Gulf, which began 30 years ago with the first major international projects of artistic mosaic (of the decorative mosaic company to which the jewelry division is part) and gradually consolidated over time.

Sicis jewels conquer Dubai

Published on November 11, 2021

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The jewels with micro mosaics of Sicis in the boutiques of the Emirates. The Maison of Ravenna (Italy) led by the creative director Gioia Placuzzi has signed an agreement that will bring its rings, earrings, bracelets and necklaces to the Al Fardan boutique in Dubai, located inside the Dubai Mall. The boutique is internationally recognized for the quality and for the selection of authoritative precious brands that it has been able to associate with its brand over the years.

Anello con tormalina paraiba, diamanti, micro mosaico

Now it will add to the proposals for the Emirate’s customers also the Sicis Jewels sets, which have the particularity of using the refined technique of micro mosaic alongside gold and precious stones. The Italian atelier has recovered the famous art that kidnapped the eyes of European princesses during the 1700s and brought it back into the precious artifacts, managing to transform the jewels into unique works of great charm. The project cost over ten years of study and includes collaborations with museums and companies in the sector due to the incredible elaborations in micromosaic and special materials, patented by the same company.

Parure collana e anello in oro bianco, con inserti in micromosaico, diamanti, zaffiri gialli e arancioni, topazio imperiale

Anello Quetzal in oro, diamanti, micro mosaico, onice

High jewelery by Sicis in the Emirates

Published on October 8, 2021

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Anello Aura, con micromosaico, diamanti e rubellite

There is also the high Italian jewelery at the 48th edition of the Watch and Jewelery Middle East Show in Sharjah (United Arab Emirates), simultaneously with the opening of Dubai Expo 2020. Among the brands present, in fact, Sicis Jewels has chosen the Emirates to present his collection of unique pieces, which stand out both for the creative style of the designer, Gioia Placuzzi, and for the technique adopted, which combines precious stones and gold with tiny chips of micromosaic, a centuries-old technique that the Atelier of Ravenna (Italy) brought it back to life. Like the Aura Eos ring, inspired by Art Deco, with stylized gold leaves surrounded by diamonds and, in the center, a cabochon rubellite.

Anello della collezione Tesserae, in oro bianco, micromosaico, diamanti, peridoto

Or the Tesserae ring, which features a cushion-cut peridot in the center, surrounded by a diamond border, in addition to the characteristic Sicis micromosaic. Or for the earrings and the Lace ring, made with micromosaic, 18-karat white gold, white and black diamonds and cultured pearls. All pieces that are part of the Sicis high jewelery collections.

Anello e orecchini Lace, con diamanti bianchi e neri, micromosaico, perla

Anello Perception, con micromosaico e rubellite

Anello Lace, con diamanti, micromosaico e perla South Sea

Anello Infinity, con diamanti, micromosaico e tanzanite

The enchanted fate of Sicis

Published on July 4, 2021

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Gioia Placuzzi, creative director of Sicis Jewels, followed an enchanted destiny. The queen of the micro mosaic, after graduating in economics from Bocconi University in Milan and specializing in marketing at the Cass Business School in London, followed her passion until she graduated as a Graduate Gemologist at the Gemological Institute of America in London. The art of gems was then put into practice with the jewelry division of the family business, the Italian Sicis, specializing in mosaics.

But Incantate Destiny is also the name of the new high jewelery necklace. It is a special piece in white gold, with diamonds for 14.33 carats, tanzanites for 3.91 carats and rubellites for 4.23 carats. But the even more special aspect, in addition to the richness of the materials used, lies in the meticulous and patient work of composition through thousands of micro mosaic tiles, set to form the jewel’s pavé. No wonder that 300 hours of work were required to make this necklace. It is the destiny of Sicis expert craftsmen.

La collana in oro bianco, con diamanti per 14.33 carati, tanzaniti per 3,91 carati e rubelliti per 4,23 carati

The precious flower of Sicis

Published on March 26, 2021

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A new high jewelery ring signed by Sicis. Those who know the brand from Ravenna (Italy) know that the specialty of the house are micro mosaics: tiny glass tiles that are meticulously placed together to form figures and geometries on the jewels. In the high jewelery line, this ancient technique is accompanied by the use of gold and precious stones. As in the case of the last piece, called Bohemian Dream, in which diamonds coexist with the micro mosaic to form the pistils of a large flower. It is a unique piece, which is added to the other high jewelery creations.

Sicis jewels are considered among the most original and innovative in the jewelry scene. They are the result of the work of the Sicis creative director, Gioia Placuzzi, who joined the family business after graduating from Bocconi University in Milan in Business and Management and specialized in Marketing and Strategy at the Cass Business School in London. But, after a traditional managerial career within the Italian company, Gioia Placuzzi studied the secrets of precious stones and became a Free Gemologist at the Gemological Institute of America in London. Then, she started work with the Sicis Jewel division of the Italian company. In 2018 she became the creative director with the aim of growing the Sicis brand and business of jewelry and watchmaking, enhancing the special micromosaic atelier inside the company: a centuries-old technique that now lives a second youth.

Lavorazione dell'anello Bohemian Dream — Lavorazione dell’anello Bohemian Dream

Bozzetto dell'anello — Bozzetto dell’anello

Collana di alta gioielleria con micromosaico rosa, viola e blu in diverse forme, zaffiri rosa e viola, diamanti

Particolare di una collana in micromosaico, oro bianco, diamanti e calcedonio

Anello in micromosaico, oro bianco, diamanti bianchi e neri, zaffiri rosa

Sicis’s game of fantasy

Published on November 9, 2020

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The exuberant imagination of Gioia Placuzzi, Sicis art director, has resulted in a new series of jewels. It is a series of seven rings of high jewelery, with the name of Tesserae collection, which do not bother to break the traditional schemes to navigate in absolute freedom. As always, alongside gold and precious and semi-precious stones, the jewels are also made with the use of the micro mosaic technique, the Sicis specialty.

Anello con zaffiro giallo di 11,70 carati

By creating these pieces we imagined important jewels to wear on special occasions, which can also be worn with ease, in our normal day, vibrant and extremely versatile.
Gioia Placuzzi, Sicis art director

The Secret Garden ring, for example, uses a 7.66-carat Fancy Yellow diamond. A rare gem, surrounded by a delicate flower frame in diamonds, white and yellow, and micromosaic: tiny tiles that can only be used by the very expert hands of the Maison’s artisans. Furthermore, the ring can be broken down into two jewels, with or without micromosaic. Another eclectic piece is Life, the name of a ring with a large 9.31-carat peridot. Around the stone there are small hemispheres elaborated in emerald green and purple amethyst micromosaic, all surrounded by diamonds and pink sapphires. Joyful, on the other hand, is a ring that sports a yellow sapphire of 11.70 carats from which, like rays, micromosaic elements, micro tesserae in shades of yellow, blue topaz and diamonds.

The Infinity ring has a 9.25-carat emerald-cut tanzanite in the center, which enhances the facets of its color between blue and purple and is surrounded by stylized butterfly wings. Concentric designs made with fine micromosaic miniatures, an intricate three-dimensionality of shapes and colors. These rings can also be disassembled, for a multipurpose use: the central element with the stone can be worn alone or completed with a micromosaic dress.

Anello Secret Garden con diamante fancy yellow di 7,66 carati

Bozzetto dell'anello Joyful — Bozzetto dell’anello Joyful

The Sicis alphabet

Published on April 14, 2020

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A, B, C, etc.: how many things can be said with a simple letter like those in the Alphabet collection by Sicis? The letter can refer to an initial of a word, a name, a month, or maybe a password that you forget too often. Collections based on the letters of the alphabet serve this purpose too. But of course, the first interesting aspect is that of the possibility of being worn.

The Alphabet collection by Sicis transforms letters into amulets. The letters are made with the micromosaic technique, combined with dense decorations of diamonds, rubies and other precious stones. The idea belongs to the art director, Gioia Placuzzi, who with her collaborators started from the history and culture of the alphabet, to develop a free interpretation, a fascinating project, where the letters become figurative signs, chromatic seductions, poetic metaphors , verbal games. The letters are combined with leather laces, which add an unconventional look to the jewel.

Sicis high jewelry flies to New York

Published on March 11, 2020

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Anello Anemone con perla, diamanti e micromosaico

From Ravenna to the Big Apple: Sicis Jewels participates in the first edition of the year of JA New York, one of the main jewelery fairs for the entire east coast of the USA (March 15-17). Objective: to introduce the elaborate processing of Sicis Jewels to the American public. In particular, the micromosaic technique, made of precious minerals and gold, melted and then woven into special chopsticks, elaborated by hand by expert masters.

A technique that is then enhanced by the art director, Gioia Placuzzi, the soul of the brand, and her staff. The micromosaic technique was adopted by Sicis after 20 years of research and studies: it is a process born in the eighteenth century in Rome and today. The examples that Sicis brings to New York give a good idea of what type of jewelry can be produced. Like the Quetzal set inspired by the exotic tropical bird, with diamonds and tanzanites. The butterflies that seem to fly on bright gold threads and diamonds in the Butterfly set. Or the Calipso necklace, designed remembering the nymph told in the Odyssey, with infinitesimal micro-mosaic tiles that form special drops that are intertwined with Akoya pearls. Another example is that of the Alphabet collection, which transforms simple letters into amulets, with the micromosaic that designs miniatures together with diamonds, rubies and other gems.