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The Coral by Giovanni Raspini

Published on April 23, 2024

Coral turns into silver in Giovanni Raspini’s new collection. It is not the first line of jewelery that the Tuscan brand dedicates to the marine world, an environment that inspired the founder’s creative mind. The new collection is called Coral and uses shapes and volumes of the underwater plant which, in reality, is composed of tiny organisms typically gathered in branched colonies. The collection does not lose sight of the typical style of the Maison, specialized in silver jewellery. But, as with other collections, a gold-plated jewelry version is also offered for Coral.

Collezione Coral in argento naturale indossata — Coral collection in natural silver

As the name of the line suggests, the jewels have a design that reproduces the natural ramifications of marine corals. The collection includes a bracelet, two necklaces, two rings, four earrings (including a pair of right or left ear cuffs, thus experimenting with the shape that wraps the auricle), in both versions: natural silver or gilded .

Collezione Coral in argento dorato indossata — Coral collection in gilded silver

Collana in argento dorato — Golden silver necklace

Orecchini pendenti in argento — Silver pendant earrings

Giovanni Raspini flourishes with Blossom

Published on March 15, 2024

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In spring silver also flourishes with Blossom, one of Giovanni Raspini‘s latest collections. The Tuscan Maison has chosen the classic floral theme which gives all the chromatic charm of natural pink freshwater pearls, with shades that allude to the flowering of the peach tree. The tones are delicate and always slightly different in their harmony. To give even greater luminosity, the pearls were combined with burnished silver elements treated with the diamond-cutting technique and which depict tiny flowers. Diamonding, for those who are not familiar with this goldsmith technique, is used to make the metal more brilliant by adding tiny scratches made, in fact, with a diamond tip.

Collana e bracciale Blossom — Blossom necklace and bracelet

Silver jewelery thus presents a surface with microscopic facets that reflect light. The Blossom collection includes a choker necklace, a Chanel-style necklace with hammered chain, a pendant, two bracelets, two rings and a pair of earrings.

Anello con perla rosa e argento ossidato — Ring with pink pearl and oxidized silver

Collana con pendente Blossom — Blossom pendant necklace

Orecchini a bottone con perla rosa e argento — Pink and silver pearl stud earrings

Collana con perla rosa e argento — Necklace with pink and silver pearl

Color rings for Giovanni Raspini

Published on February 24, 2024

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Silver in color: Spring 2024 brings four new shades to the Maison Giovanni Raspini. Among the new collections proposed by the Tuscan brand, rings that use the contrast between metal and colored gems stand out. It is no coincidence that the mini collection is simply called Anelli Color. The jewels use burnished silver, the house specialty, cast with the ancient lost wax technique, together with hydrothermal quartz: that is, they are synthetic stones created in the laboratory based on the model of natural ones.

There are four Color Rings and they fit into Giovanni Raspini’s animalier trend. The jewels show four different decorations, which embrace the stone and above the settings, embellished with a vegetal frieze. The Leopard (along with citrine-colored quartz), the Snake (amethyst-colored quartz), the Sea Turtle (aquamarine-colored quartz) and the Crocodile (green-colored quartz) are represented. The rings are available in different sizes and are sold for 340 euros.

Blade, silver jewelery by Giovanni Raspini

Published on October 11, 2023

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It’s true, the idea of wearing a blade can be disconcerting. But if the blade design softens the rigor of the term, it becomes interesting. It is the idea that dominates the Blade collection by Giovanni Raspini. Which, in this case, abandons inspirations linked to nature, such as flowers, fruits or leaves, to choose the path of Nordic rationalism. But softened by the small irregularities that signal artisanal production. Because the jewels are made of hammered silver, with an oval or circular geometry. On the external side there is a blade effect, obviously completely harmless.

Collana e orecchini in argento, versione più sottile — Silver necklace and earrings, thinner version

The jewels of the Blade collection are made of natural or gilded silver. Each jewel is offered in two versions, larger or thinner. The line is made up of a rigid necklace, three earrings and three bangles. The latter have an opening that allows the wrist to be wrapped impeccably and have been designed to be combined with other bracelets from the Tuscan Maison, with traditional animal print textures or from the rock world.

Bracciale e orecchini placcati oro — Gold plated bracelet and earrings

Bracciale e orecchini in argento versione bold — Bold version silver bracelet and earrings

Collana e orecchini in argento placcato oro, versione più sottile — Gold plated silver necklace and earrings, thinner version

Boutique in Turin for Giovanni Raspini

Published on September 28, 2023

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Giovanni Raspini opens a new boutique, this time in Turin, in via Roma 44, between Piazza San Carlo and Piazza Castello, in the shopping area and under the elegant porticoes that characterize the Piedmontese capital. In addition to the classic silver jewelery and charms of the Maison, the store also offers household objects. The architectural format is the classic one of the brand, played on the alternation between light and shadow, black and white, a bit like silver jewelery which also uses oxidised surfaces. For example, the furniture is in black oak and crystal, the floor is in white marble.

Esterno della boutique Giovanni Raspini a Torino — Exterior of the Giovanni Raspini boutique in Turin

A large screen is dedicated to video content and the numerous lightboxes with large images complete the furnishings, giving a sober, yet dynamic and absolutely modern atmosphere. On the door there is a handle on which the crocodile rests, which is an iconographic element of the brand: it is a real sculpture made in lost wax casting.

La maniglia coccodrillo — The crocodile handle

It is a great satisfaction to have opened right in the Piedmontese capital. Turin is one of the most dynamic and elegant cities in our country, a fundamental place for the Italian economic and social development of the golden years. The city of cars and design, of chocolate and vermouth, of the Egyptian Museum and the cinema museum in the Mole Antonelliana…
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Giovanni Raspini with Silver Shine

Published on September 22, 2023

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A jewel must shine, be noticed. And this is what the new Shine collection by Giovanni Raspini proposes, one of the novelties for autumn winter 2023-2024. The workmanship of the jewels is that favored by the Tuscan brand, with an alternation of sparkling and blackened silver. But, in addition, the choker necklace, chain with pendant and bracelet with a practical snap closure, as well as the ring and earrings that are part of this line adopt colorless and transparent cubic zirconia set in the metal, to make the jewels more attractive.

Anello della collezione Shine — Ring from the Shine collection

The stones have a round cut, with clearly visible facets. The jewels of the Shine collection retain the typical elements of Giovanni Raspini, namely the textured volumes of the small spheres in molten and burnished silver.

Bracciale in argento e cubic zirconia — Bracelet in silver and cubic zirconia Shine

Orecchini in argento e cubic zirconia Shine — Shine earrings in silver and cubic zirconia

Millefiori silver with Giovanni Raspini

Published on July 3, 2023

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Millefiori collection by Giovanni Raspini.

Flower necklaces were, arguably, the first jewel-like female accessory in the dawn of humanity. And today’s jewelry often does not deviate too much from that ancient typology, even if the collections of earrings, rings or necklaces are made with noble metals, instead of simple flowers collected in the meadows and intertwined. An example is the Millefiori collection by Giovanni Raspini. Of course, the flowers are the inspiration, while the jewels idealize the concept with the proposal of silver jewels in the usual style of the Tuscan company.

Pendente Millefiori in argento — Millefiori silver pendant

The Millefiori collection is made with tiny flowers that form a texture on circular bases of burnished silver. The surface of the jewels is made more brilliant thanks to a diamond-plating process, a metal working technique that gives a shimmering effect in contrast with the shadows of the burnished base. The Millefiori collection is declined in three necklaces, two bracelets, two rings and three earrings.

Orecchini a bottone Millefiori — Millefiori stud earrings

Bracciale piccolo in argento — Small bracelet in silver

Anello a doppia banda in argento brunito — Double band ring in burnished silver

Anello a banda in argento brunito — Band ring in burnished silver

Orecchini in argento brunito — Burnished silver earrings

Orecchini a cerchio Millefiori — Millefiori hoop earrings

Collana Lunga Millefiori — Silver burnished necklace Millefiori

Giovanni Raspini in Optical version

Published on May 22, 2023

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According to the official definition, what goes by the name of optical is an abstract art form, where the contrast of colors and geometric shapes serve to produce a three-dimensional visual effect. Or it is made up of surfaces that create unexpected perspectives. The optical style has been widely used in fashion, especially half a century ago, with fabrics characterized by geometric shapes with irregular checks or black and white bands. That same concept of white interspersed with black is now the inspiration for the new Optical collection by Giovanni Raspini.

Collana Optical in argento e onice — Optical necklace in silver and onyx

The Tuscan silver specialist was inspired by the fashion of the sixties, but with the use of small spheres in hammered silver, interspersed with the black of shiny black onyx stones. The contrast of colors does not cause deceptive perspectives to the eye, but a comfortable regular geometry. The Optical collection is offered in four necklaces and four bracelets in various sizes and lengths.

Collana lunga Optical — Optical long necklace

Bracciale Optical in argento e onice — Optical bracelet in silver and onyx

Giovanni Raspini’s fireworks

Published on April 22, 2023

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Blue is the color of summer and in the summer it is easy to come across fireworks displays. The Fireworks collection by Giovanni Raspini is made of burnished silver with completely hand-modeled elements. The jewels are tuned to summer, inspired by light and color thanks to the union of burnished silver with mystic quartz with a rainbow effect. It is a particular processing of transparent quartz, to which a thin film is applied which adds colored effects, even with rainbow shades. It is precisely this aspect that led him to choose the name Fireworks.

Anello grande in argento e quarzo mystic

Like a firework, the brightness of silver combines with the iridescent colors of mystic quartz. The collection includes a large necklace, a pendant, two rings, two bracelets, and two earrings. The jewels are made with thin silver stems at the top of which a stone is set, with a style that deliberately recalls the explosion of fireworks in the sky.

Bracciale rigido in argento e quarzi della collezione Fireworks

Giovanni Raspini men’s silver rings and bracelets

Published on March 12, 2023

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Men’s silver rings, men’s silver bracelet, men’s silver necklace: these are some of the hottest searches on Google. And the jewelers confirm: there is great interest in jewelery for men. A brand specializing in silver jewelery such as Giovanni Raspini also interprets this fashion (or necessity?). This is why the Tuscan brand presents two lines of jewelery for men. There are four rings made of molten and burnished silver, with a hammered effect, which mount a black onyx stone of great chromatic depth, but also with turquoise pearls.

The rings are of two types, with flat round or square stones, and of two sizes, large or small, in the form of the classic chevalier ring. But it is said that they should be worn on the little finger. Giovanni Raspini proposes the Dadini line, with elements in molten and burnished silver, alternating with black onyx, with two bracelets and two necklaces with a prevalence of onyx, or with more silver cubes.

Giovanni Raspini’s Boules

Published on December 19, 2022

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The ancients believed that the universe was made up of celestial spheres. In the Ptolemaic system the sky was composed of spherical layers, like a kind of onion: the stars and planets, according to this simple image, were fixed on spheres similar to orbits, of different sizes, located one inside the other, with in the center the Earth. It is not so, as we know, we are just a speck of dust in the cosmos, but the concept of the sphere continues to fascinate humanity for its perfection. It is therefore not strange that jewelers such as Giovanni Raspini put the shape of the sphere at the center for some collections.

As in the case of the Boules line, which includes four choker necklaces with a pendant in the shape of a small empty silver sphere inside. The four decorative motifs of the sphere have a name: Perlage, Intrecci, Margherite and Stelle. The same motifs are also used for the pairs of ear studs.

Giovanni Raspini in the myth of Jackie

Published on November 11, 2022

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Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis, née Bouvier, was the first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of President John F. Kennedy. But she Jackie, as she was familiarly called, was also an influencer before social networks existed. She has been a model for fashion and the so-called jet-set, and over time she has become a myth. Perhaps Giovanni Raspini thought of her in the proposal for the Jackie collection. Characteristic of the collection is the use of silver with hollow barrel processing and the insertion of double turned rings, welded by hand with a geometric rhythm. This technique allows you to get large jewelry, but with a light weight, more easily wearable.

Gioielli della collezione Jackie indossati

Like other flagship collections of the Florentine brand, Jackie is also offered in two different versions: versions, one in traditional silver and the other in gilded silver. For each version there is a necklace, three bracelets and two earrings of the same shape, but different sizes.

The Bubbles by Giovanni Raspini

Published on October 19, 2022

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Soap bubbles, financial bubbles, champagne bubbles, shampoo bubbles, water bubbles in which the paste is immersed: how many bubbles is life dotted with? Now there are more bubbles: they are those of the new Bubbles collection by Giovanni Raspini. The Tuscan jewelry company, which has long been launched on the international market, offers a series of jewels designed using the lost wax casting method. It goes without saying that the subject of the jewels are the silver spheres, placed close to each other, in clusters, resulting in rather marked volumes.

Collezione Bubble indossata — Collezione Bubbles worn

But these are not just round balls. The silver used for the jewels is hammered, in order to create an irregular surface, capable of creating chiaroscuro light effects. The silver, in fact, is partly burnished and contrasts with the surface which retains its natural color. The Bubbles collection consists of a necklace, a pendant, two bracelets (rigid and articulated), two rings and three earrings.

Bracciale e orecchini Bubble indossati — Bracciale e orecchini Bubbles indossati

Giovanni Raspini in the Byzantine version

Published on June 7, 2022

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Byzantium is the oldest name of today’s city of Istanbul, on the banks of the Bosphorus, the largest urban center in Turkey. The city was called Byzantium in the Greco-Roman period, until the refoundation of the city in 330, by the Roman emperor Constantine, with the name of New Rome, but then known as Constantinople. Byzantium was founded by colonists from Megara in 659 BC. and it was named in honor of their king Byzas. The Byzantine link chain model, which has a particular weave, dates back to that historical period.

Now Giovanni Raspini also proposes that type of intertwining with the Byzantine collection, made entirely by hand, with jewels obtained by hammering silver square section links. The collection includes bracelets, necklaces and earrings in natural silver, or in silver dipped in gold: a treatment that, given the volume of the jewels, makes bracelets and necklaces particularly visible. On the other hand, Byzantium was famous for its golds.

Bracciale a maglia bizantina in argento martellato

Collana Maglia Bizantina Martellata 2 — Collana a maglia bizantina in argento martellato

Giovanni Raspini, the simple circles of Silk

Published on May 6, 2022

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Even in jewelry, simplicity is everything. A circle, a smooth surface, a perfect geometric shape: after all, you don’t need much more to get a jewel that is able to face any situation and that resists fashions and the passing of the years. It is no coincidence that the circle has been the most used shape in jewelry for millennia. And it is also the shape adopted by Giovanni Raspini for the Silk collection.

The Silk collection is characterized, in fact, by its clean and essential lines. The Maison’s jewels are made as always in silver, which in this case is polished and makes the surface even smoother. The principle of less is more is applied here all the way. The jewels, which are basically of two types, are offered in different sizes: two necklaces, three bracelets and three hoop earrings. They are all the same, what varies is the size, which can better adapt to the shape and volume of the wearer’s body.

The butterflies of Giovanni Raspini

Published on March 26, 2022

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Giovanni Raspini, collana della collezione Butterfly

Butterflies fly in the spring sky in search of flowers, but they also know how to inspire jewelry collections. But not all jewelry collections inspired by the butterfly turn into objects that simulate the colorful flying insect. Giovanni Raspini, for example, has decided to call Butterfly a jewelry collection where butterflies look so much like spring flower corollas. The wings, in fact, surround spheres of pink mother of pearl. Seen from afar, the butterflies and pink mother-of-pearl are reminiscent of a flowery meadow. Seen closely, however, the classic shape of butterflies can be identified.

The jewels are cast in burnished silver, with the stylized element of the white butterfly contrasting with the pink mother-of-pearl doubled with cabochon-cut quartz. Butterfly jewels also play on the light-dark effect that derives from the three-dimensional nature of the surface. The collection includes three necklaces, two bracelets, two rings and two pairs of earrings.

Orecchini in argento, madreperla, quarzo

Bracciali in argento, madreperla, quarzo

Catena con pendente in argento, madreperla, quarzo

Tuareg jewels by Giovanni Raspini

Published on February 28, 2022

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A tea in the desert with Giovanni Raspini. Or, better, with one of the collections debuting for the spring-summer 2022 season. It is the Tuareg collection, inspired by the exotic atmospheres made up of sand dunes and the folklore of the Berber populations who live in tents on the edge of the Sahara. Clothes, colors and jewels of these tribes inspired Giovanni Raspini in the creation of the Tuareg collection, made of gilded silver. But not only that, because the collection, taking inspiration from the suggestions of the desert, uses a palette of four colors: gold, the turquoise of the sky, the brown-sand of desert rocks and the indigo blue of the clothes.

In the Tuareg collection, gilded silver is combined with turquoise aulite, with the polished village stone (used by the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence since the sixteenth century) and with blue agate with inclusions of bronzite. The jewels also include figurative elements such as tassels, scarabs, camels and above all ancient coins, of great visual impact. The collection comes in three necklaces, three bracelets and two pairs of earrings.

Orecchini grandi della collezione Tuareg

Giovanni Raspini’s anemones

Published on November 19, 2021

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According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the Greek word ἀνεμώνη (anemōnē) means “daughter of the wind”. And in the book Ovid’s Metamorphoses it is said that the plant was created by the goddess Aphrodite when she sprinkled nectar on the blood of her deceased lover Adonis. Furthermore, Anemone can also refer to Nea’man, the Phoenician name of Adonis, and also to the ancient Syrian myth of the god of vegetation, depicted with the tusks of a boar. In short, the anemone transformed by Giovanni Raspini into a collection of silver jewelry is inspired by this flowering plant, which is part of the Ranunculaceae family native to the temperate and subtropical regions of all continents except Australia and New Zealand.

The new collection of the Tuscan brand is called Anemone mini and is made of silver with burnished finishes and natural freshwater pearls. In jewels, the petals use silver, while the center of the flower is represented by the pearl. The collection includes rings, necklaces, earrings, bracelets. And it never fades.

The snakes by Giovanni Raspini

Published on October 10, 2021

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The snake, in addition to being a reptile, is also one of the darlings of jewelers. Bracelets, rings and necklaces in the shape of the sinuous animal have been adopted by large and small brands. Giovanni Raspini also proposes for the next season Serpenti (snakes), a silver collection inspired by the limbless animal, which over the centuries has been taken as a symbol of a dark side, or of a sensual temptation, as evidenced by the story of the Bible. But all this takes a back seat in the snake-inspired jewelry collections, which use the scales and the elongated shape of the reptile for the different types of ornaments.

In addition, in the Serpenti collection by Giovanni Raspini, details are added such as the small invisible joints of the necklace, which allow the jewel to adapt better to the shape of the body and therefore offer better wearability. Each piece is offered in two versions, a more figurative one, where the snake’s shapes are more evident, and a more minimal one, where the reptile skin is the protagonist.

Silver crocodile with Giovanni Raspini

Published on July 20, 2021

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The word crocodile comes from the ancient Greek krokódilos, which means lizard. But now it also means a silver collection signed by Giovanni Raspini. The scaly skin of reptiles, in fact, has a geometry that has always been an object of inspiration in the fields of fashion, design and jewelry. The new line of jewelry called Crocodile takes inspiration from the previous Moon Crocodile collection, and like the one that preceded it, it develops the texture of the reptile skin on a modular silver crescent element.

The type of metalwork chosen by the Florentine Maison also aims to favor wearability and lightness, despite the thick volumes. As for the Petra collection, the Crocodile line presents a version in natural silver (with a bangle and three third circle with a more spherical shape) next to pieces made of gilded silver, declined in the same models.