The Jewels Take Flight

In the preface to the volume "The book of symbols: reflections on archetypal images", Ami Ronnberg quotes the words of Meister Eckart to explain the inspiring principle: "When the soul desires to experience something, it projects in front of itself an image of the experience to then enter into it ». Symbolic images, adds Ronnberg, represent much more than mere information. They are seeds that sprout, which contain infinite possibilities.In the preface to the volume "The book of symbols: reflections on archetypal images", Ami Ronnberg quotes the words of Meister Eckart to explain the inspiring principle: "When the soul desires to experience something, it projects in front of itself an image of the experience to then enter into it ». Symbolic images, adds Ronnberg, represent much more than mere information. They are seeds that sprout, which contain infinite possibilities.

Incipit that explains how in jewelry the use of the bird symbol has always been linked in a double way to our desire for freedom. Thanks to the creativity, the inspiration of the goldsmith masters, the power and meaning of stones, with the imagination one transcends the ordinary world and thanks to the power of the wings one connects directly with the transcendent. Schiaparelli knew this by "lending" his dove brooch to Lady Gaga on Joe Biden's day; the designer of the Of Rare Origin brand is well aware of this for the "Aviary" ring, worn by Amanda Gorman always at the White House. A hand-carved singing bird, confined to a gilded cage, reminiscent of Cartier's famous Bird-Caged. Made as a symbol of the Nazi occupation in Paris, the house Frances then "rectified" its creation, freeing the bird from its cage once the war was over. An "ascent-descent" dialogue that still enchants today thanks to the mastery and vision of the maîtres joailliers.