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Gold - noble and divine
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Gold, the noblest metal, forever linked to the fire of the sun,
symbolising the heavens, has always been a metaphor for divine
power and spiritual illumination. Now as fashion turns metallic,
with gold the season's favourite colour and leitmotif, jewellers
are delving deep into the richness of gold's mystic spirit, its
age-old associations with the highest powers of the universe:
Filk's Universe collection, with its heavenly hand-made mesh, is
inspired by a star's supernova, and the beauty of the cosmos. In
Alfieri & St. John's three-coloured gold Carillon Collection,
linked openwork discs speak of eternity, divinity and the circle of
life.
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According to ancient beliefs, the seams of gold in the earth's core
were the roots of the tree of life, while in alchemical terms, gold
represented the elusive, ultimate wisdom, the divine spirit of the
"aurum potabile". Mattioli, one of the oldest goldsmiths in Italy,
distils this spirit into its powerful Meteore collection, like
liquid gold dripping golden spheres and glistening droplets of
mother-of-pearl. OMA 27 Ar Glocal Spirits 1, with abundance,
satin-matt circular links, finds another contemporary, creative
expression for the ancient disc motif, signifying the sun, which
was believed to have "spun" gold in the earth, as well as gold's
immutability and immortality. Celebrate the divine spirit of
gold.
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