Bleue Burnham and SkyDiamond Debut Jewellery Collection for Gucci Vault
Bleue Burnham is inarguably London’s most well known rising great jeweller. Taking inspiration from the pure world, his pleasing styles are set with environmentally friendly, lab-developed diamonds and brightly-coloured sapphires the dimensions of small acorns. Right now, the designer has introduced his 3rd selection for Gucci Vault (the house’s experimental principle house): a minimal-edition providing that reflects his artistic and Arcadian place of view.
“We experienced labored with Gucci Vault successfully for just one collection and then we begun to discuss the following,” suggests Burnham of the collection’s origins. “At the time I had just began speaking to SkyDiamond and imagined that our a few worlds would unite beautifully, so we took this idea to Vault and Alessandro Michele, and created this collection.”
Taking inspiration from clouds and the Japanese artwork of cloud pruning (the follow of trimming trees into floating cloud shapes), the selection contains a sequence of handsome women’s rings and bracelets, and unisex pendants. Crafted as normally from recycled gold and silver, these items are set with SkyDiamonds, which are developed from carbon that is extracted from the atmosphere.
Enjoyable to search at, as effectively as to touch, these parts are concurrently tough and arduous, organic and natural and ornate. The assortment ranges from silver rings and pendants set with 5 diamonds, to gold rings and pendants with 51-104, and a gold bracelet with almost 500.
“SkyDiamonds are definitely remarkable,” states Burnham of these gems. “Traditional diamonds are shaped underground when carbon is subject matter to superior tension and heat. SkyDiamonds, having said that, are made by eradicating excess carbon from the environment (a greenhouse gasoline/a sizeable contributor to local weather modify) and turning this into a diamond. Effectively turning undesirable into intense elegance. This all transpires on a localised, renewably driven site in the British countryside.”
“To carry to everyday living the beauty of this system and we took inspiration from the sky, which led us to the clouds as a image of creativity (for a brighter future),” he goes on, “the magnificence of nature, and also humankind’s partnership with the clouds through cloud pruning and topiary.”
Burnham’s love for the planet is at the heart of anything he does – from his styles to the elements he utilizes (lab-grown gems and recycled metals) even the way he operates his company reflects his determination to sustainability. This stunning selection displays that and proves – like the relaxation of Burnham’s output – that great structure does not have to have to arrive at the charge of sustainability.
Bleue Burnham x SkyDiamond is available solely at Gucci Vault from 9 January 2022.