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Glauco Cambi

  • Jewellery maker
  • Rome, Italy
  • Master Artisan
Glauco Cambi Jewellery maker
Contact
Italian, English
Hours:
Monday to Saturday 10:30 -19:00
Phone:
+39 0639751300
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The tireless search for novelty

  • • Glauco is a skilled master goldsmith
  • • He is mostly inspired by great sculpture
  • • His unique style is deeply evocative

From his atelier in the heart of Rome, Glauco Cambi continues to research the possibilities of goldsmithing, a journey he embarked on in the early 1990s after his artistic and professional training. A tireless experimenter, Glauco has reappropriated some of the most refined techniques of antiquity, such as niello, lost wax casting, the cuttlefish bone technique, and others. He combines these with innovation in processes and in the choice of materials, themes, combinations. So results the uniqueness of a style that is developed always in a series, such as Magnetica, Knots, Movements, Flow, Stonetale. Glauco is above all inspired by the great history of art, from the Roman Baroque to 20th century sculpture. In making these evocative jewels, Glauco focuses on the sculptural expressiveness of shapes, surfaces treatments and chromatic balances.

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Works

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MOVE 7 ring

This ring is part of the Movements series and is characterised by seven mobile elements in white gold, each one with a diamond set at the top, free to move in a transversal hollow space towards any direction and fitting together in always different combinations. The surface of the patinated bronze stem of the ring was engraved during the modelling phase, contrasting with the colour and finish of the moving parts.

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Openclosure

The bracelet is part of the Flow series, in which the fluidity of the drippings is rendered in metal. The two parts of the bracelet, made of different metals, are distinguished both by the colour and the surface treatment: bronze is patinated and opaque, silver is shiny.

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Cuore vivo pendant

This heart-themed pendant is anatomically faithful. The patina is all over the piece, and only the entrances to aortas, veins, arteries and other blood vessels are uncovered and shiny. The pendant is a three-dimensional rendering, rather than a flat disc. A chain attached to the vein and artery entrances transforms the heart into a pendant.

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MOVE 5 bracelet

Part of the Movements series, this rigid bracelet is made in two parts, cast in different metals. The piece is brought together thanks to the surface texture, common to the two parts and to the patina. The hollow space at the top welcomes five mobile pistils: bezels with an engraved setting, holding stones of different colours and sizes.

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MAGNETICA 2 ring

This ring is part of the Magnetica series, where the use of micro-magnets forces the suspended shapes into constant attraction, creating ever-lasting potential contacts. The shapes are condemned to a constantly promised and denied reunion. Here the magnetic poles in attraction suspend two caps anchored to the ring by means of links. Two cylinders housing coloured stones are wedged into the burnished, organic shape of the stem. The chromatic difference distinguishes the various parts of the ring.

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