Bleue Burnham is inarguably London’s hottest rising positive jeweller. Taking inspiration from the pure world, his pleasing designs are set with environmentally pleasant, lab-grown diamonds and brightly-coloured sapphires the scale of small acorns. At this time, the designer has introduced his third assortment for Gucci Vault (the home’s experimental idea area): a limited-edition providing that displays his inventive and Arcadian standpoint.
“We had labored with Gucci Vault efficiently for one assortment after which we began to debate the subsequent,” says Burnham of the gathering’s origins. “On the time I had simply began talking to SkyDiamond and thought that our three worlds would unite fantastically, so we took this idea to Vault and Alessandro Michele, and designed this assortment.”
Taking inspiration from clouds and the Japanese artwork of cloud pruning (the observe of trimming timber into floating cloud shapes), the gathering includes a sequence of good-looking ladies’s rings and bracelets, and unisex pendants. Crafted as at all times from recycled gold and silver, these items are set with SkyDiamonds, that are created from carbon that’s extracted from the ambiance.
Satisfying to have a look at, in addition to to the touch, these items are concurrently tough and rigorous, natural and ornate. The gathering ranges from silver rings and pendants set with 5 diamonds, to gold rings and pendants with 51-104, and a gold bracelet with virtually 500.
“SkyDiamonds are really unbelievable,” says Burnham of those gems. “Conventional diamonds are shaped underground when carbon is topic to excessive strain and warmth. SkyDiamonds, nevertheless, are made by eradicating extra carbon from the ambiance (a greenhouse fuel/a big contributor to local weather change) and turning this right into a diamond. Basically turning unhealthy into intense magnificence. This all occurs on a localised, renewably powered web site within the British countryside.”
“To deliver to life the fantastic thing about this course of and we took inspiration from the sky, which led us to the clouds as a logo of creativeness (for a brighter future),” he goes on, “the magnificence of nature, and in addition humankind’s relationship with the clouds through cloud pruning and topiary.”
Burnham’s love for the planet is on the coronary heart of every thing he does – from his designs to the supplies he makes use of (lab-grown gems and recycled metals); even the way in which he operates his enterprise displays his dedication to sustainability. This stunning assortment displays that and proves – like the remainder of Burnham’s output – that nice design doesn’t want to return at the price of sustainability.
Bleue Burnham x SkyDiamond is out there completely at Gucci Vault from 9 January 2022.
