PERCOSSI PAPI MULTI GEM RING IN 18KT YELLOW GOLD
PERCOSSI PAPI ANELLO CON PIETRE SEMIPREZIOSE
in oro giallo 18kt, realizzato a maglia morbida con un giro completo di pietre semipreziose taglio ovale, mis. 48, gr. 6. Corredato di scatola.
“There is nothing minimalist about our creations in terms of shape or color. There is, however, a true sense of love for the “old” idea of decoration, a concept of ornamentation that brings a certain sparkle to the wearer”.
Diego Percossi Papi was born in Rome in 1946; he attended the faculty of Architecture after having undertaken classical studies. The interest in the past and the fascination of technique and color will lead him to explore, as a self-taught, the activity of artist-sculptor-goldsmith.
In 1968 he opened a small atelier in Rome, near the Pantheon, and from the very beginning he started a unique, unmistakable and completely personal style; as personal as his specimens created 'ad personam', whose limited production increases their charm.
Although the materials used in his creations are often various (natural precious and semi-precious stones, pearls and micro-mosaics of small pearls, hand-engraved cams and precious miniatures), the technique is instead singular and irrefutable, that of cloisonné: an ancient decoration technique Egyptian and Byzantine.
Percossi Papi looks to the past although his audience is contemporary; she also designs and produces jewels for films by directors of the caliber of Wertmuller, Taviani, Monicelli, Olmi and for actresses such as Sophia Loren, Jacqueline Bisset, Isabelle Huppert, Cate Blanchet, some of whom have won international awards for costumes.
He has also been a judge several times in international jewelry competitions in St. Petersburg, Moscow and Beijing; he is Knight of Merit of the Italian Republic, Goldsmith Master of the University and noble college of Sant’Eligio.