Collection: Nascence
The Nascence collection marks a moment of beginning — the point at which life first emerges. Each piece in this collection originates from shells personally collected by the designer. These shells were then reproduced as exact replicas, preserving their natural scale, textures, and imperfections. Once transformed into precious metal, they become vessels from which Gaia and Terra begin to appear.
From the surface of a shell, Gaia’s face slowly emerges. From the spiral of another, her hand reaches outward. In another piece, a hand rises from the shell holding a pearl — the first form of Terra.
In this collection, Terra is imagined as an egg: the earliest stage of life, containing the potential to transform into countless species over time. Gaia appears in human form, representing the living consciousness of the Earth itself.
The collection is inspired by the Gaia Theory, which proposes that Earth functions as a single, living system where oceans, atmosphere, organisms, and land continuously interact to sustain life. In this view, life is not separate from the planet but part of an interconnected whole.
Shells, shaped by the sea over time, become symbols of origin and emergence. They echo the earliest environments where life first formed and evolved, suggesting that the presence of Mother Earth exists within even the smallest natural forms.
Through Nascence, Gaia and Terra appear not as distant mythological figures but as living forces quietly present in nature — in spirals, shells, and pearls — reminding us that life is always in the process of beginning.
