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A poor alphabet for precious creations

9 April 2015

Cristina Morozzi

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Francesca Mo, a Milanese architect and designer, has, for years, dedicated herself to the creation of “poor” jewellery by using humble materials such as the shards of glass found on beaches and smoothed by the sea waves, set so as to take on the aura of precious stones.
Her unusual collections have metaphorical names; for example, Ice consists of clean cut glass parallelepipeds, similar to ice cubes; while for the series Intrecci, she sets interwoven colourful threads or scraps of fabric into yellow gold.

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During the Salone del Mobile Francesca will herself showcase at the Jannelli & Volpi store her collections Clessidre, where she sets watch gears and Ice, Ludos and Intrecci; in addition, a selection of jewels from her collection Landscape will be on display in the exhibition “Geographies. Between art and design” (Poldi Pezzoli Museum, from April 1st to May 4th), under the curatorship of Beppe Finessi. An overview of all her collections will moreover be on exhibition at Antichità Sacco in Via Santa Marta, in the new Fuorisalone district Le Cinque Vie.

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WHERE: Poldi Pezzoli – via Alessandro Manzoni 12, Milano

Francesca Mo, a Milanese architect and designer, has, for years, dedicated herself to the creation of “poor” jewellery by using humble materials such as the shards of glass found on beaches and smoothed by the sea waves, set so as to take on the aura of precious stones.
Her unusual collections have metaphorical names; for example, Ice consists of clean cut glass parallelepipeds, similar to ice cubes; while for the series Intrecci, she sets interwoven colourful threads or scraps of fabric into yellow gold.
During the Salone del Mobile Francesca will herself showcase at the Jannelli & Volpi store her collections Clessidre, where she sets watch gears and Ice, Ludos and Intrecci; in addition, a selection of jewels from her collection Landscape will be on display in the exhibition “Geographies. Between art and design” (Poldi Pezzoli Museum, from April 1st to May 4th), under the curatorship of Beppe Finessi. An overview of all her collections will moreover be on exhibition at Antichità Sacco in Via Santa Marta, in the new Fuorisalone district Le Cinque Vie.
WHERE: Poldi Pezzoli – via Alessandro Manzoni 12, Milano

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