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Another jewel in Carbon's crown
Carbon's gold jewellery design by Nidhi Verma which is one of the entries for Virtuosi awards.
AS A painter appreciates the rich profusion of colours in his painting, as a musician admires the swaras that emanate from the music he produces...so too has Nidhi Verma venerated gold in her short-listed entry to the Gold Virtuosi 2002 finals.
Drawing her inspiration from the Sun and the exquisite art of weaving, Nidhi's award-nominating design has been crafted by Carbon. The 18k fashion accessories company, Carbon has rendered a three-piece design that has been chosen as one of the 100 best designs from over 1,900 submitted for the Gold Virtuosi 2002 Awards. The design has been conceived by Nidhi Verma, Carbon's in-house designer, and brought to life by the production team at Carbon headed by Mahesh Rao, Director.
Incidentally, the Gold Virtuosi awards are the equivalent of Oscar in the field of gold jewellery design and craftsmanship, and are presented in collaboration with the World Gold Council at Vicenza, Italy.
The piece mirrors a harmonious blend of contemporary fashion culled out of traditional art form. The weaving of gold into magnificent piece of jewellery has brought to life the 2,500-year-old Indian art of Zari weaving. The entire art piece weighs about 500 gm. of 18k. Modelled like a Cape with a lariat and sun pendant, the design looks stunning enough to adorn Cleopatra herself. Along with these is a girdle pouch with a sun clasp and a brooch designed out of 40,000 yards of gold thread woven into two metres of gold cloth.
The ribbed mandarin collar of the cape is the beam of sun, the core from which the golden rays of the sun are emitted. As they move outward, they pierce the darkness depicted by the concentric black stripes on the cape.
The sun pendant in the lariat is the focal point from which every thing emerges. The gold zari fabric of the cape reflects the encompassing warmth of the sun's rays.
So everything has been inspired by some or the other aspect of the Sun, the source of vitalising energy. Let us just hope some of that life-giving energy brings Nidhi's design a gold at the Virtousi Awards.
By Preeti Mishra
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