WTI Magazine #4    2013 Nov, 8
Author : Maria Elena Capitanio for PoisonDrops      Translation by: The Language Institute

Today I will tell you about a Roman designer, Giuliana Manicelli Bonafaccia who, while studying architecture and interior design, discovered her passion for jewelry making, cultivated in the prestigious gemology schools of Anversa, such as "Colored Stones Identification", "Colored Stones Grading and Evaluation" and "Pearls Grading and Evaluation." (photo courtesy by Marco D'Amico)

In 2007 she created her first line of jewelry and, in 2012 she presented her creations in an exceptional showcase the likes of AltaRoma AltaModa, the Roman haute couture event. In July 2013, the 2014 collection, "Jack in the Pulpit" was launched during AltaRoma, then through the American Embassy in Rome and on the occasion of Moroshka Fasion Week in Saint Petersburg.

Giuliana Mancinelli Bonafaccia's pieces of jewelry are to be looked at carefully, caressed and savored in every last detail.

I want to talk to you about them from a personal angle, because one can read endless standard reviews. Her approach is undoubtedly sophisticated and intellectual, but what the jewelry renders is very desirable in that it is not a matter of every-day pieces of jewelry but rather bracelets and necklaces that insist on a neatness and an analytical composition, almost surgical which can make almost any outfit emerge from banality.

The Drusy Agate (which contains a particular inclusion, a cluster of crystals which give an interesting light) cut in a polygon, dipped in titanium with diverse highlights of color struck me. The silver is dipped in black ruthenium, so it acquires a liquid surface which ripples into a hammered gold effect, pierced gold or simply smooth.

I liked the choice of combining components of colored resin, reminiscent of a pop style less formal than the current one.

Bonafaccia's creations seduce you through a subtle play made of poisonous allusions and clear references to the spirit of our time.

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