Résonances de Cartier: It’s All About the Gemstones. Рart II

November 17, 2017

By Katerina Perez

4 min read

In summer 2017, the Cartier jewellery house presented the world with Résonances de Cartier high jewellery collection. Incredible gemstones became its focal point, and each of them can without exaggeration be called a collector’s dream. Despite the fact that the autumn season is usually associated with withering, for the eminent house it has become the heyday season of blossoming. The blossoming of incredible new colours in the new pieces is found in the second part of the acclaimed Résonances de Cartier.

Cartier’s creative pathway is inextricably linked with the fate of the unusual gemstones. Cold, heartless but of immense value, in the hands of the house’s jewellers them seem to come to life, so they clearly are the masters of their craft.

Résonances de Cartier bracelet in platinum with emerald and diamonds

Résonances de Cartier bracelet in platinum with emerald and diamonds

 Résonances de Cartier necklace in white gold with emeralds, onyx and diamond

Résonances de Cartier necklace in white gold with emeralds, onyx and diamond

 Résonances de Cartier ring in yellow gold with sugarloaf emerald, coral, onyx  and diamonds

Résonances de Cartier ring in yellow gold with sugarloaf emerald, coral, onyx and diamonds

 Résonances de Cartier bracelet in white gold, with petrified wood, rubies, onyx and diamonds

Résonances de Cartier bracelet in white gold, with petrified wood, rubies, onyx and diamonds

 Résonances de Cartier necklace in white gold with rubies, emeralds and diamonds

Résonances de Cartier necklace in white gold with rubies, emeralds and diamonds

 Résonances de Cartier ring in white gold with rubellites and diamonds

Résonances de Cartier ring in white gold with rubellites and diamonds

 Résonances de Cartier Panther bracelet with rubellites and diamonds

Résonances de Cartier Panther bracelet with rubellites and diamonds

 Résonances de Cartier tassel earrings in yellow gold, coral, emeralds, onyx, diamonds

Résonances de Cartier tassel earrings in yellow gold, coral, emeralds, onyx, diamonds

 Résonances de Cartier earrings in platinum with sapphires, emeralds, rubies and diamonds

Résonances de Cartier earrings in platinum with sapphires, emeralds, rubies and diamonds

 Résonances de Cartier ring Ring in platinum with sapphires, emeralds, rubies and diamonds

Résonances de Cartier ring Ring in platinum with sapphires, emeralds, rubies and diamonds

Everything begins with the stone… then an idea, a design, an image is born. A sketch is created, that becomes the basis for the future piece of jewellery. The drawing contains a clue to what the piece will become. It is embodied, first in the form of a sketch, from which the artist will create a three-dimensional model. Participants in the creative process begin a dialogue, real or fictional. One by one, the maestros carefully study the sketch – its lines, shadows and colours – as they search for ways to embody it most accurately. In the process of the creative communication between the Cartier specialists, a miracle occurs: rare and precious gemstones are transformed into jewellery. – Cartier

The second part of the collection comprises more than 60 new jewels, and each piece’s mood is set by its “protagonist” – a precious stone. Playing on the contrast of colour and shape, the masters created a graphic art style which reveals the full-bodied potential of each faceted mineral. The ensemble of each piece is filled with a sense of movement and glissade at a measured pace, and the source is always the creative energy of the unique gem. So the pear-shaped rubellite weighing 91.15 carats sparkles in the Retba necklace of white gold with pink and colourless round-cut diamonds. Its design as a whole symbolises floating in mid-air and weightless translucency.

Résonances de Cartier transformable diamond necklace

Résonances de Cartier transformable diamond necklace

An energy, circulating in endless movement, was intended to be conveyed by the black and colourless pear-shaped diamonds weighing 2.73 carats and 2.05 carats respectively, surrounded by coatings of black lacquer and round-cut diamonds on the platinum ring Clair Obscur. The cabochon Colombian emerald weighing 140.21 carats in the centre of the Hyperbole necklace in white gold with colourless brilliant-cut diamonds became a symbol of refined aesthetics meeting radical design. And light, water, a cascade of lines and a feeling of freshness were translated in the Ecume pendant necklace, made of platinum with  three VS1 yellow briolet-cut diamonds with a combined weight of 75.24 carats, colourless briolet- and rose-cut diamonds, and natural pearls.

Résonances de Cartier diamond ring

Résonances de Cartier diamond ring

 Résonances de Cartier watch in white gold with lacquer and diamonds

Résonances de Cartier watch in white gold with lacquer and diamonds

 Résonances de Cartier watch in white gold with pearls, emeralds, onyx and diamonds

Résonances de Cartier watch in white gold with pearls, emeralds, onyx and diamonds

 Résonances de Cartier transformable bracelet

Résonances de Cartier transformable bracelet

 Résonances de Cartier earrings in white gold with coloured diamonds, black lacquer and colourless diamonds

Résonances de Cartier earrings in white gold with coloured diamonds, black lacquer and colourless diamonds

 Résonances de Cartier watch with lacquer, sapphires and diamonds

Résonances de Cartier watch with lacquer, sapphires and diamonds

To enhance the effect of the jewellery’s “liveliness”, the jewellers resorted to tricks of techniques, making many of the pieces transformable. Precious stones in skilful hands become multifaceted both in a direct and also a figurative sense. I don’t think we need to be convinced of this more than once, because the Résonances de Cartier collection is enormously multifaceted!

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