Indonesia Design - Defining Luxury
The Universe of Arti Gidwani
A new jewellery collection inspired by the universe
For a creative mind, inspiration can come from anywhere, anything, anytime. Arti Gidwani, a sculptor and clay jewellery maker with a penchant for the unusual and innovative, gets her inspiration from people and things around her. Her latest jewellery collection, Celestial, is her interpretation of the universe that we live in.
The Fashion Show ‘Celestial’ featured elements of the universe, mainly the moon, the sun and the stars. Through her quirky designs, as has always been Arti’s style, she wants to remind everybody of the beauty in the universe that we live in, instead of getting caught up in the stress of our everyday lives.
The new collection is another collaboration with a jewellery designer, Vibeke Lorentzen. They both come from very different cultural backgrounds, Vibeke is Danish and Arti is Indian. One would think the design process would be difficult.
But as Arti puts it, “It’s actually very easy because when you understand each other, you learn about each other and work with each other’s strengths. Since I am a maximalist, I learned to scale down a bit. And Vibeke is a minimalist so she learned to go big a bit.” Together they have been creating beautiful whimsical pieces and this new Celestial collection was another fantastic ode to their creativity.
The jewelry is like a Pandora’s Box full of beautiful colours and different sizes and shapes. Silver and clay compliment each other in design, each piece shows both