{"product_id":"alessi-fiato-sul-collo-necklace-alisei-earrings-mario-trimarchi-2011-stainless-steel","title":"Alessi 'Fiato sul Collo' Necklace \u0026 'Alisei' Earrings — Mario Trimarchi, 2011 | Mirror-Polished Stainless Steel Set","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg\u003eThere are objects that simply hold things, and there are objects that hold an idea. This pairing belongs firmly to the latter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eDesigned by the Sicilian architect Mario Trimarchi for Alessi in 2011, the \u003cem\u003eFiato sul Collo\u003c\/em\u003e necklace and its companion \u003cem\u003eAlisei\u003c\/em\u003e earrings form part of one of the most quietly poetic ranges the great Italian design house has ever produced — an extension into jewellery of Trimarchi's celebrated \u003cem\u003eLa Stanza dello Scirocco\u003c\/em\u003e collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe name \u003cem\u003eFiato sul Collo\u003c\/em\u003e translates as \"breath on the neck\", and the conceit is exactly that. Small, irregular plates of mirror-polished 18\/10 stainless steel are scattered as though caught mid-flight — sheets of paper lifted and turned by a warm wind. Trimarchi spoke of \"unstable geometry\": fragments held in a delicate, shifting balance, never quite at rest, celebrating the beauty of life's irregularity. The necklace wears without a conventional clasp; the steel itself flexes gently to sit close at the throat and adjust to the wearer. The matching \u003cem\u003eAlisei\u003c\/em\u003e earrings — named for the trade winds — carry the same weightless, restless language in miniature, each a little cluster of bright steel splinters (roughly 3 × 3 cm, with threaded post fittings) that catch the light as you move.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe whole collection was born, in Trimarchi's words, \"out of the abstract and motionless atmosphere of a magic place\" — the windowless Sicilian room in which one shelters from the sultry sirocco, left with nothing to do but contemplate the wind undoing everything outside. Trimarchi is no ordinary jeweller: an architect of the \"freehand\" generation, he worked within the Olivetti Design Studio before founding his own studio, Fragile, in 1999. This is design as small poetry — and a piece taken seriously enough to be stocked by museum shops including the Royal Academy and the National Galleries of Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eOffered as a complete matched set, presented in their original Alessi boxes with outer sleeves and guarantee documentation. In excellent unworn condition, the mirror polish bright and unmarked throughout. A genuine piece of contemporary Italian design history, and a striking thing to wear. A soft cloth keeps the finish gleaming; hand-wash only.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Novel Relics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55735364354433,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/7887\/9617\/files\/Alessiset.jpg?v=1779988718","url":"https:\/\/www.novelrelics.co.uk\/products\/alessi-fiato-sul-collo-necklace-alisei-earrings-mario-trimarchi-2011-stainless-steel","provider":"Novel Relics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}