APOLLO
Embirikos
The Apollo collection features one of a kind jewels. Rough gemstone crystals are delicately enfolded in a hand forged embrace of fairmined gold.
Purity is the foundation of this collection. Each piece celebrates some of Earth’s most beautiful and awe-inspiring creations. We are reminded that it is not necessary to alter nature in order to appreciate it, but to celebrate the imperfections and qualities that shape its marvellous character.
Apollo is a resoundingly bright collection reminding us that as humans we need not hide and remove irregulairty but to tune ourselves into the rhythms that give light and love.
The creation of these pieces induces a meditative transe-like state wherein one piece of gold transforms so gradually into a thin, smooth, undulating string of golden light marked by the gentle yet punctual strokes of a fine hammer. Hand forging and hammering is a rhythmic process involving finely tuned ears and a delicate hand akin to playing a musical instrument such as apollos lyre. Every piece in the Apollo collection brings me imagery of my home country, people telling stories of mythology, and of the Ancient Gods themselves.
The Atlas ring is first of a collection of unique rings named Atlas, an offshoot from Apollo. They are rings made from one strip of entirely hand forged gold whose ends rise up into a ring just close enough together to hold one precious gemstone in perfect tension, as the great titan Atlas held up the globe. Not set, simply held.
ABOUT THE CHALLENGE
“I am proud to be a part of the Fairmined family, and to officially launch my first collection in entirely Fairmined gold. Named after Apollo, the Ancient Greek God of music and sun, this collection embodies the beautiful nature of our ever giving planet, the warm energy that brings it life and the harmonious rhythm of all that inhabit it.” Ariana Embirikos
