CORAL NORD: poetry in a jewel

MY PRESENT:

My name is Maurizio Riboldi and I am a goldsmith craftsman.

I have always been interested in art in all its forms: architecture, sculpture, painting, cinema, music ... anything that is able to convey an emotion, is in my pages of handcrafted jewelry online in Florence.

In particular, in the last thirty years I have dedicated myself to the production of jewelry: in my laboratory, which is a bit like a second home, I give shape to my ideas.

Each of my creations comes from a large amount of memories, impressions, images related to my experience, which take the form of a high quality goldsmith accessory through the fusion of poetry and artisan technique.

I believe in the jewel's ability to tell a story, to provoke emotions and suggestions; for this, each of my pieces is made with great care and attention to detail: the metal parts (always gold or silver) they are forged with ancient techniques, each plate, wire or component are rigorously worked one by one by hand with passion.

Likewise, the choice of stones is the result of experience and careful selection. I attended several gemology courses, but the greatest experience I had in the field, having to personally choose the stones that will be mounted on my creations.

I love to choose, for my jewelry, even stones considered 'poor', to contrast with the so-called 'precious': agate, fossil corals, crystals with imaginative and colorful inclusions, in short, also stones that not only have a beauty due to purity or 'quotation' but that also carry an artistic and narrative value.

Moreover, I like to rediscover the potential of an 'old' jewel, that customers have had in their drawer for some time, ricreandolo secondo la poetica di CORAL NORD. Una parte importante del mio lavoro di artigiano consiste proprio nel ricreare nuovi gioielli partendo da elementi ‘abbandonati’ perché fuori moda, o troppo vecchi per essere ancora utilizzati. Ridare nuova vita ad un ‘vecchio’ gioiello, adding new elements, remodeling the structure, giving new unexpected shapes to an unusual necklace or earrings, it is an adventure that is not without difficulties, but which always brings me great satisfaction. On my online handcrafted jewelery site in Florence you can contact me via whatsapp and get projects and quotes to modernize your jewel.

My search for the unique piece led me, in the last few years, to work with even poorer materials such as ebony, mother of pearl and fossil ivory, which I cut by hand in my workshop. I started almost for fun, studying some great masters and artists of the recent past, first trying to use recycled materials and gradually choosing materials that also have an important historical or aesthetic value. This is how my mammoth ivory jewelery was born, coming from Siberia, the closures in ebony with inlays in corallo or shells, but also experiments with plexiglass and futuristic plastics.

Each element is positioned after long reflections, combinations, form studies; nothing is placed at random, even in the apparent irregularity there is a long process of testing and research. On my website handcrafted jewelry online in Florence you will find a wide selection of ready-made jewels (all unique pieces), all made with great passion and research.