«Wisdom of Solomon»

Jewellery Sculpture

Materials:

gold, silver, rauchtopaz, citrine, lunar sapphires, jade, tiger's eye, brass, gilding.

Through the owl's hollow echo, from the hush of ancient dark,

Truth breaks in singing shards,

Then settles on the elder scrolls of time...

Stones, like people, preserve the memory of generations and tell stories about truth and the search for meaning in their own language. In the jewellery composition of Wisdom of Solomon, these symbols are embodied in the image of an owl — a bird since antiquity regarded as the embodiment of farsightedness and knowledge. Its soulful gaze gleams with citrines, each set with a cabochon-cut lunar sapphire — creating an effect of the ‘living eyes’ full of depth and light.

Each feather is a miniature sculpture — hand-carved as well as finished with gold, silver, and blackening. The majestic form of the bird is composed of countless details forming a harmonious whole like a mosaic. At the centre of the composition lies a 650-carat fancy-cut smoky quartz, symbolising clarity of thought and wisdom. Integrated into the bird’s body, it rotates in unison with the head, reinforcing the unity of the image and evoking the illusion of a living presence.

In its talons, the owl holds a scroll engraved with parables from the Solomon’s Book of Wisdom — a symbol of the continuity of knowledge and the enduring power of words. Nearby rests a stylised quill, representing writing and the transmission of wisdom through generations. The base combines a jade stairway — ascending into the depths of knowledge — and a tiger’s eye, the iridescence of which symbolises an intuitive discernment between good and evil.

Wisdom of Solomon is a synthesis of stone, metal, and light, where artistic symbolism is inseparable from jewellery engineering. The composition embodies the philosophy of humanity’s eternal quest for truth: from the power of words to the power of knowledge, from the memory of stones to the radiance of wisdom — which, like precious gems, is preserved and added to across the centuries.