To develop her composition of mirror fragments into a producible collection, Avel simplified the design around a triangular element. It preserved the association with identity and change, and gave her a form to develop across rings, earrings, necklaces and bracelets.
The original composition had presence. Developing it required deciding which parts carried the idea of the mirror and how to preserve them through changes in construction, repetition and scale.
The triangle offered several directions. Turned, it suggested an arrow. Repeated, it formed a larger composition. An opening between elements brought the skin into view. Its character changed through the cut of a stone and the arrangement of gold around it.
Avel approached jewelry as a small construction. She considered how separate parts met, what held them together and where the body remained visible. In an open bracelet, the space between the elements brought the wrist into the composition.
Four collection families developed distinct uses of this geometry.
Be The One concentrates attention on a single triangular element and its color. Blue-topaz earrings in white gold express this approach through the relationship between the stone and its setting.
Dove Vai develops direction through earrings and bracelets. In the Forward earrings, green triangular stones in rose gold connect through a fine chain, drawing a line beside the face. On the open bracelet, blue topaz marks the ends, with a diamond-set triangle beside one of the stones.
Mirror develops repetition and volume. Multi Mirror layers chains carrying pale triangular forms and diamond detail. The intervals between the lines give the composition its spacing and rhythm.
Anniversary explores the geometry through diamonds and pavé. In the Anniversary Mirror bracelet, diamond-set triangular forms become part of a broader band. Its name suggests celebration, leaving the occasion to the wearer.
Beyond the first collection families, AVEL has already created five further collections for production and release over time. Each has its own identity, developed through a different approach to form, proportion and ornament. Together, they give the house a substantial body of work to introduce through successive releases.
Story of the City draws on Italy's architectural heritage and colors. Splendor develops more sculptural volumes, giving geometry a stronger physical presence. Beyond introduces curves and a different sense of movement. Symbol explores continuous lines and patterns, bringing another rhythm to the jewelry. The fifth collection is dedicated to nature and also includes watches and brooches. These collections extend the range of Avel's work beyond the triangle, with individual designs and their stories to be revealed as each collection enters production.
Avel chooses a stone's color in relation to the metal and setting. Green tourmaline beside rose gold gives Dove Vai a different appearance from the blue topaz and white gold of its bracelet. In Multi Mirror, pale stones against rose gold create a softer composition, interrupted by smaller points of diamond light.
The setting determines how much of a stone remains visible and how its outline meets the metal. Scale changes its emphasis. A colored triangle close to the ear reads differently from several repeated across a neckline.
These decisions carry the initial attraction to a color into the proportions of a finished piece.
Avel works with designers, goldsmiths and specialist manufacturers through drawings, technical development and samples. As a piece develops, she examines which details need to change to carry the intended form into production.
A setting contributes to the visible composition and secures the stone. A closure requires attention to the gesture of fastening it. Backs, joins and edges need consideration wherever they meet the body.
These details belong within the design from the beginning. The front gives one view of a jewel. Wearing it brings the rest into use.
Each collection begins with an idea Avel has chosen to develop. The wearer decides what draws her to it and what place it takes in her life.
Someone might choose a piece for its color, keep it for an occasion, or wear it until its association with a particular person or place becomes private. Those reasons develop beyond the intentions of its designer.
The original mirror supplied the starting idea. What a jewel comes to mean belongs to the person who lives with it.