Selene and Helios
Sky Diamond, Ruby Taglight LDN, Stephen Webster “Jewellery Designer of the Year Award”
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“ The Astera (stars) hide away their shining form around the lovely Selene (the moon) when in all her fullness she shines over all the earth” – Sappho, c.6th C BC
Making a piece with a Skydiamond, I knew I had to explore mythology of the sky. Selene is the Greek Goddess of the moon, noted as a personification of the moon itself. Depicted as early as the 5th Century BC, she wore a crescent shaped diadem. At dusk, Selene would pull the moon across the sky, in a chariot led by two ‘snow-white’ horses, chasing her brother Helios, God of the Sun. Selene holds feminine energy, symbolising the cycles of time. Since she controls the moon, she has also been linked to witchcraft.
My aim was to play with this cyclical theme, using the face as a representation of the world. On the right ear, the East, the Skydiamond represents the moon, Selene, rising in the sky set in a crescent shaped setting, her white gold horses playing in the sky.
On the left ear, the West, Helios is depicted as the setting sun. Carved and cast in recycled 9kt yellow gold, the sun’s rays spread fluidly across the ear, as though hazily setting on the horizon.
Sky Diamond, Ruby Taglight LDN, Stephen Webster “Jewellery Designer of the Year Award”
Find out more about the process here.
“ The Astera (stars) hide away their shining form around the lovely Selene (the moon) when in all her fullness she shines over all the earth” – Sappho, c.6th C BC
Making a piece with a Skydiamond, I knew I had to explore mythology of the sky. Selene is the Greek Goddess of the moon, noted as a personification of the moon itself. Depicted as early as the 5th Century BC, she wore a crescent shaped diadem. At dusk, Selene would pull the moon across the sky, in a chariot led by two ‘snow-white’ horses, chasing her brother Helios, God of the Sun. Selene holds feminine energy, symbolising the cycles of time. Since she controls the moon, she has also been linked to witchcraft.
My aim was to play with this cyclical theme, using the face as a representation of the world. On the right ear, the East, the Skydiamond represents the moon, Selene, rising in the sky set in a crescent shaped setting, her white gold horses playing in the sky.
On the left ear, the West, Helios is depicted as the setting sun. Carved and cast in recycled 9kt yellow gold, the sun’s rays spread fluidly across the ear, as though hazily setting on the horizon.
Sky Diamond, Ruby Taglight LDN, Stephen Webster “Jewellery Designer of the Year Award”
Find out more about the process here.
“ The Astera (stars) hide away their shining form around the lovely Selene (the moon) when in all her fullness she shines over all the earth” – Sappho, c.6th C BC
Making a piece with a Skydiamond, I knew I had to explore mythology of the sky. Selene is the Greek Goddess of the moon, noted as a personification of the moon itself. Depicted as early as the 5th Century BC, she wore a crescent shaped diadem. At dusk, Selene would pull the moon across the sky, in a chariot led by two ‘snow-white’ horses, chasing her brother Helios, God of the Sun. Selene holds feminine energy, symbolising the cycles of time. Since she controls the moon, she has also been linked to witchcraft.
My aim was to play with this cyclical theme, using the face as a representation of the world. On the right ear, the East, the Skydiamond represents the moon, Selene, rising in the sky set in a crescent shaped setting, her white gold horses playing in the sky.
On the left ear, the West, Helios is depicted as the setting sun. Carved and cast in recycled 9kt yellow gold, the sun’s rays spread fluidly across the ear, as though hazily setting on the horizon.
Sky Diamond, Ruby Taglight LDN, Stephen Webster “Jewellery Designer of the Year Award” These earrings are one of a kindMaterials: One carat Skydiamond, 9kt gold.