Lorenzo Pepe
I am always looking for an essence and raw elegance that transcends time and brings a sense of strength, balance and serenity to the creation, which is a meditation on nature and life.
Lorenzo Pepe was born in Milan in 1969. From 1997 he lives in Formentera, where since 2000 he dedicates himself to the author's jewelry. His style is based on the formal and graphic study of natural harmony. He is mainly inspired by marine organisms and their structures, textures and symmetries. He tries to express a certain “presence” or “sacredness” of life in all its manifestations, particularly evident in the simplest forms: mosses, lichens, sponges, diatoms, radiolarians …
A collection of unique pieces, a series of jewels modeled by hand from polyurethane foam and lost-wax casting in bronze, silver and gold. The oxidation patinas add chromatic shades to the metals. The highly irregular surfaces suggest time, organicity and telluric spontaneity. A kaleidoscope of structures and elements to suggest the sanctity of the world as it ferments, tingles, flourishes. The pieces are metaphors of an inverse spirituality, which celebrates the world and life, through the wonder of the infinite forms of living beings, in a fantastic“zoology”.
Always in search of an essential and original elegance, out of time, he gives his creations the feeling of strength, balance and serenity of the contemplation of nature and life. Parallel to the jewelry work, she deepens the analysis of nature, with explorations in the world of photography, ceramics and sculpture. A different vision, open, curious, look with new eyes the little things, have the value of the intimate and natural.
- Art: Lorenzo Pepe