"Metrosideros robusta is the latin name for the Northern rata.
I see parallels in my approach to jewellery and the growth of the rata tree. These trees start life as an epiphyte in the branches of another tree. As it grows the epiphyte rata sends roots down to the ground. It eventually replaces the host tree when it dies.
More than ten years ago I began using conventional jewellery pieces as a grounding material in my work. Like the epiphyte rata I added my attachment in gold or silver, nestling in or on a ring and also growing over entire pieces of jewellery. Most of my recent rings do not include any ready-made pieces, they are entirely replaced by my own creations."
Karl Fritsch
2004
18ct yellow gold, sapphire
2006 18ct yellow gold, diamond
2006
18ct yellow gold, diamond
2006 18ct yellow gold, yellow diamond
2006
18ct yellow gold, yellow diamond
2006 oxidised 14ct white gold, diamonds
2006
oxidised 14ct white gold, diamonds
2005 18ct yellow gold, diamond, ruby, sapphire
2005
18ct yellow gold, diamond, ruby, sapphire
2006 oxidised 14ct white gold, diamond
2006
oxidised 14ct white gold, diamond
2006 oxidised 14ct white gold, coloured diamonds
2006
oxidised 14ct white gold, coloured diamonds
005 patinated silver, glass stones
005
patinated silver, glass stones
2005 silver, glass stones
2005
silver, glass stones
2005 oxidised silver, raw amethyst, rough garnet, fluorite
2005
oxidised silver, raw amethyst, rough garnet, fluorite
2005 oxidised silver, glass stones
2005
oxidised silver, glass stones
2002 oxidised silver, rubies, pink and blue sapphires, brown diamonds
2002
oxidised silver, rubies, pink and blue sapphires, brown diamonds
2003 oxidised silver, rubies
2003
oxidised silver, rubies
2003 14ct gold, rubies
2003
14ct gold, rubies
2004 oxidised silver, rubies
2004
oxidised silver, rubies
2004 oxidised silver, diamonds
2004
oxidised silver, diamonds
2003 oxidised silver, diamonds, sapphires
2003
oxidised silver, diamonds, sapphires
2003 oxidised silver, diamonds
2003
oxidised silver, diamonds
2004 oxidised silver, diamonds
2004
oxidised silver, diamonds
18ct yellow gold, rubies, sapphires, peridot
18ct yellow gold, rubies, sapphires, peridot
