A piece of jewellery
is never just an ornament, never just an investment.
It carries memory, love, culture.
A piece of jewellery is a piece of life
Jewellery shaped through material exploration
Sculptural, wearable pieces where form meets the body,
developed through Glass Granulation and evolving through lapidary.
Silver Award – Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council 2025, 2024 & 2019 • Bronze Award – Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council 2019.
Work exhibited internationally including at: Collect, Somerset House, London (Crafts Council)
Goldsmiths’ Fair • Sieraad • MAD • Jewellery Arabia
Work held in private collections and in the Permanent Collection of Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas, Madrid.
Featured in Wallpaper* • Artsy • Gioiellis • Professional Jeweller • Retail Jeweller • Jewelry World
Bespoke
Some pieces begin elsewhere – through a direct exchange,
where form emerges in response to the wearer
The research: Material in Motion
Where form is shaped by movement,
Glass Granulation creates shifting reflections
and stones become the body of the work
Material in Motion is the central concept behind Francesca Marcenaro’s practice. Her work develops through direct engagement with metal and stone, where form emerges through the study of movement and the sinuosity of natural structures.
Recycled silver and gold are shaped through process, while Glass Granulation brings depth and shifting reflections to the surface. Through lapidary work, stone is cut and integrated into the piece, becoming part of its structure rather than an applied element.
Each work is conceived as a tactile, wearable sculpture — defined by its presence and its relationship with the body.
Francesca Marcenaro’s work develops through a direct engagement with metal and stone, where form emerges through the study of movement, inspired by the sinuosity of natural structures.
Recycled silver and gold are shaped through process, while Glass Granulation brings depth and movement to the surface. Stone is integrated where present, becoming part of the structure rather than an applied element.
Each work is conceived as a tactile, wearable sculpture — defined by its presence and its relationship with the body.
Black Calla brooch.
Silver Award – Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council 2025
Collectable Pieces
One-of-a-kind and limited works from the wider Material in Motion practice,
shaped through surface, light, weight and movement,
small sculptures for the body, made to be worn, lived with and kept.
