Limited Edition

Eleonora Castagnetta
Costellazione in fiore
2026
Pairs of brooches in yellow gold-plated or palladium-plated brass
Limited edition of 100 pairs created created on the occasion of the exhibition Arp, Cahn, Magnelli, Taeuber-Arp. L’arte del dono, Fondazione Marguerite Arp, Locarno, 5 April - 1st November 2026.

«Costellazione in fiore (Constellation in Bloom) is a limited edition of 100 pairs of brooches inspired by the garden of the Fondazione Marguerite Arp and the colours of its flowers. The work is in dialogue with the title of the exhibition L’arte del dono (The Art of Giving) and the chromatic research of Sophie Taeuber-Arp. The term “constellation” refers to Hans Arp’s Constellations, which are sets of autonomous forms that take on meaning through their relationship with each other. The flowers are not represented figuratively, but rather translated into abstract and modular compositions. Each pair consists of two magnetic elements — a main shape and a smaller counterpart — which can be worn together or separately, or given as gifts, thus transforming the brooch into a relational gesture. The brooches are made of yellow gold-plated or palladium-plated brass and enamels, and are designed as a tribute to a living, changing garden.» Eleonora Castagnetta

Eleonora Castagnetta (Palermo, 1980). Architect and art historian. She lives and works in Mendrisio. With a background spanning architecture, design and art, since 2018 she has been developing collections with her studio AnD Swiss, blending architectural imagery and principles with jewellery design.

Kiko Gianocca
On Itself
2023
Pendants; silver 925, yellow gold 9k , red gold 9k
Limited edition of 100 unique pieces created for the exposition Arp. Journey to the East Fondazione Marguerite Arp, Locarno, 9 April - 5 November 2023.

«Jean Arp’s shapes belong to a fantastic, archetypical, universal imagery. A constellation of possibilities. As if they were extrapolated from a language that is visual and primordial. The strongest feeling is that they have always been there.
His xylography, Siamesisches Blatt (1949), struck me deeply: perhaps because I am a plastic artist/designer, that incision was daring me to bend it, in the middle, between the two main elements. Perhaps it was the movement suggested by the composition,
the wood grain displayed on the paper, the deep black ink in contrast with the sheet or the misleading perspective. Everything stimulated in me that manipulation.» Kiko Gianocca

Kiko Gianocca (Bellinzona, 1974) gratuated with a bachelor in fine arts at the CFP Art Institute in Florence, then he completed his master’s degree at RMIT University in Melbourne in 2004, where he thought until 2007. In 2008 he won the Swiss Design Prize and in 2014 the Mari Funaki Award for Contemporary Jewelry. He collaborates as theacher in the field of artistic jewelry since 2017 at the Hochschule in Lucerne and in 2018 has been tutor and at the IED Institute of Milan. His work has been exhibited and collected around the world.

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Giulietta degli Spiriti
Je suis née dans un nuage
2022
Covered porcelain vase
Limited edition of 100 pieces created on the occasion of the exhibition «I was born in a cloud» Jean Arp, Fondazione Marguerite Arp, Locarno, April 17 - October 30 2022.

«Clouds are a little obsession of mine and to avoid literal choices, with an eye to Jean Arp’s form and a wink at Sophie Taeuber-Arp’s geometries, I drew from my own repertory of curving shapes. This is an architectural cloud, fluid yet solid, a fixed element in space. My signature canary acquires the symbolic meaning of sentinel bird, now joining the flocks finding refuge in the urban oasis of Ronco dei Fiori, home of Jean Arp and Marguerite Arp-Hagenbach in Locarno-Solduno. This small covered vase is meant for a single bloom, but it could evocatively host three.»

Born on July 9, 1965, Giulia Maria Beretta begins her pottery career in 1982 at her grandparents Efrem and Caterina Beretta’s studio on Monte Verità. She trained in London at the Harrow College of Art and Design Studio Pottery Course (1986-88) and at the Royal College of Arts (2013-15). She lived 20 years in Zurich where she is known for playful functional ceramics. Since 2015 she has been living in Locarno where she creates limited editions for her label Giulietta degli Spiriti.