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Natural Beauty
According to jewellery designer Anna Moltke-Huitfeldt, the closest thing to pure beauty can be found in the gifts provided by Mother
Nature. In light of this, the Danish artist chooses to honour nature's rugged, earthy charm through her creations.
It is perhaps this special ancestral heritage that ignited Moltke-Huitfeldt’s desire to explore a storytelling method of her own, by using her awe of nature and passion to express her appreciation of all that it has to offer. Her quest took her far and wide, from the lagoons of Tahiti, to the diamond district of Antwerp in search of Mother Nature’s finest creations: diamonds and pearls. Nature’s perfection In a world obsessed with the manufactured perfection of cut and polished diamonds, even Moltke-Huitfeldt herself never dreamed she would be so taken by the multifaceted beauty of rough diamonds. On her first expedition to Antwerp, where Moltke-Huitfeldt still visits to hand-pick her gems, what she discovered was nothing short of breathtaking. ‘What is really important to me is beauty,’ says Moltke-Huitfeldt from her workshop, overlooking the abundantly beautiful Danish countryside. ‘And when I found these gems created by the earth, it was so extremely beautiful. I knew I had to take this beauty and use it as it is.’ Learning how to harness the full power of the beauty of these materials led Moltke-Huitfeldt to really contemplate what the very subjective concepts of beauty and perfection meant to her. When asked why imperfection is more important than perfection Moltke-Huitfeldt said ‘I don’t know what you mean! In my view nature is full of perfection. What is imperfection?’ Everlasting beauty ‘Beauty is a harmony; it is a matter of balance. When you find a beauty that is reflected inside you, it is almost like a mirror image,’ says Moltke-Huitfeldt. ‘When looking into a diamond, it’s quite a different experience. You have a three-dimensional world inside a diamond because of the intricate structure inside it. It is just so interesting,’ she says. Symbolic values |
‘I like the symbolic value of the Olympic bowl, and how it surrounds beauty with space,’ she says. ‘My bowls aspire to a similar concept.’ The spiral and the chain are more inspirational forms that reflect Moltke-Huitfeldt’s view of the world as an eternal series of harmonious connections and friendships. In her chains, many of which are made up of tiny spirals built from layers of 0.5mm wire, space is also very important in emphasising beauty. ‘In my chains, air is the carrier of each link,’ she says. ‘When I put the pearls into it, and you view it from a distance, it’s almost as if the pearls are floating.’ True colours Learning about the natural multi colours of the Tahitian pearls and rough diamonds led her to: ‘Find rooms inside myself that I was no longer afraid to open, to display their true colours and varieties and intensities,’ she says. In a similar way, the unique pieces that Moltke-Huitfeldt designs for her clients always tend to take a direction that follows the individual’s own experience of the creation process. ‘It’s a very personal experience,’ says Moltke-Huitfeldt. ‘My clients always seem to find a new idea of beauty that resonates with them, instead of just following what they’re used to seeing. Beauty for each person depends on where you are inside yourself, and what this piece of jewellery reflects in you.’ Pearl essence Moltke-Huitfeldt primarily uses Tahiti pearls, which boast a powerful range and intensity of colour, as well as a high depth of lustre. In combination, these features compliment her vibrant design language perfectly. ‘Pearls are as effortlessly graceful as nature itself,’ says Moltke-Huitfeldt. Diamonds are forever The interplay between the colour of a diamond and how it catches and dances in the light is a great inspiration for her selection, and her diamonds are characterised by vibrant tones, reflective power and highly individual forms. The natural character of the diamonds is not compromised by cutting or polishing processes traditionally used to manufacture diamonds. ‘The untouched beauty of rough natural colour diamonds tells a compelling story that I want to share with the world,’ says Moltke-Huitfeldt. Further information
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