Matilde Mozzanega Jewellery
Modern Wellness Talismans for Everyday Rituals
Milanese designer Matilde Mozzanega explores the intersection between wellness and healing with her eponymous jewellery label, founded in 2018. A classically trained jeweller, Sarabande Foundation resident and graduate of Central Saint Martins, her evocative collections represent a fascinating study between the relationship between personal adornments, self-care, healing and wellness – a modern take on the ancient tradition of
jewellery worn as healing talismans.
CHROMO-DOPE is Matilde’s debut jewellery collection, a portfolio that embodies the precious affiliation jewellery has maintained with wellness, healing and self-care through the ages. Matilde’s motivation for this collection is anchored in two narratives that join the past with the future; the time-honoured fable of jewellery as a healing talisman and crystal healing lore, partnered with rise of mental health transparency in modern times. A jewellery collection designed as a personal remedy and wellness practice, CHROMO-DOPE offers the clean and clinical aesthetics of cosmetic packaging and pills, paired with fine British and Italian craftmanship and unexpected materials.
Stones and 3-D printed jewels in fresh and joyous hues can be swapped out within rings, earrings and necklaces, meaning the wearer can change the stones daily as a ritual of intuitive self-care - depending on mood or instinct. The customisation of these jewels is designed to resemble the repeat consumption of a personal remedy; a reminder of the importance of maintain daily rituals as an act of mental self-care.
By placing the same medicinal importance of remedies onto personal jewels, Matilde aims to contribute to the evolving conversation around current social themes of depression, anxiety
and managing mental health.
Education
2018 - 2019 MFA Contemporary Jewellery&Body Ornaments Alchimia (FLORENCE)
2015 - 2018 First Class Hons BA Jewellery Design, Central Saint Martins - (LDN)
2017 Experimental Jewellery summer course at Alchimia (FLORENCE)
2017 Advanced Photography & Experimental painting Course at NABA (MILAN)
2016 - 2017 Art Exchange Program, Hopkinton High School, Boston (MA)
2015 Experimental Jewellery Summer course with Anastasia Young (CSM)
2010 - 2015 Liceo Classico G. Berchet (MILAN)
Work Experience
2023 May - (Ongoing) Artisan Support at Richemont, New Project (LDN)
2022 July - Jan 2023 Production and Quality Control Specialist at Vashi (LDN)
2021 Sept - July 2022 Bench Jeweller & Sustainability Coordinator at CompletedWorks (LDN)
2021 May - July 2022 Jewellery maker & Workshop assistant for Christopher Thompson Royds
2020 Jul - Sept 2023 Jewellery&Manufacturing Tutor at the British Academy of Jewellery (LDN)
2019 Nov - Dec Workshop & studio assistant at Yen Jewellery (Cockpit Arts - LDN)
2019 Aug - Dec Workshop assistant for Emma Aitchinson - sustainable jewellery (LDN)
2016 - 18 Junior Stylist & Jewellery Sales Assistant at Astrid&Miyu (LDN)
2016 - (ongoing) Fashion design assistant at Fiorenza Spezzapria Studio (MILAN)
Exhibitions
2023 - Nov - NYCJWEEK with CHROMO-DOPE COLLECTION (Virtual)
2023 - Oct - Milan Jewellery Week, Showroom Borgonuovo 10 - with CHROMO-DOPE COLLECTION (MI)
2023 - Feb, HOMI Fashion Jewels, with CHROMO-DOPE COLLECTION (MI)
2022 - July, MJW 2022, CHROMO-DOPE Collection Launch at Loggia Art Gallery (MU)
2021 - Oct, AUTOR International Contemporary Jewelry Fair with Cardboard Cutouts (ROU)
2021 - Sept, ROMANIAN JEWELLERY WEEK 2.0 with Transparent Waste Collection - Revival
2021 - March, House of Flowers: Jewellery for the eye and the soul/Munich Jewellery Week
2020 - Sept, VENICE DESIGN WEEK with Cardboard Cutouts Collection (VE)
2020 FUTURE FABRICS EXP9 The Sustainable Angle with Cardboard Cutouts (LDN)
2019 Schmuck International Exhibition, with Transparent Waste Collection (MU)
2018 ‘I HATE CONTEMPORARY JEWELLERY’ at Gallery Northcity4 (AU)
2018 Craeftiga, Hole&Corner. British Craft Pavillion at LDF with Cardboard Cutouts (LDN)
2018 TRANS-FORM by Mint LDF with Cardboard Cutouts Collection (LDN)
2017 ‘Off The Shelf’, Live Jewellery Event- Vitsoe Gallery, (MU)
2016 Love Tokens at the Victoria&Albert Museum (LDN)
Partnerships & Awards
2021 Sept - Precious Online Jewellery Week, Autor Media Contemporary Jewellery Prize
2021 July - Client Magazine US #14 with Cardboard Cutouts Collection
2018 June Maison/0 Green Trail Winner CSM - LVMH Partnership
2018 Shortlisted for Swarovski competition on Jewellery and Sustainability
2018 Partnership with Astrid&Miyu, Collection ‘Maiochiru’ launched in April 2018
2017 The Power of Transformation - Swarovski collaboration on Jewellery & Sustainability
2016 Internship at Oonatella Pellini’s studio, Milan