The Series – Prêt-à-Porter Tricolore

Wearable Sculpture — Post-Colonial Gold

Concept

Tricolore consists of three handcrafted rings in silver, gold and bronze tones. These materials are historically linked to hierarchy and value systems. In this series, they are not ranked, but positioned as equals.

The series introduces the principle of the “growth-brilliant.” Not as a cut gemstone, but as a model of development. Growth is not defined here as accumulation, but as continuation.

Material & Use

The rings are intentionally accessibly priced. They function as entry works within a larger system. The object gains meaning through wear. Time and use are integral to the design.

Wear is not treated as loss, but as addition. Scratches and patina record relationship. The wearer becomes co-creator.

Value shifts from shine to experience.

The Growth Mechanism

At the core of Tricolore is a circular value model.

When a wearer chooses to move toward a more complex or higher-priced work within the series, the value of the original ring is retained. The previously acquired piece can be returned, and its purchase value is deducted from the new work.

The material returns to the studio and is reused. Financial value does not disappear; it migrates into the next phase.

Here, the “growth-brilliant” becomes a method: development without loss of value, progression without waste.

Circular Structure

Material remains in circulation. Energy is redistributed. Ownership is temporary, but value remains within the system.

This model stands in contrast to classical luxury, where value is fixed in a single final object. Tricolore introduces progression as principle.

Position within Post-Colonial Gold

Within Post-Colonial Gold, Tricolore examines how value can be detached from extraction and hierarchical competition.

Silver, gold and bronze function not as ranking systems, but as stages within personal development. The emphasis lies not on possession, but on movement.

Value is not accumulated.
It evolves.