Paper has always fascinated me for its ability to transform itself. As a designer, I began experimenting with papier-mâché as a structural material, creating unusual and exceptionally lightweight pieces — where paper, metal and stones coexist in a harmonious and emotive balance. This is how Bodyfurnitures was born: jewellery conceived as wearable micro-architectures, designed to engage with the body, movement and space.
Joyful
moments feelings wearings days
Gian Luca Bartellone
innovative craftsmanship
Bodyfurnitures bridges formal research, goldsmith tradition and innovative craftsmanship. Papier-mâché — lightweight yet surprisingly resilient — is shaped entirely by hand through modelling, sanding, painting and lacquering, until surfaces become compact and luminous. Forms evolve from natural inspiration toward abstract, modular geometries — combined with silver, copper and gold structures set with precious stones in balanced, dynamic compositions.
The work questions where lightness ends and preciousness begins. Bodyfurnitures explores jewelry as a wearable argument: that beauty lives precisely in the tension between things that should not belong together.
feel your emotions
Strong Identity
Lightness
Vivacity
Fulfilling
Discover one-of-a-kind joy of feelings
.Junia D
New York City
“The necklace is glamorous, light, and unique. I wear it often and cherish the memories made while wearing it.”
joyful wearing
Real people. Real emotions.
Veronika P.
Bolzano
”I'm beaming because these earrings are more than just jewelry: colorful, one-of-a-kind pieces – feather-light to wear and full of joie de vivre.”
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Every jewel is a part of me
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