Sharareh Aghaei

Statement

Collection: second chance

Precious Stones are limited substances from the nature resources, which has been extensively extracted by the modern manufacturing. Among all these stones getting exploited, the high fashion and jewelry industry is the biggest consumer of these precious stones, of course selected among the ultimate quality.
It means the stones with natural characteristics such as inclusions, mini lines or cracks which are not even visible with unaided eyes, will be categorized unqualified or literally as gangue, therefore a large amount of rough rocks would end up in leftover piles and sadly considered as trash.
Most of the stones used in the pieces I have created in this collection, are done by these not more usable material, collected from different carving companies, stone workshops, or artists’ remains, to upcycle and give them another chance to show off their forgotten beauty.