Bracelet amber cubes

In its colorfulness encompassing the entire palette of amber tones, the bracelet bridges the gap between traditional and contemporary-modern design by combining the polished amber cubes with the matte silver cubes - which are separated by narrow silver discs, giving them visual scope as well. At the same time, it's proof that even fossil resin can undergo upcycling: The cubes of the bracelet are pressed from amber residues that are created during processing - but the expressiveness of the gemstone remains the same.

Amber impressively demonstrates what a steep career a simple tree resin can have if given a little time. What dripped as the resin 50 million years ago from trunks in subtropical forests (that covered what is now Scandinavia), petrified afterwards and was finally admired as the “tears of the gods” by the Roman poet Ovid merely 2,000 years ago. In those days, the highly coveted “gold of the north” found its way from the Baltic to the Mediterranean on the “amber roads”. Resourceful traders sold the “combustible stone” (“Bernstein” in German, the Low German “bernen” means “to burn”) as fuel, incense substitute and exquisite gemstone. Indeed, when you consider that its applications range from rosaries and medieval medicine, which attributed healing powers to Baltic amber, to the lost Amber Room and the modern set gemstone, there is no other conclusion: The appreciation of the “tears of the gods” is unbroken. Another intriguing aspect of the natural substance: amber comes in numerous colour variations ranging from white to yellow and red to deep dark brown.