Kate Alterio
Still Point Necklace (White Pearls) - Kate Alterio
The Still Point Necklace is a beautiful versatile strand of white pearls that is insterspersed with handmade sterling silver, oxidised silver and 9ct yellow gold geometric components. The necklace can be worn long at 96cm length or looped to create a layered and shorter neckpiece.
Kate Alterio is a contemporary jeweller and visual artist based on the Kapiti Coast in New Zealand. Through creative expression, she explores spiritual and metaphysical themes, sacred geometry and the tension between opposites. Working predominantly in silver, gold and pearls, she makes use of repetition, recurring patterns, geometric forms and subtle details. Kate takes a minimalist design approach to convey her conceptual ideas.