Jewelry designers really love butterflies, no matter international brands or independent designers, butterfly shape in their design theme is always stable in the "C position", often seen. One of the world's most prestigious diamond jewelry brand Graff special design "butterfly" series, with a small and dynamic diamond butterfly to show the beauty of the diamond's light and bright; diamond giant De Beers has created a "monarch butterfly" diamond butterfly ring; Van Cleef & Arpels) Two butterflies. Cleef & Arpels Two Butterfly series, once set off a popular trend. In addition, Buccellati, Cartier, Dior and other brands have also designed exquisite butterfly jewelry.
In addition to being favored by international jewelry brands, butterflies are also the muse of many jewelry designers. Under their free interpretation, butterflies blossom with their own unique beauty. There are many different insects in nature, but why are butterflies the only "favorite" in the jewelry world?
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Perhaps the most obvious reason is the butterfly's eye-catching appearance. Its brilliant colors, varied patterns, graceful silhouettes and elegant gestures form an almost perfect image that conveys "beauty" and "pleasure" and fully reflects the colorfulness of the jewel itself.
In addition, the image of butterflies is an inexhaustible treasure trove of inspiration. At present, there are nearly 20,000 species of butterflies recorded all over the world, and China is also rich in butterfly resources. 1958, Prof. Li Chuanlong, a famous butterfly expert, published the book Butterflies, which classified Chinese butterflies into 11 families, 244 genera, and 1,277 species. These eleven families are: Butterfly family, Crested Butterfly family, Silky Butterfly family, Pink Butterfly family, Eye Butterfly family, Ringed Butterfly family, Spotted Butterfly family, Nymphalidae family, Beaked Butterfly family, Shell Butterfly family, and Gray Butterfly family. Different kinds of butterflies have different characteristics in appearance and pattern, leaving ample space for jewelry creation and aesthetics.
In terms of cultural value, butterfly imagery has long been favored by Chinese literati and writers. The story of Zhuang Zhou's dream of butterflies speaks of Zhuang Zi's understanding and contemplation of the material and spiritual worlds in a romantic and volatile mood.
The story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, who transcended life and death and transformed into butterflies for love, is a love initiation story for many young people and a permanent "white moonlight" in their hearts.
Butterfly Dance" by Saini Hong
"The butterfly dances and the warbler cries." "Zhuang Sheng's dream of butterflies, the hopeful emperor's heart of spring is in the azalea." "Nymphs are often seen in the flowers, and dragonflies fly at their own pace." Countless butterfly-related stories and literary classics have built up the Chinese people's beautiful imagination of butterflies.
Butterfly Universe" by Cai Anhe and Duan Ruxue
Butterflies are dreamy, poignant, light and three-dimensional. The full-bodied and vivid images, lingering in the ancient cultural background, play a spiritual note. Not only does the jewelry design industry favor butterflies, in the jade carving field, there are jade carvers who break through the traditional themes, combined with the art of sculpture, to create vivid and interesting butterfly-themed works, which are very popular.
Butterfly Spirit by Xu Qunhao
It's amazing how a small butterfly, flying freely in nature, breaks into the creators' sight. Through their ingenuity and skillful hands, they transformed it into dynamic butterfly jewelry and jade works. This piece of masterpiece is now being presented in front of you through the ink and paper, so far, the butterfly has been separated from the entity as an insect, and another kind of natural spirits - gemstones, through human creation and aesthetics, to achieve the eternal frame, the beauty of the jewelry and images through the more permanent transmission.
