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[Cadres] 

[Immutable] - English 

[Immuable] - French : 

Free-spirited, imaginative craftsmanship in the clouds above… 

Beautiful creativity submerged in the water below…

…And such fine artistry found in nature everywhere in between! 

Can you see..? This piece of art "disguised" as a gemstone… 

A gemstone that we, as humans, have named "rhodonite" - 

Truly, even the name itself ("rose") evokes our admiration of it! 

Just as how, from olden times, the "greats" of humanity have brought out true art, in various forms that each remain in shining glory over time… 

We recognize and would like to honor the pure  and beautiful forms of art in the natural world around us!  

This marbled rhodonite, a delicate mix of greys, pinks, black, and white… 

Fittingly cut to display the fullness of its personality…

And encompassed in [Cadres], in reverence to its ever-continuing enchantingness in its stand against the test of time…! 

Imagine the solid, firm face created by this framed [Cadres] as a plane that bridges two "eras"... 

We peer at the front of this ring from "our side" - from our current, modern lives…

And through today's standards and ways of thinking, we remember and reminisce on the brilliant artists of our history. 

But, imagine… Perhaps, just perhaps…

From the "other side" of this portal, (somewhere, somehow…) those greats are watching back at us! 

For, we often learn about our roots through the artistic masterpieces left to us throughout history…

And we look back on these as an important part of being human. 

But on the contrary, have you ever wondered… 

If those artists and creators of old could see us now…

What would they think…? 

We, the followers of their footsteps… 

And what progress and developments we have made as a species…

If they could view us from their various worldviews…

…What would they be thinking! 

What a mysterious thought… 

An exercise in which we can continue to think back in time, further and further and further… 

For, as long as time has existed, 

There has been art - and - 

As a consequence, those who have wished to express it! 

These two sides…

How to think of those of the future, 

And how we look back on things of the past…

[Cadres] connects these as a frame through which we honor art. 

The natural gemstones chosen as the core of [Cadres] - 

Each and every one is a cherished, natural piece of art that has been nurtured over time, and through many experiences!

The results - and the processes, long-in-the-making, through which they have come to us - are unique wonders that we wish to commemorate through the design of [Cadres]: 

A frame that holds up the gemstone with a snug, just-right, fit contoured to each gem itself…

And with a finish and shine created by long, flowing, and expressive, "human-like" lines…

An expression of the swift passage of time that connects us all! 

[Cadres] honors the essential, intrinsic art forever found in nature… 

And through this parallel, 

We both remind ourselves to think back on the art that we have created as a species… 

And also to ponder, what would the existences that came before us think of us and our art? (Perhaps, we can also be inspired to daydream about the even-further future…!) 

Finally, with the presentation of our design [Cadres], we would like to say…

We believe that looking in both "directions" in time is truly a valuable perspective…

Yet no matter which direction we look, we hope that our art may strive towards remaining as [Immutable] as the magnificent and unmatched, artistic beauty of nature!