Petra Zimmermann, Austria

Vanitas vanitatum et omnia vanitas

Vanitas vanitatum et omnia vanitas
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

Since the quote starts and ends with vanitas you can run the saying endlessly in a circle. The niello gives the impression of a dissolving surface and refers to the double meaning of the Latin „Vanitas” between vanity and transitoriness.

The necklace is accompanied by two rings: one with a rectangular ring head divided into almost halves, the other in the shape of an endless loop.