SARA MERMAL
Bloom light – energy in bloom
This pendant embodies the concept of energy transformation and shows how kinetic energy – the energy of movement – can be harnessed to create a play of light in jewelry.
An electric motor is hidden in the pendant. When we spin it, our kinetic energy, through the rotation of the magnetic field, is transferred to create an electric voltage in the copper coils and the motor produces electricity. The latter then illuminates the LED lights in the flowers of the botanical elements and brings them to life.
This piece symbolizes the symbiotic relationship between human-created technology and the natural world. The cold mechanical precision of the motor contrasts with the warmth and organic nature of the botanical elements, reflecting the dynamic relationship between human innovation and the delicate balance of our ecosystem.
Material
silver, recycled electronic components
Technique
multiple techniques
Sara Mermal, born in 1992, is a formally educated biologist and biotechnologist. She began making jewelry as a self-taught artist in 2018. Three years later she took an apprenticeship under the mentorship of master goldsmith Christoph Steidl Porente. The same year, she completed a gemmology course and a basic stone cutting course at the Higher Vocational School in Sežana under the guidance of Miha Jeršek. She first exhibited her in 2022, at the group exhibition of the Zlato runo Goldsmith's Workshop, which took place as part of the first Slovenian Jewelry Week. Since then, the author has participated in numerous local exhibitions with her jewelry, and last year she exhibited her jewelry abroad for the first time, as part of Romanian Jewelry Week.
She markets her jewelry under her own brand Fairly Fairy.
