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In this brooch the hollow silver form, beaten eggshell-thin, has a roughened surface which is unevenly mottled with lime green enamel over shades of dark blue and turquoise. Appearing part-eroded, part-distressed its subtlety seems to owe more to nature than to the craftsman’s skill. Through the jagged aperture glows the contrasting softness of ground lapis lazuli, a solid yet powdery surface of pure blue which Zanella described as 'a caress for your eyes and for the soul'. The piece is titled 'green cell'. Zanella explained that the cell represents the moment when life begins while the green represents the earth and the blue, water. 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