AGUAMARGA STUDIO x THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DECORATIVE ARTS & MUSEO CERRALBO, MADRID
"X CONTEMPORARY GOLDSMITHING EXHIBITION"
11 February - 29 March, 2026
"Cuerpo Oceánico"
Sculptural Ring - Unique Piece Signed + Certificate of Authenticity
Materials: Silver, iron, topaz, and natural cultured Pearl
Techniques: modeling, casting, flush setting, claw setting and hand weaving
Dimensions: Width: 5,8 cm Height: 8 cm Weight: 51,88g
"Cuerpo Oceánico"
A ring conceived as an allegory of the ocean’s body. Each of its material and technical elements alludes to the tensions and damage caused by the exploitation of marine ecosystems.
A natural oyster cast in silver and redesigned in the shape of a fish becomes a symbol of an organism forced to produce pearls under human intervention, exposing the hidden violence behind its apparent beauty. The cultured pearl, caught under a handwoven iron net, embodies capture, overfishing, and the artificialization of marine life. The twenty-five bezel-set topazes sparkle like fragments of crystallized water, yet also evoke fragile flashes at risk of disappearing.
Together, these elements create a critical portrait of the sea: a body altered, exploited, and manipulated, which nevertheless retains a haunting beauty. Fragility here is understood as an intrinsic condition of existence: that which reveals our interdependence and boundaries.
A piece that seeks to make the scars visible.