— Click to play: Riccardo Renzetti, Guillochè 2016
The Panier decoration takes up the classic basket-weave motif of traditional guilloche engraving to express elegance and classicism.
Different to freehand engraving, which is suited to more naturalistic and free decorations, guilloche engraving is typically mechanical and reiterative. It allows for infinite different patterns by varying the parameters of the process, which work in concert with the technician’s technical sensibility and aesthetic judgement.