— Click to play: Riccardo Renzetti, Guillochè 2016
The Damier decoration takes up the classic chequerboard motif of traditional guilloche engraving with alternating squares of close-set patterns of sophisticated elegance.
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.