Three jewelry collections translate the invisible traces of movement into wearable forms, exploring the relationship between time, perception and transformation.
Frame
Thesis Project by G. Bellelli - Undergraduate course in Jewelry Design - IED Roma
Academic year
2025/2026
Movement is more than the gestures and actions we can see. It also leaves behind trails, tensions and trajectories that escape our immediate perception. These fleeting traces are the focus of Frame, a thesis project by Giulia Bellelli that explores the relationship between movement, time and transformation through jewelry design.
Giulia's research examines movement in its many forms, from the body's spontaneous gestures to the controlled motions of machines. Photography, overlapping images and visual distortions provide a starting point for exploring how shapes change over time and how to capture what would otherwise remain unseen.
This exploration leads to three jewelry collections, each offering a different interpretation of movement.
- Blur investigates the space between stillness and speed, with forms that appear to multiply and lose definition
- 24FPS draws on photographic sequences, translating successive moments into overlapping elements
- Flux explores movement as a process of continuous transformation, creating fluid, dynamic shapes.
The design process involves sketching, technical drawings, modelling and material exploration, resulting in designs for rings, earrings, bracelets, necklaces and chokers that combine titanium, silver, plexiglass and blue sapphires.
Frame was awarded first prize in the Students Design Award at Rome Jewelry Week 2026
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