Fractura Urbis: Lumina Cross Cascade Set

The Fractura Urbis collection reimagines the tension between sacred geometry and urban decay, merging the rigidity of industrial landscapes with the transcendent symbolism of the cross. Inspired by fragmented cityscapes—rusted steel beams, shattered stained glass, and overlapping neon lights—the set juxtaposes sharp, asymmetrical lines with gilded fluidity. Each cross is intentionally "fractured," its edges textured to mimic weathered concrete, while polished gold segments catch light like reflections in broken mirrors. The layered, modular chains evoke scaffolding or subway maps for a personalized armor of contradictions: sacred and secular, chaos and order.

Architect-turned-jeweler Elysia Vorne spent years documenting collapsing cathedrals reborn as nightclubs, their fractured spires backlit by holographic billboards. Lumina Cross Cascade emerged from her sketches of a 22nd-century reliquary—a cross not as dogma, but as a compass for navigating dissonance. The staggered chains reference both rosary beads and industrial cargo straps, a nod to laborers and dreamers who rebuild cities daily. When worn layered, the crosses align only when the wearer stands straight, a subtle metaphor for finding grace under pressure.

Vorne collaborated with a Kyoto metalsmith to perfect the "molten fracture" technique, where gold is poured into fissures in recycled brass, ensuring no two crosses mirror each other—much like the souls who wear them.