HALO EFFECT

A natural phenomenon lights up a new collection for Swiss brand Bucherer Fine Jewellery

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A halo is a natural optical phenomenon. Typically appearing in cirrus clouds as rings of intense light around the sun, it is caused by its rays refracting ice crystals in the atmosphere. For British designer Hollie Bonneville Barden, this spectacle provided the inspiration for new additions to a collection for Bucherer Fine Jewellery - a series of unique masterpieces, crafted in gold and set with dynamic mixed-cut diamonds, radiating magnificence and fierce beauty. ‘These optical phenomena are mesmerising and so unexpected,’ says Barden. ‘They gave shape to my designs. Diamonds amplify light and