My
history
Nicoletta Cardin
I was born in Milan and I am almost fifty years old… I grew up in a wonderful family full of love. My mother is a gorgeous woman, my father a wise man and my sister a funny person.
In the adolescent age I felt the need to want to discover the world… fascinated by different cultures and ways of dealing with life: from food to clothes and nature, and I have always been a free spirit, lively, humble and able to choose and act: this led me to understand what was right or wrong.
In my travels I was able to grasp the essence of nature that has always surrounded me and bewitched me with its rhythms, colours, sounds, beauty, perfection, wisdom and I realized that i was part of it. Often I realize how vital it is to be a part of nature, I absorb its energy and I love the state of well-being and balance it gaves me every day. My travels have brought me to know some very special fruits: the Pepperoncini. Being Italian I was born with the culture of “Peperoncino Calabrese”, a small pearl MADE IN ITALY known all over the world.
I start studying African Pepperoncino’s “Fatalii”, its properties, how and where it is used, how it is born and its origins, I discover the endless beauty of the plant, the flowers and the fruits… and i find myself catapulted into a pretty fantastic world, I enter a fairy tale surrounded by shapes, gloss, unique peculiarities. And this is where I start studying different types of Pepperoncino and start a virtual journey back to the world where Pepperoncini are born and grown in different countries of the world, as they all have a thousand-year history. I fell madly in love with these fruits so much that I created my own personal greenhouse that boasts 20 species of Pepperoncino, that lovingly I take care of, so that it can benefit from as many fruits as possible. And it all starts from here, from love, from curiosity, from knowledge of this benevolent fruit that leads me to think I want to give it ETERNITY.
I have always put myself on the line, but, this time, I had doubts about how to create something different, something that could give an emotion and, maybe, THE EMOTION, to also try to make understood those who know me, and not only, to introduce a wonderful plant that stimulates me, moves me, excites me, causes me trepidation, that causes me waiting, tickles me, unsettles me, makes my heart beat… I tried and I believed in my project EXPERIENCING THE IMPOSSIBLE… this has become my motto (slogan)… “EXPERIENCING THE IMPOSSIBLE”.
So MY first jewelry line is born, called RIP.IP (death and rebirth). The idea of transforming a LIVING FRUIT COLLECTED DIRECTLY FROM THE PLANT AND WORKED WHILE IT IS STILL ALIVE through a mold process that collects all the particularities of the product (wrinkles, curves, size) and deliberately produced with noble material (SILVER 925), certified and hand- painting piece by piece. I managed to concretize a LIVING FRUIT in a product intended to stay forever… I managed to give ETERNITY to MY Pepperoncini. It is an MADE IN ITALY’s ARTISAN work, the Italian labour allows strict control over each individual product ensuring an unparalleled level of safety and professionalism. Pepperoncini used in this collection are: Habanero, Scorpion, Fatalii, Jalapeno.
