Acacia Designs

The ring shown at left above and featured in issue 5 of Hot Sheet is actually the "lite" version of Acacia's "Eternity" ring, above right, which is bigger and more striking. The two demonstrate very well how the same underlying principal can be interpreted in more than one way by the same designer. The left ring also better displays Acacia's signature logo.

Acacia's rings are tiny "sculptures to wear" created using all kinds of design approaches and often imbued with deep meaning. These rings, for example, are inspired by Italian mathematician Fibonacci's famous mathematical sequence -- 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, etc.. In it, each term is the sum of the two previous terms (for instance, 2+3=5, 3+5=8, ...), and the spiral shape is the geometric, graphical interpretation of this series. This unique sequence and a closely related number called the golden ratio have been called the divine formula for natural beauty and have been used by artists for centuries. It is still considered by some to be a basis for gauging the beauty of a face.The closer one's chin, lips, eyebrows and forehead are to this ratio, it is thought, the more beautiful the face. Fibonacci's sequence and the spiral shape have been found to be the patterns for growth for many organisms in nature such as sea shells, sunflowers, and pine cones. Since its discovery in 1202, artists have applied this golden ratio to their art in order to make it reflect what they perceived as divinely designed beauty.

Such is the case with Acacia. Inspiration aside, the rings are also very comfortable to wear thanks to the ergonomic considerations that are built into them.