Silver Arc Brooch

This silver arc brooch shows Sigi Pineda at his most economical. There is no stone, enamel, or applied motif to carry the design. The piece depends on line, volume, and light: a long open curve that gathers into a rounded terminal and then releases back into motion. It belongs to the part of Pineda's work where silver itself becomes the subject, not merely the setting for color.

The brooch reads almost like a drawn stroke translated into metal. Its outer line sweeps broadly while the inner ribs tighten the composition, giving the form both speed and structure. The small raised element near the end acts as a visual stop, holding the eye before the curve opens again. That balance of restraint and movement is central to the appeal of mid-century Taxco jewelry, where modernist abstraction remained wearable and tactile.

Pineda's workshop emerged after formative experience with several important Taxco circles, including Los Castillo, Salvador Terán, Felipe Martínez, and Margot de Taxco. This object does not rely on biography to matter. It shows the mature designer's confidence in a single controlled gesture, a brooch reduced to silver, contour, and proportion.