When confronted with the pitch black of night, even the dimmest light illuminates a whole lot of darkness.  In the absence of light, you become like a moth in the dead of night, cleaving to even the smallest source of light. Only then you realize that darkness and illumination cannot coexist without the other and light is meaningless without the presence of darkness. This principle that darkness matters and indeed shapes light is a metaphor that I use to define the relationship between solid and void in my design practices and it's a guiding light that I follow each and every time I embark on a new creative journey crafting artisan jewelry.