Maria Tash marries diamond jewellery with body art in bespoke piercing design

The scorpion drawn across the body in indigo and gold gains a new dimension through Maria Tash’s custom piercing jewellery. Where the tattoo’s central form intersects the skin, two pieces emerge: a 7mm invisible set marquise diamond paired with a 3.5mm round diamond for the navel, and invisible set round diamonds for the nipple piercing. The work is not mere ornamentation but conversation between two languages of adornment, each amplifying the other’s depth.

This is jewellery conceived as sculpture, calibrated to the body’s topography and the existing design it will inhabit. The invisible setting technique allows the diamonds to float without visible metal, their geometry following the scorpion’s own contours with points of concentrated light. The effect is one of constellation rather than decoration: the tattoo’s bold lines now punctuated by the precise sparkle of diamonds, creating what amounts to a personal mythology rendered in ink and gemstone.

Maria Tash has long worked at the intersection of fine jewellery and body modification, crafting pieces that transcend the functional to become deeply personal artefacts. Each commission begins with an understanding of the body itself, its proportions and its narrative. Here, the scorpion provides the story; the diamonds provide its counterpoint. The result is a collaboration between artist and jeweller that feels inevitable, as though the two were always meant to exist together.

Imagery courtesy of Maria Tash (@mariatash).