MOSAIC — the Story of the Form

By Dmitry Strugovshchikov, founder of STRUGA

MOSAIC — the aesthetic of combining materials.

In MOSAIC, carbon is joined with silver, with meteorite, with brass, with copper, with steel. One is set into another, joined with a third in a single plane — and a composition of materials is the result.

MOSAIC appeared from the very beginning, together with carbon: this family was born in the brand's first collections, made from classic carbon. MOSAIC is not a numbered form like SIGNATURE ASYMMETRIC or BLADE — it is a material principle. The family lives in the RITUAL world, next to CARBON, and that neighborhood has a reason: the two were born together.

How the Form Was Born

STRUGA began with CARBON. The first tests, the first pieces were made of carbon — this is the beginning and the inspiration. And MOSAIC was already inside that beginning.

CARBON was almost never purely carbon — from the very beginning other materials were set into the carbon: silver-plated metal, copper, brass, meteorite. This is how two families were born at once — CARBON and MOSAIC.

The point of birth is easiest to see in the story of SIGNATURE ASYMMETRIC — the first form of the brand. STRUGA began with it — and so did the project's central experiment: take one form and carry it across different types of pieces. The aesthetic came from CNC-cut sheet material — sharp edges, even planes, recessed depth.

It started with a pendant, and there were many. The first ones were carbon with inserts — copper, brass, steel, meteorite, patterns. The MOSAIC family grew out of that early work, and it was here that the carbon palette the brand still uses was chosen.

MOSAIC has no separate moment of invention. The family grew out of the brand's earliest practice — carbon pendants with other materials set into them — and has carried that principle ever since.

What the Family Holds Today

Today MOSAIC is a vocabulary of materials joined in a single plane. Besides 925 silver, STRUGA works with other metals: copper, brass, stainless steel, silver-plated metal. They go into carbon as inserts and meet in the compositions of the MOSAIC family. And copper and brass STRUGA does not simply set into the work — the brand oxidizes and patinates them itself, with its own patination techniques.

Meteorite is a material with geological weight. STRUGA currently works with a single meteorite — Seymchan — and fuses it into its objects: in pendants and in MOSAIC inserts. Meteorite here is material and geology, not a promise.

The carbon in these compositions has its own register. STRUGA has its own line of signature carbon — palettes selected by the brand: Classic, Bloody, Toxic, Arctic, Winter and Fused Graphite. That palette was chosen in the same place where MOSAIC was born — in the brand's first pendants.

The family lives in the RITUAL world — the dark, spiritual side of the brand, the Dark Fashion aesthetic. RITUAL is objects with personal symbolic weight: amulets, talismans, stones, crosses, meteorites, carbon. It is a world where shamanism exists alongside modern materials and technologies; for this world STRUGA makes objects that accompany their owners.

How MOSAIC Lives on the Body

A MOSAIC composition lives on the body at different speeds — that is its character. Multi-layered matte carbon: ultralight, unafraid of water, unchanged by time. It is the counterweight to silver — silver is alive, it darkens and patinas, while carbon stays the same.

STRUGA silver is not rhodium-plated — it stays alive. The beauty of this silver is in the traces of handwork: in the slight imperfection, the unevenness of the surface, the patina and the darkening. Imperfection here is part of the object's beauty, not a defect. Patina is the natural pattern of oxidation — a map of how the object is worn.

And the color of copper and brass the brand sets with its own hands, the same way it lays down the dark surface of its silver. So several speeds of time live in one composition: carbon holds the form unchanged, silver darkens and patinas, the metals keep the color the brand gave them. The longer the object stays on the body, the clearer the difference between the materials reads.

As of 2026, MOSAIC remains a material principle, not a numbered form: carbon joined with 925 silver, Seymchan meteorite, brass, copper and steel in a single plane, living in the RITUAL world beside CARBON. The silver is not rhodium-plated — it darkens and patinas while the carbon stays unchanged, so one composition carries several speeds of time.

MOSAIC is STRUGA's way of speaking in several materials at once: one is set into another, joined with a third in a single plane — and a composition is the result. View the MOSAIC family.

FAQ

Is MOSAIC a specific shape or ring model?

No. MOSAIC is not a numbered form like SIGNATURE ASYMMETRIC or BLADE. It is a material principle: one material set into another and joined with a third in a single plane, so the result is a composition of materials rather than a single fixed shape.

Is MOSAIC the same family as CARBON?

No — they are two families that were born together. From the very beginning the carbon was almost never purely carbon: other materials were set into it. CARBON is the carbon line; MOSAIC is the principle of combining several materials in one plane. The two live side by side in the RITUAL world.

Is the darkening of MOSAIC silver a defect?

No. STRUGA silver is not rhodium-plated, so it stays alive — it darkens and patinas. Patina is the natural pattern of oxidation, a map of how the object is worn, not a defect. In a MOSAIC composition carbon holds its form unchanged while the silver continues to change.

Does MOSAIC use real meteorite?

Yes — STRUGA currently works with a single meteorite, Seymchan, and fuses it into its objects, including pendants and MOSAIC inserts. Meteorite here is material and geology, not a promise.