Human nature has always shown a gravitation towards beauty, and in turn found to be especially drawn to that which uses the proportions of the Golden Ratio also known as the Golden Proportions. A mathematical formula found in nature and universally considered to be what makes something so alluring. This concept of the Golden Ratio and the beauty it transmits, was challenged in the ‘De Divina Proportione’, a treatise by Luca Pacioli illustrating sixty drawings by Leonardo Da Vinci. The book complies studies and various applications of the Golden Ratio – which is also the mathematical formula in our cosmic structure (a / b = 1,618). From which Leonardo speculated that every raw material could be transformed into something extraordinary using this ratio. His argument supported the alchemic idea of the existence on
earth of the divine perfection and harmonious beauty. The life and work of Leonardo Da Vinci are connected to multiple theories that still fascinate us today, as the Tuscan genius’s studies and ideas are evidently still applicable to daily life. Equally surprising is the idea that led to the creation of the Leonardo Da Vinci Cut. Mr Bobak M. Nasrollahi was casually leafing through the drawings of Leonardo Da Vinci’s drawings of perfect solids using the Golden Proportions, as he had done for Luca Pacioli's in the De Divina Proportione. In turn it triggered Mr B.M.N’s thinking, to imagine applying the same mathematical formula to cut a diamond. The application of the formula to a diamond cut led to astounding results, and the creation of the Leonardo Da Vinci Cut.
A CUT WITH HISTORY
A rough gem is plucked from the earth bed and designed using the outlines of Leonardo’s drawings of polygons and cut using the mathematical formula of the Golden Ratio. In the completion of the process, the shape results in a new dazzlingly beautiful diamond.
The diamond has 57 facets, like the classic round brilliant cut. However, unlike other cuts the Leonardo Da Vinci Cut radiates a pentagonal table omitting a kaleidoscopic of three stars visible to the naked eye. The visibility of the design is so clear unlike in other cuts. The classic round brilliant for example, requires microscopic lens to see the effect of the lights
(such as in the “hearts and arrows”). Research has shown that when two diamonds of the same quality and weight, one being the Leonardo Da Vinci Cut and the other a classic round brilliant cut, are compared, computerised diamond analytical programs show how the Leonardo Da Vinci Cut diamond is undisputably brighter and reflects greater light. Further more when tested for its characteristics it exceeds the level of “ideal”, making the Leonardo Da Vinci Cut, a diamond with astounding beauty. The Leonardo Da Vinci Cut beams its cut and design effortlessly to the natural eye.