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There is a 18 carat crocodile

Published on December 30, 2019

Bracciale disegnato da Barry Kieselstein-Cord

The designer Kieselstein-Cord offers a mini collection dedicated to the crocodile ♦ ︎

Kieselstein-Cord is a luxury and lifestyle brand founded by artist designer and photographer Barry Kieselstein-Cord in Manhattan in 1972. Aside from the commercial production of the brand (bags, buckles, accessories), Kieselstein-Cord’s work can also be found in the permanent collections of many museums, from the Louvre to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and, in his time, Andy Warhol collected its objects.

Kieselstein-Cord has also decided to collaborate with Kuck, an important jeweler from Düsseldorf founded in the seventies by Angelika and Olaf Kuck, who also wanted to add an Artist Collections to his proposals. And here is the series of jewelery with pure gold (18 carat) crocodiles, which is a re-edition of a work from the 1980s. The nuance of pure gold is almost tending to green, just to remember the shade of the crocodile skin. The small series of jewels includes an opening bracelet (it has a zipper) and a necklace.

The crocodile jewels are not, however, the only production of Kieselstein-Cord. There are other collections, such as Elements Diamonds, which express a remarkable goldsmith virtuosity, combining gold with precious stones, in a neo baroque style. Alessia Mongrando

Bracciale in oro 18 carati disegnato da Barry Kieselstein-Cord

Kuck, collana coccodrillo in oro 18 carati

Kuck, bracciale coccodrillo in oro 18 carati

Collana in oro bianco e diamanti di Kieselstein-Cord

Timeless Angela Cummings

Published on December 26, 2019

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Angela Cummings, a designer who entered the Olympus of the great creators of the twentieth century ♦ ︎
Women Jewelery Designers is a book written by Juliet Weir-de La Rochefoucauld, which in 360 pages focuses on the work of major designers. Divided into three historical sections, the book begins with the introduction of female designers who were working between the First and Second World Wars. In the post-war period, until the eighties, one of the major designers on which the book focuses is Angela Cummings.

It is worth knowing. She was born in Klagenfurt, Austria, in 1944, but at the age of three she moved with her family to the United States. She studied art in Perugia, Italy, and in Hanau, Germany. She then married a former Tiffany gemologist, Bruce Cummings, in 1970. Her career as a designer coincided with the work of Tiffany & Co., from 1967. She designed the first complete jewelery collection under her own name in 1975. She became one of the innovative jewelry designers (together with Paloma Picasso, Jean Schlumberger and Elsa Peretti) associated with Tiffany. Then, in 1984, he set up his own brand, whit her name, in Bergdorf Goodman. A geometric necklace with emeralds and diamonds designed by Angela has been sold for 1.5 million dollars.

Angela Cummings was also famous for the type of processing with 18 carat gold, platinum and silver, with precious stones: often mixed these materials with unconventional combinations such as wood. He also experimented with classical techniques of creating jewels, such as the inlay of precious metals and iron, with a process known as “damascene”. Ginkgo leaves, spiderwebs, vines, shells, feathers, sea foam, dragonflies and orchids have been sources of inspiration. Giulia Netrese

Collana di Tiffany disegnata da Angela Cummings

Orecchini in oro, platino, diamanti, zaffiri

Orecchini di Tiffany disegnati da Angela Cummings in oro e ametista intagliata

Collana di giada e perle. Prezzo: 17.000 dollari

Nadine Aysoy, back to the gems

Published on November 17, 2019

Showroom/Design

Anello con topazio e diamanti su oro bianco

Precious stones, family affair: so Nadine Aysoy has returned to her passion of origin ♦ ︎

There is a whole jewelery category that was born literally surrounded by precious stones. The childhood experience, in short, has decided their destiny, favored it, and perhaps granted something more than others. It is part of this Nadine Aysoy patrol, born in the diamond world capital, Antwerp, in a family of precious stone traders. Her grandfather, PN Ferstenberg, was awarded the Belgian government with the title of Dean of the Diamond Industry. As a child, Nadine often visited her grandfather’s office and was fascinated by the stones. Yet, when she was 14, Nadine’s family moved to Switzerland.

Life has gone another way: Nadine graduated in a leading business school and started working as an investment banker in Zurich, then in New York, Los Angeles, then settling in London in 2003. But, she says, her passion for jewels has never diminished. In 2008, the designer returned to Switzerland, where she finally had the opportunity to realize her dream: drawing and making jewels. Thanks to a return to her roots: in Antwerp met gemstone experts, grandfather friends and acquaintances. An experience that has allowed Nadine Aysoy to enter the main door of the jewelery world. Alessia Mongrando

Anello con diamanti della collezione Tsarina

Collezione Celeste, orecchini con zaffiri rosa e giada

Collezione Elle et Lui, orecchini con perle, diamanti, rodolite

Orecchini della collezione Tsarina in oro nero e bianco, diamanti, zaffiri e crisoprasio e una ametista verde al centro

Anello in oro bianco con diamanti e acquamarine

Collezione Tsarina, orecchini modulari, utilizzabili anche come pendente

Nadine Aysoy, anello con perla dei mari del Sud, diamanti e rubellite

The rare jewels of Walid Akkad

Published on September 16, 2019

Showroom/Design/Rings

Anello in oro bianco con berillo verde cabochon

Walid Akkad, from Lebanon to Paris for design jewelry with a Nordic taste ♦

Lebanon is a country blessed by nature and cursed by the civil war that for many years has upset the lives of its inhabitants. For this reason many have gone away in the past: many creative minds, like that of Walid Akkad, who moved to France. In Paris the designer studied jewelery, design, gemology, pearls. In short, everything you need to become a jewelry designer. But not just any one. His pieces are rare, very exclusive, with a modern and clean design, which would make one think of a Nordic rather than a Middle Eastern taste.

Walid Akkad realizes his jewels in the goldsmith laboratories of Paris, under his supervision. He loves the less known stones, the clean lines, the attention to detail. They are not jewels for everyone: one of the rare occasions when it goes outside are the editions of the Pad, an event reserved to art, antiques and a few selected jewels, in Paris but also in Montecarlo, Monaco or London. As happens, precisely, in the new edition of this exclusive fair.

anello walid — Anello in oro rosa si Walid Akkad

Bia Tambelli multiplied by three

Published on September 29, 2018

Showroom/Design

The Trinity collection by Bia Tambelli presented at VicenzaOro: gold, diamonds, rock crystal and some symbology ♦ ︎

She is one of the most interesting emerging designers. And she was also one of the eight creators of the Design Room at VicenzaOro September: Bia Tambelli, Brazilian of Italian descent, on that occasion presented her third collection, after Arpia and Portal. The third collection also takes the forms of the number three. It is called, in fact, Trinity and, as the name suggests, plays around the shape of the triangle. If the three is a perfect number, the Trinity collection makes it an apologia.

The triangular surfaces multiply as in a game of mirrors and build volumes, edges, reflections.

It is not, however, a simple exercise of geometry: the volumes, in fact, serve to amaze, but also to add consistency to the jewels. Light, in short, but not inconsistent. The Trinity collection consists of eight jewels, including a bracelet. The pieces are made with an elaborate combination of gold, white and brown diamonds, rock crystals, citrine quartzes and imperial topazes. The stones have, of course, the trillion cut, that is triangular. Around the meaning of the choice, that of surfaces with three sides, you can let the imagination fly by combining mystical or esoteric symbology. But the designer’s aesthetic research is probably more interesting. Creating something new is not easy and Bia Tambelli has succeeded.

Lydia Courteille in the Nuevo Mundo

Published on September 26, 2018

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The new extraordinary collection of Lydia Courteille, Nuevo Mundo, takes you to Guatemala, from the Maya ♦ ︎

If Lydia Courteille did not exist, it would be necessary to invent her. Because the Parisian designer is one of the few creators who, together with the jewels, tells a story. In short, his work is not exclusively dedicated to the search for a personal, pleasant, interesting aesthetic. It’s not just this. It is also a tour of the world narrated through always surprising collections.
Et voila. This time Lydia Courteille takes everyone flying over Guatemala. After the sands of the Sahara, the glitter of the Topkapi or the mystery of Beijing, here is the charm of the ancient pre-Columbian civilizations.

Ring 18 k gold 25.35 gr, 4, diamonds 0.03 ct, 94 brown diamonds 1.56 ct, 263 fancy sapphires 4.11 cts, 14 tsavorites 0.03 gr

In fact, it is the ancient Maya people who inspired the Nuevo Mundo collection.

And most of the temples of the Maya are found, in fact, in Guatemala. Around these millenary ruins and folk art, Lydia Courteille has created an exuberant collection full of color, fantasy and folk references.

As in the pendant depicting San Simon, a mix between the spiritual pantheon of God, Santo and Maya.

He is a character who drinks, smokes and occasionally dances in popular fantasy. The statue that represents him is dressed as a cowboy and sits on a throne. The masks of St. Simon carved in wood become an integral part of the body that forms the head. People turn to the saint to ask him for love and money, prosperity and health. But some come to ask him curses, like a pagan god.

Necklace San Simon, gold 67.50 grs, 43 black diamonds 0.41 ct, 87 white diamonds 0.65 ct, 60 brown diamonds 1.75 ct, 225 blue and fancy saphirs 11.57 cts, 20 rubys 0.28 ct, 16 amethystes 0.39 gr, 108 tsavorites 1.28 gr, 10 pink turmalins 4.36 grs

A double ring instead has the shape of a doll.

According to the Mayan tradition, when children are frightened or have nightmares, they give them dolls to put under the pillow before going to sleep. According to popular legend, the doll worries about the problem and frees the children from night anguish.

Ring, 19 k gold 36.27 grs, 21 diamonds 0.42 ct, brown diamonds 0.21 ct, 1 white sapphire 12.36 cts, 73 rubys 0.86 ct, 79 fancy sapphires 7.58 cts, 1 peridot 0.49 gr, 1 beryl 3.10 grs

A large ring celebrates the traditional Huipil dress.

La Huipil is a embroidered blouse worn by indigenous women in Guatemala. The clothes are hand-woven, using timeless techniques handed down from generation to generation: a single garment can take from one to six months to complete and also indicates the personality and the village of origin of the wearer.

Ring 18 k gold 47.6 gr, 38 white & black diamonds 0.7 ct, 63 rubies 11.68 cts, 245 fancy sapphires 8.45 cts, size 55

In short, the Nuevo Mundo collection contains pieces of high jewelery like these, or like the parrot ring or the ring with the hummingbird that sucks nectar from a flower. Big work. Giulia Netrese

Anello ispirato all'abito Hupil — Anello ispirato all’abito Hupil

Earrings, 19 k gold 18.79 grs, 1 diamond 0.13 ct, 45 rubies 1.02 ct, 111 fancy sapphires 3.84 cts, 1 opal / 3.90 grs, 89 tsavorites 0.22 gr

Earrings, 19 k gold 15.24 grs, 10 white diamonds 0.44 ct, 46 saphirs / blue & orange sapphires 2.8 cts, 2 amethystes 6.89 grs, 17 turmalin 0.8 gr, 57 spinelles 1.13 gr, 6 tsavorites 0.02 gr

Ring, 19 k gold 26.73 grs, 85 diamonds 0.78 ct, 9 brown diamonds 0.08 ct, 76 rubies 10.23 cts, 106 fancy sapphires 1.79 ct, 186 tsavorites 0.54 gr, 3 grenats 1.02 gr

Tiara, 19 k gold 113.18 grs, 59 brown diamonds 1.31 ct, 105 white diamonds 2.15 cts, 34 rubies 0.65 ct, 199 blue & yellow sapphires 5.10 cts, 79 amethystes 0.20 ct, 1 beryl 15.40 grs, 47 turmalins 2.50 grs

Cuff, 19 k gold 123.84 grs, 256, saphirs square 33.6 cts, 48 light sapphires 4.99 cts, 96 rubies square rubys 4.73 cts, 556 fancy saphires 13.10 cts, 500 tsavorites 2.33 grs, 1 ruby 1.51 ct, 212 brown diamonds 3.11 cts

Earrings 18 k gold 14.96 grs, 35 rubies 2.69 cts, 135 fancy sapphires 1.98 ct, 2 rhodocrosites 4.70 grs, 40 tsavorites 0.11 gr, 31 amethysts 0.15 gr

Ring 18 k gold 31.32 grs, 26 diamonds 0.38 cts, 25 brown diamonds 0.39 ct, 32 rubys 0.73 ct, 310 sapphires 7.34 ct, 39 tsavorites 0.17 gr, 1 amethyst 12.10 grs

Necklace 18 k gold 87.59 grs, 55 white diamonds 0.69 ct, 190 brown diamonds 1.90 ct, 243 rubys 6.33 cts, 955 sapphires 14.68 cts, 292 tsavorites 1.03 gr

Ring 18 k gold 22.71 grs, 36 rubies 1.07 ct, 264 pures and fancy sapphires 5.2 ct, 1 chrysoprase 8.70 grs, 56 tsavorites 0.24 gr

Ring 18 k gold 38.89 grs, 59 white diamonds 0.74 ct, 93 brown diamonds 2.90 cts, 47 rubys 1.07 ct, 355 sapphires 10.3 cts, 72 tsavorites 0.43 gr, 2 A-M / agate laguna 10.1 grs

Ring 18 k gold 41.87 grs, 14 white diamonds 0.44 ct, 487 brown diamonds 6.84 cts, 16 rubys 0.68 ct, 54 tsavorites 0.22 gr, 4 aquamarine 0.24 gr, 36 emeralds 4.05 ct, 5 turmalins 0.62 gr

Earrings 18k or 33,90cts, opals 8,20grs, tanzanites 0,40gr, chrysoprases 0,59gr, saphirs / sapphires 3,71cts, tsavorites 0,66gr, rubis / rubies 0,80ct, sapphires orange sapphires 0,84ct, amethyst 0,13gr, diamonds 0,11ct

Ring harem, gold 18K, 1 opal 0,40grs, 239 fancy sapphires 2,63cts, 71 sapphires 1,05cts, 21 rubies 0,39cts, 84 brown diamonds 0,99cts, 12 black diamonds 0,18cts, 10 diamonds 0,16cts

Earrings 18 k gold 29.6 gr, 10 diamonds 0.97 ct, 30 brown diamonds, 33 rubies 3.30 cts, 128 fancy sapphires 1.94 ct, 46 tsavorites 0.13 gr, 2 turquoises 3.80 grs

VicenzaOro, the magnificent eight of the Design Room

Published on August 31, 2018

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Who will be in the Design Room of VicenzaOro: Alessio Boschi makes his debut, comes Garavelli and … ♦ ︎

In the countdown in view of VicenzaOro September, organized by the Italian Exhibition Group and scheduled in Vicenza from 22 to 26 September 2018, the scope of one of the most awaited sections, The Design Room, is now outlined with greater precision. Introduced a couple of editions ago, the area is reserved for particularly significant signatures of jewelry design. In the September 2018 edition, the area sees some confirmation and several new features. First of all, the number of designers changes: from 12 in the first edition, to January 2017, to the 11th of last January, to 8 September 2018. Among the Design Room aficionados, for this edition there are Qayten, an innovative boutique which always arouses great interest, Alessa Jewelery, a brand born from the love between designers Yuvraj Pahuja and Alessandra Robles, and the Italian-Brazilian Bia Tambelli. An exceptional debut is that of the talented Alessio Boschi, an Italian designer with a world profile, which until now has only been present at Baselworld. Other novelties are represented by the Cedille brand, created by Carmen Aoun in 2015, from the exotic collections of Inspiration Jewels and the simplicity of Syna. And more, the historic Garavelli brand is moved-up to the Design Room. In reality it is a matter of a few meters, because the Piedmontese Maison was previously located in the Icon area of VicenzaOro, inside which is the Design Room area. It is no coincidence that last year Garavelli won a prestigious Design Award at the Couture in Las Vegas.

Alessa Jewelry, anelli della Amara Collection

The monkeys of Bibi van der Velden

Published on July 2, 2018

Rings/Design/Showroom

Anello con grande citrino, oro, argento, diamanti brown, tsavoriti

The monkeys by Bibi van der Velden: luxury and irony walk together ♦ ︎

Bibi van der Velden has become famous for jewelry fans who love innovation also for the use of unusual materials such as mammoth tusks or scarab wings. But also for a subtle irony that surrounds a very innovative design. These two qualities, irony and design, are found in the Monkey collection. In fact, the collection is presented as follows: “Monkeys are among the most entertaining and intelligent animals on Earth, representing fun and flexibility. We never get enough of these fascinating species and their beloved bananas and we could not think of a better inspiration for our new jewelry designs.” In short, monkeys and bananas are really cheerful elements.
But you should not underestimate the more technical aspect: the bananas are made by working lemon quartz, the palm leaves are of green tsavorite, while the monkeys are in 18-carat rose gold and silver, with brown and white diamonds. Prices: almost 3000 euros for the simplest earrings, over 6000 for pendants with bananas up to over 11000 euros for the ring. In any case, luxury and fun can be together: it’s a good idea. Cosimo Muzzano

Anello con banana di quarzo lemon, oro, argento, diamanti brown

Pendente in oro rosa, zaffiri, tsavoriti, ametiste

Orecchini con banane in quarzo lemon, diamanti brown, oro

Anello in oro rosa e giallo, argento, diamanti brown, tsavoriti

Orecchini con due perle color pistacchio, tsavoriti, argento, diamanti brown

Orecchini della collezione Monkey con due zaffiri verdi

Orecchini in oro con scimmie con diamanti brown

Sara Greco, from Salento to New York

Published on March 25, 2018

Design/Showroom

The natural jewels of Silvia Greco, from Salento to the Diamond District of New York ♦ ︎
An olive tree grows in New York. It come from the Salento area of Puglia (Italy) famous for its centenarian olive trees. To grow the plant, but ideally, it is Sara Greco. The designer is part of the “I started as a child” category. In fact, she tells her parents to give her a goldsmith welder when she was 12 years old. She then studied as goldsmiths in Lecce, the capital city of Salento and then at the Tarì Design School near Caserta. Then, the turning point of her life. After a visit to New York as a tourist, she returned, but this time to work in a goldsmith’s company in the Diamond District of the Big Apple, where there are about 2,600 large and small businesses that revolve around the world of jewelry.
They must have liked the skills of Sara Greco, because the company then helped her obtain the visa 01, the one reserved for people of extraordinary skill, among the most difficult to obtain in the United States.
Then, Sara Greco has put to good use her creativity combined with the technical ability to create her own brand of jewelry. But without forgetting the land of the olive trees from which it comes. Her collections are in fact inspired by its cultural roots as well as nature. For example, she mainly uses raw crystals, with the natural form. And her jewels show the deep connection with the origins from the name, for example with the Terra degli Ulivi collections and the last, Terra Madre. And even the images of the jewels were taken by Salento photographers. On the other hand, the roots are the largest part of the trees. Lavinia Andorno

Bracciale e orecchini in argento e quarzo fumé

Ciondolo in quarzo citrino e argento cesellato

Ciondolo e orecchino in argento cesellato e cristallo di rocca

Collana della collezione Terra degli Ulivi con mica e tormalina nera

The bees by Daniela Villegas

Published on March 12, 2018

Rings/Orecchini/Design

Orecchini Long Bee, in oro, diaspro, citrino, perle

The capsule collection by Daniela Villegas dedicated to bees, metaphor of the female universe ♦ ︎
To be or not to be? The dilemma of Hamlet, played by Daniela Villegas, becomes: to bee or not to bee? The right answer is the second: the bee has successfully turned into a capsule collection, Sisterhood. The bees are buzzing and, after all, they are part of that miniature universe, that of insects, which is so exciting for the Mexican designer based in Los Angeles. Queen Bee includes bees wearing crowns to represent the theme of power, but also a sisterhood, because the bees are very supportive of each other. Not only that: the bees have, beyond their decorative effect, a primacy in productivity, in wisdom, in spirituality, humility, modesty, and so on.
The jewels of Daniela Villegas dedicated to the bees are in 18-carat yellow gold, in some cases with a drop of multicolored jasper, reminiscent of the classic yellow and black stripes that characterize the body of insects. To complete the jewels are South Sea pearls and citrines. The capsule collection has had a sudden success on Moda Operandi. But it is worth looking at it. Alessia Mongrando

Pendente Ape con perla e diaspro multicolore

The spirals of Noor Fares

Published on February 20, 2018

Rings/Design

Noor Fares, orecchini a spirale con granati

The spiritual spirals by Noor Fares in the Navratna collection ♦ ︎
There are those who are content to design jewelry. There are those who are content to wear jewelry. And there are those who, like Noor Fares, draw and wear jewels because they think that talismans, symbols and traditions are closely linked to human nature. That is, that the stones possess supernatural powers, the forged metal in a certain form can give peace, tranquility and keep away evil spirits, and so on. No ancient form of spirituality is forgotten by the Lebanese designer who grew up in Paris and emigrated to London. At the recent Design Room of VicenzaOro January, for example, Noor Fares presented, among other things, the Navratna collection. The name is that of a work in Sanskrit (ancient Indian language) which means “nine gems” and that, says the designer, it is said to provide an astrological balance and benefits the wearer. What kind of benefits and what kind of balance can only be said by those who try to wear the jewels of the collection. For those who are more skeptical, however, it may remain the pleasure to choose earrings, ring and necklaces that draw enveloping spirals or crescent. Gold, diamonds, stones like carnelian or garnet are the materials used by Noor Fares for Navratna. Prices: on average about 2000 to 4000 pounds. Margherita Donato
Read also: Noor Fares spiritual

Anello a spirale Rainbow in oro rosiato, diamanti, pietra luna

Collezione Navratna, orecchini luna crescente, con citrini sfaccettati, oro giallo 18 carati e pavé di diamanti e rodio nero

Noor Fares, orecchini a spirale con corniola

Noor Fares, collana con mezzaluna di smeraldo

Orecchino a spirale con pietra luna, oro e diamanti

Federica Rettore flourishes with Gorgonia

Published on February 19, 2018

bracciale/Design/COLLANE

Collezione Gorgonia, bracciale in oro rosa 18 carati, diamante taglio brillante, quarzo milky e ialino, onice

The new Gorgonia collection by Federica Rettore presented at VicenzaOro January ♦ ︎
She returned to the Design Room at VicenzaOro January after having conquered Florida with a special sale from Marissa. Despite her young pretty look, Federica Rettore has crossed the milestone of the fourth century in jewelry design, a profession started in Milan and continued around the world. Always, however, with a logical thread that involves the use of surprising materials, such as the zebu horn and the atmospheres of the beloved Sardinia, which are transformed into a style that seems among the ethnic and the Nordic design. An unusual mix that earned her a place in the category of imaginative designers. In VicenzaOro Federica Rettore presented his latest works. The new collection is called Gorgonia, a marine organism similar to coral, which is also found in the waters of the beloved Sardinia. The jewels use boulder opals or rock crystal together with hand-blown steel, but also diamonds and gold.
Read also: Federica Rettore at Marissa
Also for this line of jewelry the bracelets are maxi, as well as the rings: it is one of the fixed points of Federica Rettore, who for her jewelry does not like the mini size. The jewels are handmade, with natural elements and, therefore, each piece has its own uniqueness. Giulia Netrese

Anello Bouquet, oro rosa 18 carati, zircone naturale della Malesia, diamanti a taglio naturale a taglio fantasia, brillante e antico — Anello Bouquet, oro rosa 18 carati, zircone naturale della Malesia,
diamanti a taglio naturale a taglio fantasia, brillante e antico

Pendente Borealis, oro rosa 18 carati, diamanti a taglio brillante, quarzo ialino, agata rossa, madreperla, rodio nero — Pendente Borealis,
oro rosa 18 carati, diamanti a taglio brillante, quarzo ialino, agata rossa, madreperla, rodio nero

Federica Rettore. Copyright: gioiellis.com

Orecchini Nodo d'amore, oro rosa 18 carati, tormalina verde, labradorite; diamanti — Orecchini Nodo d’amore, oro rosa 18 carati, tormalina verde, labradorite; diamanti

Pendente della collezione Gorgonia, oro rosa 18kt, opale boulder nero, acciaio fiammato a mano — Pendente della collezione Gorgonia, oro rosa 18 carati, opale boulder nero, acciaio fiammato a mano

Spilla Smei d'amore, in oro rosa 18 carati, acciaio canna di fucile, diamante a taglio brillante, perla, zaffiro blu — Spilla Smei d’amore, in oro rosa 18 carati, acciaio canna di fucile, diamante a taglio brillante, perla, zaffiro blu

Bia Tambelli, the Portal of sixth sense

Published on February 12, 2018

Rings/Design/COLLANE

The Portal collection by Bia Tambelli, a young Italian-Brazilian designer who goes hunting for symbols ♦ ︎
At VicenzaOro, in the Design Room, reserved for emerging jewelery brands, there was also Bia Tambelli (see also: Bia Tambelli, amazing Brazil). In addition to its Arpia collection, the young designer showed the jewels of the Portal line. Also in this case the creator combines the aesthetic sense with the sixth sense. That is, she links the shape of rings, bracelets and earrings with transcendent, spiritual, symbolic meanings. The geometric lines of the jewels, she explains, symbolize the material life, behind which often lies our true self. The black diamonds are set in reverse to represent the difficulties we encounter on our way. White diamonds, on the other hand, embody our intuition and the lotus flower symbolizes purity and knowledge. In the center, in fact, a cabochon-cut ruby is mounted, which symbolizes the heart. Who knows if those wearing a jewel in the Portal collection are reminded of all these symbols evoked by Bia Tambelli. In case you forget it, don’t worry: the jewels are interesting even without knowing the meaning. Lavinia Andorno

Piercing in oro bianco, diamanti neri, rubino

Arteau’s art

Published on February 9, 2018

alta gioielleria/Design

Orecchini in oro, argento annerito, spinella della Tanzania, trsavorite, spinello grigio del Madagascar, spinelli birmani, diamanti

Unique pieces, colors, quality stones: the art of true French jewelry in the repertoire of Arteau ♦ ︎
Take off an M at Stéphane Marteau and you will have one of the finest French jewelry houses, Arteau. Since 1954 the French brand has continued a family tradition, because, as the chronicles recount with a hint of irony, the designer “from his earliest age infests his father’s workshop, jeweler before him”. Only that the jewelry company first worked for the big French brands. But after having produced for third parties, like many of his colleagues, Stéphane Marteau decided to launch his jewelery production. And high class. Arteau uses so many noble and colored stones that come from half the world, from Sri Lanka to Namibia. Even the style is exclusive, but always in the wake of tradition. Colors, but combined with sensitivity. And next to the creativity of the sketch still used today, to the traditional means that have been kept in the artisans bags for centuries, now are also computers for Cad design. But what matters is that the realization is still entrusted to the ability of the hands and every jewel retains its uniqueness. The pieces for sale in the Place Vendôme atelier in Paris are among the most exclusive jewels you can find today. Giulia Netrese

Orecchino in oro, argento annerito, agata, granati, diamanti

Anello in oro, tormalina verde della Namibia, spinelli birmani rossi e grigi, diamanti

Anello in oro rosa, argento anneriti, tormalina del Mozambico, spinelli della Tanzania

Orecchini in oro, titanio, calcedonio, rodocrosite, 387 zaffiri, 238 spinelli

Anello in oro rosa, argento annerito, tsavorite, zaffiri gialli, diamanti

Anello in oro rosa con spinello, pietra luna, diamanti

Embroideries for Brumani

Published on February 5, 2018

Rings/Design

Anelli in oro bianco e rosa, zaffiri smeraldi, rubini

The collection of Brazilian designer Lethicia Bronstein for Brumani ♦ ︎
In addition to the jewelry that has colored gems as protagonists, Brumani has a particular sensitivity for what happens in Brazil, for its history, costume, fashion. This is precisely why the Maison of San Paolo has created a collection entrusted to the creativity of Brazilian fashion designer Lethicia Bronstein, the her first collection of jewelry. The collection is called Laces and plays whit on gold and stones made using the lightness of lace. The collection includes rings, earrings, pendants and bracelets in three different versions: rose gold with diamonds and champagne, white gold with diamonds and sapphire blue and white gold with diamonds and pearls.
Grandchildren of Italian and German immigrants arrived in Brazil in the mid-twentieth century, brothers Brüner, Eduardo, Emerson and Rodrigo Brüner, have inherited the family tradition of jewelry, which lasts half a century. The Brumani brand, however, was born in 2005, with a combination of Italian creativity and German precision, to which is added the Brazilian liveliness. Rudy Serra
Read also: On the colorful baobab with Brumani

Brumani, orecchini della collezione Laces

Anello in oro bianco con diamanti e perle

Anello della collezione Laces in oro bianco con diamanti e perle

Orecchini della collezione Laces in oro bianco con diamanti e perle

Orecchini pendenti della collezione Laces in oro bianco con diamanti e perle

Anello con oro, diamanti, perle, calcedonio

Orecchini con oro, diamanti, perle, calcedonio

The second marine love of Daniela Villegas

Published on February 5, 2018

Design

Anello Thalessa, in oro rosa 18 carati, tormalina, zaffiri, tormalina bicolore

The crabs seen by Daniela Villegas, the second love after the insects ♦
That Daniela Villegas is a lover of nature is known. But it is curious to observe how, within his observation of the natural world, there are aspects to which the Mexican-born designer based in Los Angeles is more interested. The most beloved world is, perhaps, that of insects. Big, small, grotesque if transformed into jewelry: beetles and relatives are among the subjects that have become more sources of inspiration. But another strand is that of the sea. And, in particular, to animals that most resemble insects: crabs. With menacing claws that show off large transparent gems, the crabs are interpreted by Daniela Villegas with colored stones, with strong colors, such as tourmalines and opals, next to gold and diamonds. They are above all rings and pendants, with a vaguely tropical flavor. On this page you can see some of the crabs that make up the designer’s collections. Giulia Netrese

Orecchini one-of-a-kind Cangrejitos, in oro con zaffiri, tsavorite e smeraldi

Pendente Carcinus, oro giallo 18 carati, opale nero, acquamarina, zaffiri blu

Anello Galene, con oro, diamanti, quarzo

The Arabesque by Sicis

Published on January 31, 2018

Design/Showroom

Sicis, anello Arabesque in micromosaico, oro bianco, diamanti e rubino

Two new pieces of high jewelery made by Sicis with the technique of micromosaic, combined with diamonds and rubies, the Arabesque parure ♦ ︎
The micromosaic becomes a jewel: it is one of the Sicis skills, a company from Ravenna specialized in the art of combining tiny colored pieces. And it is no coincidence that this skill is developed in a city that houses some of the most beautiful and important mosaics in the world. Given this, here is the new effort of Sicis: the Arabesque set. It is a pair of earrings and a ring, which whit the micromosaic design have an oriental echo. The micromosaic, supported by a set of white gold, is also embellished with lines of white diamonds and a red rubies. The same composition is repeated for ring and hanging earrings, which use rubies at the height of the closure. In this case the geometric drop shape is made with diamonds, which is superimposed on the jewel: it’s a movable set and therefore oscillates according to the movements of the wearer’s body. Giulia Netrese

Sicis, orecchini Arabesque in micromosaico, oro bianco, diamanti e rubini

Antonini returns to Syracuse

Published on January 24, 2018

Rings/Design/Showroom

Antonini, collezione Siracusa, anello in oro bianco e zaffiri

Among Antonini’s new products presented at VicenzaOro January there is also a capsule collection of the Siracusa line ♦

Last year the jewels won an International Palladio Award as Best Italian Brand Collection. So why not propose an encore of the Siracusa collection? This is how Antonini, a Milanese Maison active since 1919, among other innovations of VincenzaOro January decided to propose new pieces of the line dedicated to the Sicilian city, as well country of Archimedes and Euclid. And the collection itself, which is a tribute to the birth of geometry, is expanded with a new look. Sergio Antonini, the creative mind of the jewelery brand, proposes a capsule collection with pieces that set about 160 sapphires in the setting of white gold, which recreate the idea of the Mediterranean sea in front of the city. But the collection also includes double rings with white diamonds and pieces in bright yellow gold, rather large, with thin lines of small diamonds set. The same shape of the ring is also used as a pendant to stop laces, always in yellow gold, that make up a necklace. Lavinia Andorno

Anello triplo in oro giallo lucido e diamanti

Antonini, collezione Siracusa, anelli in oro bianco e zaffiri, e in oro bianco e diamanti

The 9 winners of the Palladio Awards

Published on January 21, 2018

news/Design

Andrea Palladio International Jewellery Awards January 2018

At VicenzaOro, the nine Palladio Awards awarded to the world of jewelery were presented. Here are the winners ♦ ︎
It’s defined the Oscar of the jewelry, but perhaps it has no longer need to take Hollywood red carpet as a model. The awards to designers, maison and jewelers who have been delivered for the past five years at VicenzaOro have now become a tradition in themselves. At the Palladio Theater of the Vicenza Fair, therefore, at the opening of VicenzaOro the nine winners of the Andrea Palladio International Jewelery Awards were awarded, which embrace design, production, retail, communication, Corporate Social Responsibility and career. This year the jury was composed by da Silvana Annicchiarico, Director of the Triennale Design Museum, Alba Cappellieri, Professor of Design of the Milan Polytechnic Jewel, and Clare Phillips, Curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Here is the result and the motivation of the prizes:
Best Italian Jewelery Designer: Massimiliano Bonoli
The jewels of Massimiliano Bonoli stand out for their vocation for experimentation and innovation both in the materials they are made of, as well as in the technologies and in the disciplinary intersections. His ability to look at the future of high jewelery is rewarded.
Best International Jewelery Designer: Luz Camino
The jewels of Luz Camino represent the meeting between the harmony of natural forms and contemporary elegance. Nature and beauty are interpreted at the highest levels.
The Best Italian Jewelery Collection: Palmiero
The Underwater World Collection is a tribute to the aesthetic perfection of nature and the technical manufacture. This collection comes to life and movement thanks to the excellent goldsmith manufacture and the study of volumes.
The Best International Jewelery Collection: Chanel
The Flying Cloud collection has the merit of translating the memories of the young Coco Chanel into precious material. Sapphires, diamonds and precious metals refer to his trips on the Côte d’Azur, to sailors’ uniforms, to cruises on the Flying Cloud, the yacht that belonged to Hugh Grosvenor from which the collection takes its name.
The Best Jewelery Communication Campaign: Cartier
How would you go for love? it is a celebration of love in small episodes, which refers, with quality and film narrative, to a passionate romanticism, as involving as the precious Cartier.
The Best Jewelry Flagship Store: Tiffany, Milan
The new location of Tiffany celebrates the elegance of the brand in a historic building in Milan that overlooks Piazza del Duomo. Shining shop windows, custodians of iconic collections and extraordinary contemporary works of art, aim to enhance Tiffany & Co’s creations.
Lifetime Achievement Award: Elsa Peretti
The career award goes to a visionary designer who anticipated not only formal but also social changes and translated them into jewels that defined new feminine, courageous, elegant and independent identities.
Jewelery Corporate Social Responsibility: SeeMe
An award to the tenacity of Caterina Occhio for her untiring support to women victims of aggression in Tunisia and Turkey through a simple but powerful symbol: the heart, to combat every form of violence and restore dignity, hope and future to women.
The Best Communication New Media: VC & A
The creativity of Van Cleef & Arpels is emphasized in a dreamlike journey, L’Arche de Noé racontée par Van Cleef & Arpels – Multisensory Jewelery experience by Robert Wilson – Paris, Hong Kong, New York. A sensorial experience that combines the best goldsmith tradition with the new languages of contemporaneity.

Armadillo, disegnato da Massimiliano Bonoli per Mattia Cielo

Palmiero, collezione Underwater World Collection — Palmiero, Underwater World Collection ring

CHanel, Flying Cloud collection — Chanel, Flying Cloud collection

Cartier, campagna How far would you go for love?

Lo store di Tiffany in piazza Duomo, a Milano

Elsa Peretti in un abito Halston e con il suo bracciale rigido Bone, 1971

Collezione Arche de Noé di Van Cleef & Arpels, pappagalli

Anabela Chan in flight with Butterfly

Published on January 14, 2018

Showroom/Design

Orecchini in vermeil con gemme create in laboratorio: smeraldi verdi, peridoti, granati arancio, diamanti bianchi e zaffiri rosa con fiori intagliati di madreperla e foglie di smalto dipinte a mano

The precious butterflies of Anabela Chan: synthetic colored stones, diamonds, gold and spring air ♦ ︎
When it’s cold, you think of spring. When it’s hot, you think of spring. And when autumn comes, the nostalgia of spring becomes even stronger. Easy, therefore, look for the symbols of new season, which are essentially two: flowers and butterflies. This second, light iconology inspired the London designer Anabela Chan for her Butterfly Orchard collection.
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The jewels are light and unpredictable, like the flight of butterflies. Earrings and rings that seem to come out of a collection of high jewelry, with gold and a variety of colored stones synthetic collected according to contiguous nuances: they are used a great variety, including emeralds, peridots, blue topazes and white diamonds, garnets, sapphires. The same design of the jewel, more, is repeated with different stones, on shades ranging from white to pink to red. In addition to the stones, freshwater pearls are added, which add a softer note. Prices: from around 700 euros to around 1800 euros. Lavinia Andorno

Anello in vermeil, con una serie di gemme create in laboratorio, tra cui smeraldi, peridoti, diamanti e zaffiri rosa con fiori intagliati di madreperla, gemme e foglie smaltate a mano

Anello in oro bianco 18 kt e rodio vermeil, con una perla d'acqua dolce color avorio, incastonata con una serie di diamanti bianchi creati in laboratorio — Anello in oro bianco 18 kt e rodio vermeil, con una perla d’acqua dolce color avorio, incastonata con una serie di diamanti bianchi creati in laboratorio

Anello in oro giallo 18 carati, con una perla d'acqua dolce, incastonato con una serie di gemme create da laboratorio, tra cui smeraldi verdi, zaffiri gialli, topazi blu e diamanti bianchi — Anello in oro giallo 18 carati, con una perla d’acqua dolce, incastonato con una serie di gemme create in laboratorio, tra cui smeraldi verdi, zaffiri gialli, topazi blu e diamanti bianchi

Orecchini in vermeil in oro rosa 18 carati con pali in oro 18 carati, set intricato a mano con una serie di pietre preziose create in laboratorio tra cui due zaffiri rosa fucsia da 5 carati, citrini di champagne, tormaline, cioccolato, canarino e diamanti bianchi con intagli fiori di madreperla e foglie di smalto dipinte a mano

Orecchini in vermeil oro rosa 18 carati con montanti in oro 18 carati, due perle d'acqua dolce rosa, gemme create in laboratorio, tra cui smeraldi, peridoti, topazi blu e diamanti bianchi — Orecchini in vermeil oro rosa 18 carati con montanti in oro 18 carati, due perle d’acqua dolce rosa, gemme create in laboratorio, tra cui smeraldi, peridoti, topazi blu e diamanti bianchi

Orecchini in vermeil, set con pietre create in laboratorio, tra cui due smeraldi a goccia da 5 carati, diamanti bianchi e brown , zaffiri rosa, citrini arancioni con fiori di madreperla intagliati e foglie smaltate dipinte a mano

Orecchini in vermeil, pietre preziose create in laboratorio, tra cui due smeraldi a goccia, smeraldi incastonati, peridoti, topazi blu, zaffiri rosa, granati e diamanti bianchi, con fiori di madreperla intagliati, foglie smaltate a mano

Orecchini in vermeil, con pietre sintetiche tra cui due zaffiri rosa da 5 carati, citrini champagne, diamanti brown, yellow e bianchi, perle, fiori, e foglie di smalto dipinte a mano

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There is a 18 carat crocodile

Timeless Angela Cummings

Nadine Aysoy, back to the gems

Precious stones, family affair: so Nadine Aysoy has returned to her passion of origin ♦ ︎

The rare jewels of Walid Akkad

Walid Akkad, from Lebanon to Paris for design jewelry with a Nordic taste ♦

Bia Tambelli multiplied by three

The Trinity collection by Bia Tambelli presented at VicenzaOro: gold, diamonds, rock crystal and some symbology ♦ ︎

The triangular surfaces multiply as in a game of mirrors and build volumes, edges, reflections.

Lydia Courteille in the Nuevo Mundo

The new extraordinary collection of Lydia Courteille, Nuevo Mundo, takes you to Guatemala, from the Maya ♦ ︎

In fact, it is the ancient Maya people who inspired the Nuevo Mundo collection.

As in the pendant depicting San Simon, a mix between the spiritual pantheon of God, Santo and Maya.

A double ring instead has the shape of a doll.

A large ring celebrates the traditional Huipil dress.

VicenzaOro, the magnificent eight of the Design Room

Who will be in the Design Room of VicenzaOro: Alessio Boschi makes his debut, comes Garavelli and … ♦ ︎

The monkeys of Bibi van der Velden

The monkeys by Bibi van der Velden: luxury and irony walk together ♦ ︎

Sara Greco, from Salento to New York

The bees by Daniela Villegas

The spirals of Noor Fares

Federica Rettore flourishes with Gorgonia

Bia Tambelli, the Portal of sixth sense

Arteau’s art

Embroideries for Brumani

The second marine love of Daniela Villegas

The Arabesque by Sicis

Antonini returns to Syracuse

The 9 winners of the Palladio Awards

Anabela Chan in flight with Butterfly