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In Rajasthan with the rich jewels of Sawansukha

Published on July 21, 2022

Anello in oro giallo 18 carati con 36 diamanti

The large, luxurious, traditional Indian jewelery gifts signed by Maison Sawansukha ♦

For nearly two centuries the name Sawansukha was associated with the diamond trade. You do not know, probably, but today is one of India’s leading jewelers. In particular of Rajasthan, in Bikaner city. The style is that of the great Indian jewelry, it was of the maharaja’s, now of course mediated by a more modern taste, although anchored to tradition. Gold, diamonds, pearls, platinum and precious stones to create jewelry that make you dream even those who are not fond of the East (but is there anyone who resists the allure of India?).

For a pearl and diamond necklace, for example, the jeweler has a poetic explanation: it represents the dance of a peacock when it rains. The diamonds in the shape of peacock feathers, and hopeful look to the clouds, symbolized by the pearls. The diamonds from the ranks of pearls are like drops of water falling disperse. The other jewel, however, is inspired by the goddess Lakshmi, the center of the pendant: a jewel more traditional, very exotic.

La danza della pioggia del pavone: diamanti e perle, by Sawansukha

Anello in oro giallo, diamanti polki, smalto

Anello in oro giallo, diamanti polki, rubino

Collana con diamanti taglio marquise e pera, sette smeraldi

The Indian Song by Lydia Courteille

Published on July 11, 2022

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L'anello dedicato a Madurai Gapuram dedicato a Shiva aperto. Il serpente in zaffiro rosa simboleggia la semi divinità Naga

In 1300 there was Marco Polo. Today, there is Lydia Courteille. With one fundamental difference: the first was a merchant who had gone to the East with the aim of bringing spices and fabrics to Venice. The second, on the other hand, brought sensations, images, emotions of India to Paris, in this case through the memory of a 17th-century traveler, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier. Ingredients used by Lydia Courteille to create sculptures which, among other things, can also be considered jewels.

Anello dedicato al tempio Madurai Gapuram, con smeraldo intagliato

The new stage of the French designer’s world tour was India. After touring Guatemala, China, Turkey and many other places, the new collection is dedicated to Gandhi’s homeland and is called Indian Song. Name that adds a touch of musicality to the symphony of colors that make up the collection. India is, in fact, a fascinating mystery for Westerners and, perhaps, also for those born there. Hindu mythology and religion reserve surprises that are not always immediately understandable, but that involve.

The jewels of the Indian Song collection cover some of the stages of Indian culture. Like the Khajuraho temple, built between AD 950 and 1050, which is located in Madhya Pradesh and is famous for the erotic sculptures that surround it. Because spirituality doesn’t have to be far from the joy of the body. The same sculptures, but made of sandalwood, surround a ring with a large red tourmaline, also inspired by the heart of the Indian temple. In an era permeated by a return of Puritanism, Lydia Courteille’s ring is a cry for freedom, cheers.

Anello ispirato al tempio Khajuraho. Le figure intagliate sono in legno di sandalo, che circondano una tormalina rossa

Another temple, Madurai Gapuram, this time in the state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the god Shiva and the goddess Parvathi: it offered the inspiration for another ring that is reductive to define a jewel. It is, in effect, a small temple, with one side that opens and offers the view of an elaborate interior that features the face of the deity. The whole is made up of cabochon sapphires, rubies and spinels, as well as a carved emerald evoking the splendor of the Mogul era. It should be added that the references to the pantheon of Hinduism are also precise. For example, a red tourmaline snake represents the semi deity Naga, who rules the underworld.

La collana dedicata al Taj Mahal con uno smeraldi intagliati per 175 carati, cristallo di rocca, zaffiri

Could the Taj Mahal be missing on the trip to India? Of course not. The monument erected by Shah Jehan, Mughal emperor, in memory of the deceased bride, in the Indian Song collection is transformed into a necklace with sapphires and emeralds. Another monument, the temple dedicated to Shiva Mahabalipuram, a Unesco World Heritage Site located near Chennai, is famous for its bas-relief sculptures that surround it. They represent the descent of the Ganges which is intertwined with the epic of the Mahabharata, which tells the story of the gods.

Anello Peacock realizzato con tanzanite, smeraldi, tormaline

For example, Sarasvati, Brama’s consort traditionally depicted accompanied by a swan and a peacock. The two birds are used by Lydia Courteille to form an elaborate jewel. Furthermore, the peacock is the decorative protagonist of a palace in Jaipur, the Peacock Gate of the City Palace, and the subject of a gold necklace with 11 tanzanites, ten opals, 11 emeralds, 40 apatite pearls, 60 emerald pearls and tanzanite, 39 yellow sapphires, diamonds. An opulence that would be appreciated by a maharaja. A ring, on the other hand, is dedicated to the temple of Karni Mata, where thousands of mice are considered sacred and are fed by devotees.

Anello ispirato al serpente cobra, simbolo di saggezza e guarigione. Mix di pietre preziose colorate per 175 carati: tormalina verde, tanzanite, zaffiri, rubini, ametista

Gioielli in sandalo intagliato, rubellite, zaffiri

Collana Peacock, composta da oro 18 carati, vetro, 11 tanzaniti, 10 opali, 11 smeraldi, 40 perle di apatite, 60 smeraldi e perle di tanzanite, 39 zaffiri gialli grani, 14 apatiti, 4 gialli tormalina, 238 grani di zaffiri, 585 zaffiri 30 diamanti bianchi, 330 tsavoriti, 92 zaffiri gialli

Orecchini con smeraldi intagliati, zaffiri, diamanti

Orecchini con smeraldi intagliati e rubellite

Collana dedicata alla semi divinità Naga

Orecchini Humming Bird con smeraldi, tsavorite, granati, spinello rosso, turchese, oro rodiato nero

Anello dedicato alla festa di Diwali e alla divinità Ganesha

Flora Bhattacharya, passage to India

Published on July 9, 2022

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Orecchini a vortice In oro giallo riciclato 14 carati e diamanti

The scent of India seen through the eyes and creativity of Flora Bhattachary ♦

India and Britain are two souls that history has united: conflicts and love are the legacy of the great empire, that Flora Bhattachary translates into quality jewelry. London designer makes no secret of being fascinated by India of the past, the exotic that Europeans love. The geometric designs of Mughal era are well translated and distilled in decor for jewelry. She don’t forgets the gold and precious stones but, of course, her India is updated for our times, with a less baroque than the goldsmith Indian tradition. In short, wealth, opulence, but do not overdo.

Anello in oro 14 carati con diamante cognac

The designer is an emerging figure in the London scene: he founded his brand only in 2014, after a Master at St Martins. Yet it is already considered one of the “hot signatures” of British design. It won a number of prestigious awards, including the Prix Unsigned Ecône 2015; One Year On New Designer Award in 2015 and was selected as a finalist in 2015 Collection of the Year Awards for his Baoli Collection.

Anello Yakasha con zaffiri blu su argento rodiato nero

Collana con ciondolo a spirale Kundalini. Oro giallo 14k carati riciclato

Orecchini Aditi a bottone con diamanti e oro giallo riciclato 14 carati

Orecchini Aditi a bottone In oro giallo riciclato 14 carati e diamanti

Orecchini a cerchio In oro giallo riciclato 14 carati

Goshwara, drops of perfection

Published on July 2, 2022

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Anello in oro bianco con opale e diamanti

A drop of perfection in the jewelry of Goshwara, a bit of India in New York ♦
In ancient Persia and India, the word Goshwara indicated the perfect shape of the drop. But also the essence of femininity, softness and elegance. Only the best craftsmen could create a stone with this form. The drop was one of the most claim geometric volumes for jewelery.

Orecchini in oro con corallo intagliato e diamanti

With a leap of a few centuries, the idea of perfection revives today in New York, at the initiative of Sweta Jain, a young Indian designer. Sweta has created her jewelry brand in 2007 with the idea of pointing to the highest goal, perfection. As is often the case with Indian designers, its collections are a bridge between the colors and the exuberance of Indian tradition, and the essential sobriety of Western style. Sweta Jain, on the other hand, the stones know them well: she has worked with diamonds and rubies since childhood, accompanying her father, gem merchant, to the mines in Africa. It’s a training that lets pick the best pieces and combine them with a very personal style.

Orecchini in oro giallo 18 carati, turchese e diamanti

Anello in oro giallo con opale arancio e diamanti

Orecchini pendenti in oro giallo, smeraldi taglio pera, turchese e diamanti

Anello in oro giallo con prasiolite e peridoto

Orecchini in oro giallo con prasiolite e peridoto

The fusion menu of Hanut Singh

Published on June 23, 2022

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Among India and the United States: Hanut Singh proposes jewels worthy of a maharaja (in fact his grandfather was an Indian king) ♦ ︎

India is the world’s largest gold market, the United States the most important for jewelry and Hanut Singh represents the two sides of this coin. The designer, nephew of an Indian maharaja, works in Los Angeles, where he brought his cultural heritage, but put at the service of the stars and stripes style. It is no coincidence that his clients include Diane von Furstenberg, Mary-Kate Olsen, Wendi Deng Murdoch, Beyoncé, Madonna and Christian Louboutin. Hanut’s passion for jewelry began when he was a child. He is a descendant of the royal family of Kapurthala, India, famous for its legendary treasures and their taste for luxury. The great-grandfather, Maharaja Jagatjit Singh, was a friend of the American president Theodore Roosevelt and the French statesman Georges Clemenceau.

And he has collected jewels, from a diadem of Cartier to a aigrette of Boucheron, which are part of the family collection. The long history of Hanut’s family also includes the grandmother, Maharani Sita Devi of Kapurthala, Princess Karam, known for the way she matched her jewels with her sari, the tailored suits by Chanel, Lanvin and Elsa Schiaparelli , defined in Vogue as a “goddess” in 1932 and photographed by Cecil Beaton. In short, it is not surprising that Hanut Singh prefers vintage pearls, with a slight patina of time, to be used with white gold and yellow gold, to create his jewels with an exotic taste, but at the same time so modern that they can be worn on a red carpet. And not only because the designer combines pieces of Indian influence with more geometric and linear elements that are typical of Western taste. If it were a chef would propose a fusion menu, in short.

Anello in oro, onice, smeraldo e diamanti

Anello con zaffiro rosa cabochon, perle e diamanti

Orecchini pendenti con acquamarina e rubini

The elegant Sari by Alice Cicolini

Published on June 15, 2022

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Anello in oro giallo granulato con tormalina rosa e smalto

The sari is the typical female garment worn in India, but also Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal: it consists of a fabric ranging from 4.1 to 8.2 meters in length, which is wrapped around the waist and over the shoulder , partially uncovering the navel. But there are many types of sarees: one of them is called lehariya and inspired the British designer Alice Cicolini, who graduated from Central St. Martins and was also the Director of Arts and Culture for the British Council in India. In fact, colors and shapes of India have always been a source of inspiration for the designer, who, despite her Italian name, is English.

Anello Sari Odisha in oro 14 carati, smalto, granato mandarino

The collection is called Sari and uses 14 karat gold, together with enamel and semi-precious stones, such as garnet, opal, carnelian, but also sapphires. The colors used for the collection reflect those worn by Indian women: bright red, for example, in the tradition of a Hindu wedding sari symbolizes love and couple connection. But the glaze also serves to add geometric patterns like the traditional paisley. Small bird silhouettes make up the shape of stud earrings.

Anello Bandhani in oro 14 carati, granato mandarino, smalto

Anello Benares in oro 14 carati, granato spessartite, smalto

Orecchini a bottone a forma di uccello con zaffiro rosa

Orecchini Zardozi a bottone con granato e smalto

Orecchino Mankani con zaffiri rosa e orange

The nine gems of Saurabh Bhola

Published on May 17, 2022

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Anello con zaffiro giallo e diamanti. Copyright: gioiellis.com

A new star has been born in the world of jewelry. His name is Saurabh Bhola, he was born in New Dehli, where the family jewelry is based, but he has traveled half the world. He studied design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City with Maurice Galli, former creative director of Harry Winston. He also worked for Tiffany & Co. as a designer, for the Iridesse pearl jewelry chain. Thanks to his attitude he was chosen for a program called Workshop Without The Walls and won a scholarship to study design in Italy, at the Milan Polytechnic.

Anello con diamanti e rubino non scaldato. Copyright: gioiellis.com

Meanwhile, he creates unique pieces that have attracted the attention of fans. In 2020 he won the Centurion’s Emerging Designer and in May 2022 he participated in GemGèneve. His style blends ancient Indian tradition in the selection of gems, including Golconda diamonds, with a modern and imaginative design. His path started precisely from the study of the traditional Navaratna: an ancient Sanskrit word that means nine gems.

The jewels created in this style have an important cultural significance in India, as a symbol of wealth, status and also with beneficial talismans for health and well-being. The traditional combination of nine gemstones includes ruby, diamond, blue sapphire, yellow sapphire, emerald, red coral, pearl, cat’s eye and hessonite, worn in a single ornament. From here Saurabh Bhola began a path that led him to design unique pieces, but with a completely modern style, with elaborate volumes and a refined execution technique, placing one Navaratna stone at the center at a time.

Spilla a forma di scarabeo in oro, onice, e diamante Golconda

Entice, teacher of luxury

Published on April 21, 2022

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Necklaces and earrings royals: the new diamonds by Entice shine even more.
Since 2004 Entice has become the brand of Indian family Kothari, from Jaipur, who with KGK Group has been active for decades (and still is) in the gems trade. The debut marked the high-end jewelery, and took place under the sign of luxury, precious stones, but also a design that does not yield almost never the oriental taste, sometime a bit too convoluted to please the Western women. And to say that Entice chose as an alternative basis to its Indian origin the city of Hong Kong.

La Maison has the advantage, however, to do everything alone, from the choice and the purchase of stones, to design, to the manufacture to make the jewelry, such as those presented. The activities of Entice are guided by the creative director, Manju Kothari, who also coordinates the five boutiques in Hong Kong and India (Jaipur, New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore). Entice relies on two factors: the exclusive design and a competitive price compared to similar classes of jewelry, made of large diamonds, stones and high quality only.

Bracciale in oro rosa con rubini e diamanti

Orecchini pendenti in oro rosa e diamanti

Anand Shah, yellow fantasies

Published on April 15, 2022

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Anello incrociato in vetro, sormontato da un mazzo di fiori dorati

The prodigious gold jewels of one of the greatest Indian designers: Anand Shah ♦ ︎

He is one of the great jewelry designers of India, the country that more than others in the world loves gold and precious stones. But, unlike his fellow countrymen, Anand Shah does not try to imitate Western style. On the contrary, it reinterprets the Indian tradition, but with the addition of a lot of imagination. At top of all his choices, for example, there is to use gold, yellow, true to 22 carats. A choice that is also that of Indian tradition. So much so that years ago the World Gold Council has ranked the designer as one of the ten best gold jewelry artists in the world.

Anand Shah has also won the Solitaire Design Awards nine times, a prestigious jewelry contest organized annually by the Gem and Jewelery Export Promotion Council of India.

In his jewels there are those who are inspired by the world of flowers. And there’s a reason: he loves to compose the bouquet of flowers (the real ones) alone. And because he’s a creative designer, he even designs home and office environments, creates personalized greeting cards and even loves to design clothes for his wife, Parul. At the center of its activity, however, remains that of jewelery. It is an art that he learned in Mumbai and also thanks to many trips to Italy: “they taught me about design and technology and in the process I acquired a greater knowledge of gold”, he explained.

Collana in oro 22 carati con elementi floreali

Orecchini in oro 22 carati e zaffiri blu

Swati Dhanak from the desert to New York

Published on January 9, 2022

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Anello Duo Four way in oro 18 carati e diamanti baguette e pavé

From the desert to abstract art: the jewels of the New York designer Swati Dhanak.

From Dubai to New York, but of Indian origin, Swati Dhanak is a jewelry designer who does not retain a modicum of oriental style. On the contrary, she is an innovator. She is able to surprise with collections that have a different form than usual and, if anything, more linked to that of abstract painting. She uses mainly gold and diamonds: materials with which it has been used since childhood.

Her family, in fact, has a tradition in jewelery and as a child she often went to his grandfather’s gold lab in Dubai. In short, she has the gold in her blood, but before giving life to her jewelry brand she worked for Armani and Chanel. She has traveled the world, she has learned, she has chosen to interpret a Western taste in his creations. The jewels testify geometries, but also asymmetries, with a mix between sudden touch and mathematical rigor. One of her first collections, Movement, is however inspired by the sands of the desert that come to life in her memory. In short, Swati Dhanak Jewelery is a special case, a solitary path. And that’s exactly what the designer wanted to achieve.

Orecchini Emerald Column in oro 18 carati e diamanti fancy cut

Anello Rainbow Five Pin Cage in oro 18 carati, zaffiri blu, gialli e orange, rubini e tsavoriti

Orecchini Floating Galaxy in oro 18 carati, diamanti fancy cut e pavé

Orecchini Floating Fan in oro 18 carati e diamanti fancy cut

Anello Floating Cage in oro 18 carati e diamanti fancy cut

Anello Five Pin Cage in oro 18 carati e diamanti

Bina Goenka, incredible India

Published on January 8, 2022

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Anello con rubini Gemfields del Mozambico

The extraordinary jewels of the Indian designer Bina Goenka, pieces of goldsmith virtuosity between Mumbai and London.

A jewel of Bina Goenka often is exceeding the price of 100,000 Euros or dollars. Yet they were also sold online by Net-a-porter. The images on this page help you understand why this Indian designers, based in Mumbai, but you can also meet her in London (by appointment) is one of the stars of high jewelery. They know well the customers of Grand Hyatt Plaza Hotel in Mumbai, where the designer is present with her jewels since 2007, when she opened his flagship store.

Orecchini con smeraldi di Colombia e Zambia, turchesi

No wonder that his elaborate necklaces, earrings that seem to puzzle to maharajas or the broochs that resemble the work of some Flemish painters of the seventeenth century, are coveted by movie stars, wealthy industrialists, and members of royal families. She, Bina Goenka, founder and Ceo of the brand that bears his name, designs and produces only few pieces per year: it could not be otherwise, since to build one it takes three to four months, not to mention the selection of stones and the time devoted to design unique pieces. geometric designs and patterns that are found in the natural world are sources of inspiration for this gem artist.

Orecchini in oro giallo e bianco, madreperla, rubini, diamanti

Anello in oro bianco 18 carati, perle e diamanti

Orecchini con rubini Gemfields del Mozambico, turchesi, diamanti, perle South Sea

Orecchini con smeraldi colombiani, perle Akoya

Ayva, colors for manager

Published on January 4, 2022

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Anello doppio dito in oro 18 carati con diamanti, zaffiri gialli e bianchi, tormalina

The new jewels by Priyanka Kedia, founder of Ayva, queen of the compositions with small gems ♦

Responsible for strategic inventory distribution, implementation of new tools and processes, order management, inventory projections, demand and production. Again: responsible for identifying risky stocks … How can an expert logistics manager turn into a designer who proposes exquisite earrings and rings? You have to ask Priyanka Kedia, founder of Ayva, born and raised in a family of jewelers in Mumbai, India, but became a manager in San Francisco, California. In short, after experiencing the path to success in the business field, in 2015 he decided to follow the call of family traditions.

Anello impilabile in oro 18 carati con diamanti e zaffiri gialli

The collections, they say, that have an affinity with the European style and Italian design. The result is jewelry that always stand out with colored stones, particularly diamonds next to tourmalines, sapphires of different colors, amethysts. The stones are mounted with nice designs and regular to form light pieces, in which the color form shape of nice earrings, necklaces and rings (there is only one cuff now). Not bad for a woman who until recently was in charge of the efficiency of warehouses.

Anello impilabile in oro 18 carati con diamanti e zaffiri rosa

Pendente in oro 14 carati con diamanti e citrino

Orecchini Lola in oro con diamanti e tormalina verde

Orecchini in oro 14 carati con ametista e diamanti

Anello in oro 14 carati con ametista e quarzo fumé

The Pallavi Foley incantations

Published on December 4, 2021

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Anello con rubino e un diamante non tagliati, incastonati uno accanto all'altro, con linee di tormaline. L'anello ha la tradizionale lavorazione minakari: processo di verniciatura e colorazione delle superfici di metalli e piastrelle di ceramica attraverso la smaltatura

The enchanted jewels of Pallavi Foley, designer of Bangalore who also like in New York, between polki diamonds and art deco ♦

Her latest creation is inspired by art deco, with a mix of silver and gold. For the Enchanted collection, instead, he chose polki diamonds, a rough diamond used in the traditional Indian style called Kundan Setting.
Author of Enchanted Collection is Pallavi Foley, a designer Bangalore, India. Her resume shows that she graduated as accessories designer at the National Institute of Fashion Technology in New Delhi in 2000. Then, for almost a decade she worked for Tanishq, one of the big Indian jewelry companies.

Collana in argento e oro ispirata all'art déco — Collana in argento e oro ispirata all’art déco

Today she creates sculptural handmade jewelry, 18K gold, in her studio. it also defines with much optimism the new Elsa Peretti, perhaps because of her willingness to open up the world of Indian jewelry, traditionalist, innovation. “My jewelry designs are inherently Indian, but have an international flavor, the style is very global. I have clients in Paris, New York and around the world,” she explained the designer. Its brand, Pallavi Foley, in fact, it is now recognized as one of the emerging not only in India but also internationally. And for that she plans to open boutiques in Dubai and New York. Alessia Mongrando

Anello della Enchanted Collection con diamante polki

The Jewelry of Kirat Young

Published on November 23, 2021

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Anello con acquamarina intagliata e rubini

The jewels of Kirat Young, former muse of Yves Saint Laurent who became designer ♦

Few have a history similar to that of Kirat Young. Born in India, New Delhi, she became the top model in Paris, Yves Saint Laurent’s muse, one of the favorites of stylist (the designer kept a photo of Kirat in his room). They were the seventies. Then, friendship with Oscar de la Renta arrived. Leaving the catwalk Kirat has turned to another type of luxury, that of jewelery. From his side is the knowledge of the glamorous world of fashion, but also the artistic tradition of his country of origin. The result is a kind of jewelery that reveals both of the souls of Kirat Young. Annette de la Renta, Oscar’s wife, was her first client. By word of mouth, Kirat Young has begun to draw and produce jewels. He designed cufflinks for Valentino, earrings for Tory Burch, which the designer wore for a service on Town & Country.

Jewelery is made in Thailand, as the designer’s main house is in Bangkok. But jewelery is sold in the boutiques of Oscar de la Renta, Switzerland, Gstaad and St. Moritz, and in Los Angeles. The style of jewelery signed by Kirat Young is varied. He used a lot of South Sea pearls when he was married to an Australian. It now composes its jewels mainly with precious and colored stones, silver, vermeil, gold.

Anello in argento placcato oro con corallo

Anello Elefante in argento placcato oro e pietre

Bracciale in argento placcato oro e topazio

Orecchini pendenti in argento e oro con diamanti

Kirat Young, a sinistra, con Yves Saint Laurent (immagine da Instagram)

Buddha to Buddha, guru’s bracelets

Published on October 2, 2021

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Bracciale multi catena in argento Nathalie

Eastern spirituality and Western practicality: it is the philosophy of the Dutch brand Buddha to Buddha ♦ ︎

The best method to create jewelry? Meditate. But Batul Loomans, the founder of the Buddha to Buddha brand, would say that meditation, yoga and silence are the best way to live. It is a strange story that of Buddha to Buddha. Batul, Dutch, like many Western boys has been fascinated by oriental spirituality. In 1992 in Goa, in the meditation center of the guru Osho, and after working for a couple of weeks with Mother Teresa in Calcutta, he drew the first bracelet while he was on the beach.

A conversation with a master’s disciple then determined what the name of his activity should be: Buddha to Buddha. The first bracelet, called Batul, was then brought to Reflections, a high fashion store in Amsterdam. It seems to have been successful, partly because the jewel inspired a model of life in scope. In short, since then Buddha to Buddha wants to be a special jewelery brand, which has a direct connection with Eastern spirituality.

Bracelets, rings and pendants are made with a blend of design and tradition of craftsmanship.

The jewels are made in Indonesia: the brand specifies that it takes three to five days of work to compose the complex chains, with 28 pieces needed to make the locking mechanism that also becomes the logo of each jewel. The silver is liquefied by the heat of the open flame and then modeled into small precious elements. Double-intertwined in the silver variants and in those with onyx or agate details, the chain becomes a bracelet or ring. The rings reproduce the classic sweater in a band effect, with evident dimensions. The bracelets and rings also use a tightly woven tubular mesh with clasp.

Studio Rêves, dream jewelry

Published on September 10, 2021

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Bracciale in oro giallo con cluster di diamanti

The dreams, the jewels and the precious stones of the Indian Maison Studio Rêves ♦ ︎

Rêves, French word which means dreams. But, in the world of jewelry, it also means a jewelry brand that is part of the Grandlifestyles group. Grand, the company explains, is an acronym composed of the initials of the Menda family: father Ghanshamdas, mother Renu, and sons Anuj, Niraj and Dheeraj, all of whom have prominent positions in the company.

Orecchini con diamanti bianchi e rosa taglio rosa su oro bianco

The jewelry company, Studio Rêves, won in June 2018 the Couture award in Las Vegas in the Best in Diamonds Below 20K dollars category. Translated: how to make an amazing jewel spending less than you expect. And the earrings awarded by the jury, in fact, give the impression of costing more than the amount indicated. But Studio Rêves manages to combine a production of artisanal jewelery with the containment of costs.

The Studio Rêves brand was born in 1998 in Mumbai. But, in reality, the brothers Menda, Dheeraj, Niraj and Anuj are the third generation in the trade in precious stones and the whole family, including uncles, are still engaged in the activity of diamond trading. The designer, however, is Anuj’s wife, Kanishka Menda, who also deals with merchandising and product development. She design the many precious jewels with a style that does not forget the Indian tradition, but can also please a Western woman. As in the case of the Couture award-winning earrings.

Orecchini in oro bianco e giallo con diamanti per 5,20 carati

Anello con smeraldi, zaffiri e pavé di diamanti

Orecchini in oro con diamanti taglio rosa

Rajesh Popley’s jewels

Published on August 21, 2021

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Rajesh Popley’s and his Al Anwaar, from India to Dubai for those who love the ultimate in luxury ♦ ︎

If you are planning a trip to Dubai and are in the mood for shopping, and buying jewelry, you can head straight for Al Anwaar, in the large Mall of the Emirates city. It is the realm of Rajesh Popley, an Indian entrepreneur who, in addition to owning the luxurious Dubai store, has a career as a jeweler in his native India.

Rajesh Popley was born into a family of established jewelers and at the age of 16 he attended the course of the Gemmological Institute of India, the country’s leading authority on gemology. From his father, on the other hand, he learned commerce, the ethics behind sales and craftsmanship, refined with a management course at Harvard Business School. He loves travel, which he does with his wife and children, in search of ateliers and precious stones. It is not surprising, therefore, that the jewels found in Al Anwaar and those of his Maison, Rajesh Popley, are of the highest quality. With surprising peaks, as in the case of the ring with a large and rare blue diamond.

Anello in oro bianco con diamanti e smeraldi

Anello in oro bianco con diamanti, rubini e zaffiri

Collana di Al Anwaar con diamanti e smeraldi

Masterstrokes, high jewelry with two faces

Published on August 2, 2021

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Anello Beyond Religion - Saint Teresa, in oro 18 carati, realizzato a mano in 510 ore di lavoro. L'opale da 2,21 carati rappresenta Santa Teresa, con una cornice di smaltatura champlevé ulteriormente evidenziata da diamanti taglio incastonati a griffe. I 2,75 carati di diamanti baguette che circondano l'anello rappresentano i meno fortunati nelle cure della santa

The jewels by Masterstrokes, in gold, gems and refined enamelling technique. And some Vipassana meditation ♦︎

Jaipur, an Indian city with a thousand suggestions. The pink city is also known around the world for being one of the capitals of jewelry. And here, in Jaipur, a company has been active since 1941 which is now known as Jewels Emporium, run by the Bohra family and, today by husband and wife, Anup and Smriti Bohra. Alongside the gem trade, in 2001 the company launched the Masterstrokes brand. In addition to gold and gems, Masterstrokes jewels use the ancient art of French enamelling.

Gli orecchini Tre Grazie , con tormalina rosa per 21,52 carati, che collegano tre superfici estese realizzate con diversi trattamenti. Gli orecchini ruotano su un perno centrale: si possono indossare in tre modi diversi. Sono Incastonati con 2,62 carati di zaffiri arancioni e viola, 5,92 carati di diamanti taglio brillante, smalti plique-à-jour e champlevé. Sono stati progettati e realizzati a mano in 394 ore di lavoro

With over 300 shades in its palette and expertise in low taille, pliqué-a-jour and champlevé glazing techniques, Masterstrokes creations are admired, worn by women and owned by passionate collectors. They are obviously handcrafted jewels. Curiously, this technique was also used for a collection that is inspired by a completely different subject from the usual ones of jewelry, that is love, flowers and animals. The Indian tradition, however, is very present, the result of the Vipassana practice, one of the oldest meditation techniques in India, which means seeing things as they really are. Curiously, one of the Masterstrokes collections is dedicated, however, to the popular story of Jekyll and Hyde.

Anello a forma di farfalla della collezione Jekill e Hyde, con oro, diamanti, rubini del Mozambico, smalto

This 18-karat gold ring from the Jekyll and Hyde collection, for example, is shaped like a butterfly with diamond-encrusted wings, set with a 7.56-carat fancy cut Mozambican ruby. The wings fold gently to reveal a champlevé enamel side. It can be worn in two ways. The jewel was handmade with 3.74 carats of brilliant cut diamonds in 315 hours of work.

Collana a forma di piuma di pavone, ispirata alle ballerine dipinte dal pittore impressionista francese Edgar Degas. La collana, con smalti champlevé è impreziosita da una tanzanite da 41,05 carati , circondata da zaffiri gialli del peso di 4,77 carati e 15,3 carati di diamanti taglio brillante. Questo pezzo è stato realizzato a mano in 1.247 ore di lavoro

La collana è composta da un Opale di 28,44 carati, smalto, diamanti. Può essere indossata in entrambi i lati

Shades of Lotus, collana e orecchini ispirati a Cleopatra. Con Conch rosa, perle barocche, diamanti, rubini

Orecchini ispirati all Ibisco, con rubini del Mozambico, oro, diamanti rosa

Bracciale Volcanus, della collezione The Fifth Element. È composto da una Rhodocrosite di 79 carati, su oro e diamanti che rappresentano la lava che fuoriesce dal vulcano

Questo bracciale a forma di polipo ha al centro un opale iridescente di 14,97 carati, circondato da smeraldi, oro 18 carati, diamanti, smalto

The world of Bg World

Published on June 12, 2021

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Collana con smeraldi a goccia e diamanti

Are you fascinated by the India of the maharajas, with the magnificence of jewels and luxury from nabobs? Here is the India of BG World, that is of Bridhichand Ghanshyamdas, jeweler of Jaipur ♦

It is not easy that you have heard of Bridhichand Ghanshyamdas if you are from Milan, New York or Berlin. Or unless you are a business operator, who knows the tradition and skill of the goldsmiths of Jaipur, city of Rajasthan, India. The company has a long tradition (as seen in the video that we publish) and took time to attend traditional events dedicated to the jewelry.

Anello con meraldo centrale, diamanti e rubini by BG World

Of course, style is far away from that a little ‘dry aseptic proposed by Western brands, even the most traditionals. But at the same time it is easy to see how even bracelets, necklaces and rings of this brand India have approached to an international taste. Sure, they are rich in gold and stones, but less anchored to traditional ethnic jewelry of the past, although certainly not deny the origins. Jaipur is one of the flags of jewelery world, which employs hundreds of gem cutters. And these jewels of Bridhichand Ghanshyamdas well testify the skills of the artisans. The latest collection presented by the brand is named Aks, Reflection of time: reflection of past and present, to capture the essence of the cultures of different eras. Between that of the maharajas, who in Rajastan have reigned until the seventies of the twentieth century and the era of the Internet: a link is allowed only to the jewelry.

Orecchini con smeraldi intagliati, diamanti e perle

Collana in oro e diamanti della collezione Delhi Durbar

Modella con gioielli di Birdhichand Ghanshyamdas

Collana vintage della collezione Delhi Durbar

Ananya’s design

Published on June 11, 2021

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Anello in oro rosa 18 carati con diamanti e cristallo di rocca

Ananya’s jewels, one of the best Indian designers who came to the Couture ♦ ︎

She surprised everyone at the Couture Design Awards 2019, where she was among the finalists in the Best in Debuting category. Indiana, born into a family deeply rooted in the fashion industry, Ananya Malhotra studied the world of jewelry in London, where she graduated from Central Saint Martins, but also in the US at Gia. The studies in London get it clear why her jewels are not only part of the highest category, but also because they are designed in a style that celebrates Indian craftsmanship with Western taste. Abundant, but not opulent. But does not wonder that the designer also considers her jewels as talismans endowed with energy, in pure Indian spiritualism.

Before being get up at Couture in Las Vegas, Ananya was awarded the Suffragettes Design Award, where she designed a pin for women scientists and Nobel Prize winners. She was also chosen by Swarovski to design a piece for the Runway Rocks fashion show. And before debuting with her Maison, Ananya, the designer worked for one of India’s largest jewelers, Amrapali. She is inspired, she says, by Art Nouveau and surrealism, a pictorial current that fascinates her also thanks to her studies in the field of psychology. One of her latest works is the customizable Chakra collection. It is made up of wearable, stackable and colorful jewels.

Bracciale Chakra con perle di quarzo rosa

Bracciale Chakra con perle di malachite e onice

Bracciale Chakra con perle di pietra di luna e tormalina rosa

Orecchini Loto in oro bianco e zaffiri blu

Orecchini Nazar in oro bianco, diamanti e perle di acqua dolce

Anello in oro bianco, diamanti, zaffiri gialli

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Anand Shah, yellow fantasies

The prodigious gold jewels of one of the greatest Indian designers: Anand Shah ♦ ︎

Anand Shah has also won the Solitaire Design Awards nine times, a prestigious jewelry contest organized annually by the Gem and Jewelery Export Promotion Council of India.

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Ayva, colors for manager

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The dreams, the jewels and the precious stones of the Indian Maison Studio Rêves ♦ ︎

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Masterstrokes, high jewelry with two faces

The world of Bg World

Are you fascinated by the India of the maharajas, with the magnificence of jewels and luxury from nabobs? Here is the India of BG World, that is of Bridhichand Ghanshyamdas, jeweler of Jaipur ♦

Ananya’s design

Ananya’s jewels, one of the best Indian designers who came to the Couture ♦ ︎