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Jennifer Dawes, queen in the animal Kingdom

Published on June 24, 2021

Collana libellula in oro giallo 14 carati, con diamanti, smeraldo, iolite, tormalina

The world of jewelry has set out on the green road, at least in words. But there are those who have encouraged environmental sustainability for years, to the point of making it a distinctive feature. This is the case of Jennifer Dawes, a designer who works in Sonoma County, California. Jennifer has always been a supporter of nature and ecological balance. A concept that she reiterates now with the Kingdom collection. The kingdom you allude to is that of animals, from the butterfly brooch made with watermelon tourmaline to compose the wings, to bees with rutilated quartz bodies.

Spilla in oro giallo 18 carati e tormalina watermelon

The butterfly, among other things, has a symbolic meaning because a species has been included among the endangered species in the California area, news that upset the designer, so much so that it took action to protect the insect. Another feature that concerns the collection is the presence of pieces with moving parts. The butterfly, for example, can move its wings. They are almost all unique pieces, except for the dragonfly and the lucky eye, which can be produced in different copies.

Spilla in uro giallo 14 carati con quarzo rutilato, zaffiri neri e diamanti bianchi

Collana Evil Eye in oro giallo 14 carati, quarzo verde e spinello nero

Spilla scarabeo in oro 18 carati con iolite, ametista, topazio e morganite

Rio Tinto has a story

Published on June 3, 2015

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Rio Tinto, one of the world’s major diamond producers with mines in Canada, Australia and Zimbabwe, wants to rejuvenate the market and alongside the famous 4 C’s choice the real reasons people buy diamonds: love, emotion and, why not?, the beauty of a jewel that is not only in stone, but also in design. To do that had promoted the brand Diamond with a story and every year asks four talented jewelers to create a caspsule collection (for 2015 ere Sandy Leong, Jennifer Dawes, Suzanne Kalan and Matthew Campbell Laurenza), to be shown at Jck in Las Vegas. The idea behind the project is to provide traders jewelry at a very reasonable price for diamonds, ranging from 500 to $ 5,000, from more contemporary design and wearable every day all day. Something that for Millennials, customers with a maximum of thirty years the target stated, is different from what their parents wear, without being ostentatious or bling bling. Among the four themes suggested by Rio Tinto, the one of Sandy Leong is Shaped by origin, and the designer has chosen the rain as a creative motif to remember the immanence of nature. Rings, necklaces, earrings and bracelets are shaped with long raindrops in recycled gold silky finished connected by gray or champagne diamonds from the Argyle mine in Australia. Here the first images of Rain the collection, next article the issues and proposals of the other three designers. Monica Battistoni

Sandy Leong, collezione Rain bangle in oro riciclato giallo, rosa e bianco con diamanti grigi e champagne

Sandy Leong, collezione Rain anello sottile e impilabile in oro riciclato giallo con 9 diamanti grigi

Sandy Leong, collezione Rain orecchini in oro giallo setato con gocce pendenti incastonate di diamanti

Sandy Leong, collezione Rain collana in oro riciclato giallo con lunghe gocce incastonate con diamanti grigi e champagne

Sandy Leong, collezione Rain collana in oro riciclato giallo con una fila di lunghe gocce incastonate con diamanti grigi e champagne

Sandy Leong, bracciale rigido in oro 18 carati con diamanti colorati naturali Rio Tinto della miniera Argyle. Prezzo: 5000 dollari

Race for four with certified diamonds

Published on March 17, 2015

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The mining giant Rio Tinto has charged four of the most famous American designers to create lines of jewelry with stones coming exclusively from the Argyle mine in Australia, and selected in size from 0.01 to 0.07 carats and in hues of colorless, gray, champagne and cognac. An initiative named Diamond with a story, taken some years ago with the aim to make these products more salable. Jennifer Dawes, Suzanne Kalandjian, Sandy Leong and Matthew Campbell Laurenza, are the designers chosen for their attention to sustainability, to range of color and to non-traditional materials, each of them have created a collection of 18 pieces with a price range of between 500 to $ 5,000, which will be presented at the Jck in Las Vegas, the trade show that is held in the city of Nevada in May. A marketing idea very interesting, for now restricted to the American market, considering that until a few years ago this type of diamonds was unknown and then regarded as of poor quality. Now, however, there is even a color scale certified. How the Chinese saying goes? Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. Monica Battistoni

Matthew Campbell Laurenza, anello in oro 18 carati con con diamanti colorati naturali Rio Tinto della miniera Argyle. Prezzo: 750 dollari

Jennifer Dawes, orecchini in oro 18 carati con diamanti colorati naturali Rio Tinto della miniera Argyle. Prezzo: 1150 dollari