Katherine Jetter

Katherine Jetter, from kangaroos to the Big Apple

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The jewels of the Australian designer, based in New York, Katherine Jetter ♦ ︎

In which part of the world can a designer be born who describes a ring just made with blue tourmaline and kangaroo-colored spinels? You guessed it: Katherine Jetter was born in Melbourne, Australia. But you do not have to imagine her as Mr. Crocodile Dundee’s sister. She explains, in fact, that she spent most of her youth in England, Germany, Italy and Switzerland, and so she speaks fluently German, French and Italian, obviously besides English. In short, she is an Australian with a broad vision of the world, which in 2018 also took her to the Couture Show, where she met her myth, Stephen Webster. And this also offers a further indication of its predilection: jewelery, luxury, but also lively and modern. And since, let’s remember, she is Australian, what is one of her favorite stones? You have guessed again: the opal. That was the stone with which she began her career as a designer: a small blue opal with which Katherine has created a simple and elegant ring.

Anello con opale nero e spinelli rossi
Anello con opale nero e spinelli rossi
The most surprising aspect, however, is that Katherine, before founding her jewelry house in London, earned a degree in clinical psychology and worked in one of the largest investment banks, JP Morgan. Experiences that, perhaps (very perhaps) have been useful for her second life, started with the courses at the classic Gemological Institute of America (Gia) where she graduated. After the jump from the psyche to the gems, in fact, she worked for various international high-end jewelers, including De Beers. Her Maison was therefore born in New York City, as in the films with the “American dream”. Travel, experience and a good imagination did the rest. Ah, a detail is missing: she has climbed the peaks of Machu Picchu and Kilimanjaro. We can not certainly say that she is lazy.

Collana con pendente in opale e diamanti
Collana con pendente in opale e diamanti
Orecchini in rodio verde e diamanti
Orecchini in rodio verde e diamanti
Orecchini con smeraldi Muzo e perle di Tahiti
Orecchini con smeraldi Muzo e perle di Tahiti
Collana con smeraldi Muzo e perle di Tahiti
Collana con smeraldi Muzo e perle di Tahiti

Anello con opale nero e diamanti
Anello con opale nero e diamanti

Orecchini con tormalina rosa e smalto viola
Orecchini con tormalina rosa e smalto viola







Muzo emeralds for ten women designers




Every year Muzo, which manages the most famous Colombian emerald mine in the world, involves some designers in the design of jewelry with the most desired green gem in the world. Muzo’s goal is to raise awareness and emphasize the quality of emeralds not only for rings, earrings or necklaces with the classic shape, but also for new jewelry, made by designers who love to innovate. This year, however, Muzo changed the rules and reserved the collaboration for a group of entirely female designers. These are Colette, Harwell Godfrey, Jenna Blake, Katherine Jetter, Loren Nicole, Michelle Fantaci, Nina Runsdorf, Robinson Pelham, Silvia Furmanovich and Little Sister.

Anello con smeraldo di Harwell Godfrey per Muzo
Anello con smeraldo di Harwell Godfrey per Muzo

The designers who adhered to Muzo’s idea have therefore created a series of high quality jewelry, often surprising and innovative, including cabochon emeralds, emerald pearls and, of course, gems in the classic rectangular cut. The jewels were then presented on Moda Operandi.
Anello Snake di Jenna Blake per Muzo
Anello Snake di Jenna Blake per Muzo

Anello con pendente di Nina Runsdorf, con smeraldo e diamanti
Anello con pendente di Nina Runsdorf, con smeraldo e diamanti
Orecchini di Katherine Jetter con smeraldi e smalto nero
Orecchini di Katherine Jetter con smeraldi e smalto nero
Anello in oro e smeraldo di Loren Nicole
Anello in oro e smeraldo di Loren Nicole
Anello in oro giallo, diamanti e smeraldi di Michelle Fantaci
Anello in oro giallo, diamanti e smeraldi di Michelle Fantaci
Orecchini di Colette in oro bianco, smeraldi, onice e malachite
Orecchini di Colette in oro bianco, smeraldi, onice e malachite
Orecchini di Robinson Pelham con smeraldi e zaffiri di diversi colori
Orecchini di Robinson Pelham con smeraldi e zaffiri di diversi colori
Orecchini di Silvia Furmanovich con smeraldi su oro e miniature
Orecchini di Silvia Furmanovich con smeraldi su oro e miniature

Orecchini di Sorellina con smeraldi e pietra onice bianco intagliata
Orecchini di Sorellina con smeraldi e pietra onice bianco intagliata







The iridescent life of Katherine Jetter

The iridescent imagination of Katherine Jetter, citizen of the world, with a passion for Australian opals.
The designer Katherine Jetter has a Greek mother and a German father. She grew up between England, Germany, Italy and Switzerland. But she is Australian (born in Melbourne). And not only: she loves the fruit gemological most famous of Australia, the opal: 95% of the extracted stones of this type all over the world they come, in fact, from Outback in the country of kangaroos. And to say that Katherine Jetter seemed to start another career: in finance, in a prestigious company like JP Morgan. Among her choices, however, we must not forget the degree in Clinical Psychology at University College London.
In short, a personality with many faces, many layers, so many colors. Just like opal, who learned to know better by attending the most titled school of precious stones, the Gemological Institute of America. From there, leave aside finance and psychology, he started working as a designer for several jewelry companies, including De Beers. Moved permanently from Australia to New York, he created his own company (and found her husband). The restless Katherine, however, she is still moved, this time in Santa Fe, New Mexico. A stone’s throw from the Mexican opals. But also in an area where he can practice with his other passions: mountaineering (she climbed Kilimanjaro and Machu Picchu), diving, cooking. When not in one of these many activities, the designer manages to find time to design jewelry. Almost exclusively with the use of iridescent, precious and rare opals, as she is. Giulia Netrese

Orecchini Snowstorm con opale e tormaline
Orecchini Snowstorm con opale e tormaline
Anello in oro bianco con opale e pietre
Anello in oro bianco con opale e pietre
Anello in oro bianco con opale messicano, diamanti neri, zaffiri gialli, rubini
Anello in oro bianco con opale messicano, diamanti neri, zaffiri gialli, rubini
Katherine Jetter, anello con opale (da Facebook)
Katherine Jetter, anello con opale (da Facebook)
Ciondolo Birdcage che racchiude un opale
Ciondolo Birdcage che racchiude un opale
Anello con opale bicolore e zaffiri arancio
Anello con opale bicolore e zaffiri arancio
Anello con tormalina
Anello con tormalina
Anello con opale e tsavoriti
Anello con opale e tsavoriti
Opals earrings
Opals earrings