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Cannabis and jewelry, the odd couple

Published on July 30, 2023

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Marijuana leaves also inspire fine jewelry, from Bulgari to Daniela Villegas and … ♦︎

The New York Times has also written about this: the world of jewelery and high jewelery has discovered the new leaves and flowers for its inspiration. After the lotus flower, the roses, the daisies and the innocent calla, the new vegetable to arouse interest is cannabis. Yes, the plant that, when properly pruned and dried turns into marijuana.

Bulgari, collier ispirato alla marijuana in oro bianco, diamanti, smeraldi

Bijoux at low prices that reproduce cannabis leaves have been on sale for years. They are sold to an alternative youth audience and are quite simple. Now, however, even the world of high jewelry has decided that marijuana leaves are a subject to be transformed into jewelry. Even following the decision by some countries, such as Canada or California, to liberalize cannabis use. Bulgari, for example, has recently presented a collection, Wild Pop, which also features pieces that reproduce marijuana leaves, like a necklace with diamonds and emeralds. A provocation? Maybe. But it’s calculated. In California Daniela Villegas has proposed a series of necklaces with pendants in the shape of pipes for smoking grass, made in gold, tourmaline, prehnite and topaz.

Daniela Villegas, collana con pendente vaporizzatore di cannabis, oro, diamanti, tormalina, lapislazzuli

Also in California lives another designer who added marijuana leaves to her Sweet Leaf collection, Jacquie Aiche. A little more related to the alternative, but luxury world, is the Sapphire Collective in Los Angeles, which created the Stoned collection with necklaces and pendants in 18k gold with sapphires that they have the shape of joint, worn by a model who smokes visibly.

Brent Neale Winston ha deciso di portare al Couture di Las Vegas le sue creazioni in oro, diamanti e malachite

Nikki Erwin of the Established brand has instead created a pair of diamond earrings and a bracelet coordinated with a series of cannabis leaves, which are often mistaken for innocent stars. And Brent Neale Winston decided to bring his gold, diamond and malachite creations to Las Vegas Couture. A stone that is perfect for her jewelry with the shape of marijuana leaves.

Orecchino di Jacquie Aiche in oro e diamanti

Un braccialetto d'oro con foglie di cannabis, spesso scambiato per stelle, di Established — Un braccialetto d’oro con foglie di cannabis, spesso scambiato per stelle, di Established

Le collane della collezioen Stoned di Sapphire Collective — Stoned collection by Sapphire Collective

Orecchini di Brent Neale Winston in oro, malachite, diamanti

Orecchini di Brent Neale Winston in oro, malachite, zaffiri, tormalina

Ondyn’s aquatic philosophy

Published on July 24, 2023

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Big Bang and Supernova Rings, Polaris earring

Ondyn’s jewels, winner of the Couture Design Awards in the Best in Diamonds Below $40,000 Retail category.

Ondyn, the creature of New Yorker Tara Maria Famiglietti, has distant origins. Tara’s father created bespoke suits and shoes for Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger, John Lennon and Jimmy Hendrix. Her mother and aunt owned the Boutique Menage at Trois on Madison Avenue, New York, and designed dresses for Diana Ross, Bianca Jagger, Barbara Streisand and Diane von Furstenberg. She, the founder of Ondyn, started making jewelry at the age of twenty. Her contemporary jewelry Maison uses diamonds and 14 or 18 carat gold, accompanied by diamonds set to form long threads that are used for necklaces, rings or earrings.

Anello con sirena in oro 14 carati e diamanti — Siren ring in 14K gold and diamonds

Tara graduated with a degree in jewelry design from New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology, she has collaborated with some of the big names in the fashion industry to create pieces that have been sold in exclusive boutiques and department stores around the world. Alongside her jewels, she also cultivates another passion: the sea. For a while, the designer lived on a sailboat, traveling across the French Riviera, the Amalfi Coast, the Balearic Islands, the African Coast and the Caribbean. And it is no coincidence that her brand is called Ondyn (a name that resembles the Italian word onda, wave). And, after all, New York is also a seaside city.

Anello Avalon in oro 14 carati e diamanti — Avalon ring in 14K gold and diamonds

Bracciale Magisterial in oro 14 carati e diamanti — Magisterial bracelet in 14K gold and diamonds

Orecchini Eminence in oro 14 carati e diamanti — Eminence earrings in 14K gold and diamonds

Orecchini con frange in oro 14 carati e diamanti — Fringed earrings in 14K gold and diamonds

Orecchini Dalliance in oro 14 carati e diamanti — Dalliance earrings in 14K gold and diamonds

Collana Zen in oro 14 carati e diamanti — Collana Zen in 14 carat gold and diamond

The colors of Venice by Linea Italia

Published on June 29, 2023

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Collana multifili con goccia in vetro di Murano e argento

Not far from Venice, in Costabissara, Murano artisans bring elaborate glass beads which are transformed into jewels by Linea Italia, a company managed by the Loison family since 1986. Linea Italia is now led by Tranquillo Loison, who has accumulated extensive experience in goldsmithing as an entrepreneur and as a trade representative in the goldsmith sector. In addition to making silver and Murano glass jewelery, Linea Italia develops jewelery lines for other companies in the sector.

Orecchini pendenti in argento e vetro di Murano — Pendant earrings in silver and Murano glass

The Murano glass used for Linea Italia jewels is the name that characterizes the artistic glass made in Murano, an island in the Venice lagoon: a tradition that has its roots over the centuries. The first documents on Venetian glass art date back to the year 982. Linea Italia, however, also creates classic-style 925 silver jewelry. The multi-strand necklaces represent the top of the production and are added to the series of jewels with colored Murano glass.

Collana con pendente in vetro di Murano e perline blu — Necklace with Murano glass pendant and blue beads

Murano glass, an island in the Venice lagoon, is generically defined in English as Venetian glass. It is elaborately decorated glass, with various techniques of hot forming, gilding, enameling or engraving. Production has been concentrated on the Venetian island of Murano since the 13th century. Murano was Europe’s leading center for luxury glass from the early Middle Ages to the Italian Renaissance. In the 15th century Murano glassmakers created crystal, which was almost transparent and considered the finest glass in the world. Murano glassmakers also developed a white-colored glass (milk glass called lattimo) that looked like porcelain. They later became the best mirror manufacturers in Europe. Venetian glassmakers developed secret methods of glassmaking: Murano is still home to numerous glass factories and a few individual artists’ studios.

Collana con pendente in vetro di Murano — Murano glass pendant necklace

Orecchini a bottone in vetro di Murano e argento — Murano glass and silver button earrings

Orecchini pendenti in vetro di Murano e argento — Pendant earrings in Murano glass and silver

Also jewelry for Metrocity

Published on June 25, 2023

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Collana in argento colore oro rosa e cubic zirconia

The Korean brand Metrocity also expands its offer to jewelry. After entering for the first time in Europe, in Milan, with a flagship, the company has expanded its catalog from bags to clothing and now also jewelery is arriving in Europe. Metrocity has Italian origins: it was founded in 1992 in the Braccialini Group. It has been present in Korea since 1997 and is now part of Mt Collection, a Korean company that has developed 130 Metrocity single-brand stores at home.

The 14-karat gold jewelery line is characterized by the brand’s letter M and on four motifs: Tubular, Frame, La Rosa Bianca, and Cuore. The jewels with Tubular motif, handmade, are offered in different variations with respect to the original distinctive logo of the house, the Tubular Circle which embeds an M in the center. The cornice motif has a rounded rectangle shape. The White Rose, flower and identifying symbol of the brand, is reinterpreted through small three-dimensional roses with overlapping petals. Finally, the Heart motif was conceived with the intention of describing eternal love. Metrocity has already opened two boutiques dedicated exclusively to jewelry collections in South Korea.

Bracciale con oro 14 carati — Bracelet with 14 karat gold

Orecchini argento colore oro rosa — Rose gold tone silver earrings

Orecchini argento colore oro giallo e cubic zirconia — Yellow gold-colored silver earrings and cubic zirconia

The East-West in Michelle Ong’s Carnet

Published on June 2, 2023

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Orecchini con diamanti, zaffiri e tormalina paraiba

Michelle Ong was named one of the 15 most influential women in Hong Kong. Promotes the art of Italian Renaissance. And she is also the designer of the refined Maison Carnet ♦

You don’t need to fly to Hong Kong to learn who is Michelle Ong. The designer founded Carnet together to Israeli Avi Nagar in 1985. Since then he has become a kind of Jar of East. So much so that the legendary Joel Arthur Rosenthal gave her compliments and has written for her the preface of a book by Vivienne Becker that collected the images of the work of the designer. His curiosity has produced a strange cross between Art Nouveau and Ming tradition. Actually the two terms simplify a lot of the complexity of the creativity of Michelle Ong. In reality, what matters of most it’s see the virtuosity to jewelry with great and precious stones. His pieces, not surprisingly, are appreciated by those who can and want to show off their fine jewelry, like the soprano Renee Fleming and Kate Winslet.

Orecchini con tanzanite, rubellite, tormalina, zaffiri e diamanti — Earrings with tanzanite, rubellite, tourmaline, sapphires and diamonds

On his style they were wasted many adjectives: stately, exuberant, expressive … But the truth is that with a few words don’t sum up a production so dense it is very difficult. And to say that Michelle Ong is self-taught. She started designing jewelry as a hobby. He loves perfectionism: even after reaching the success continues to follow closely the artisans who make her designs. “The materials we use are a means to an end,” she explained. The absence of a school behind her also has advantages: for example, the Hong Kong designer began using the titanium 17 years ago, in advance of the others. Here are some pieces of her production.

Spilla a forma di conchiglia in oro bianco 18 carati e diamanti — Shell-shaped brooch in 18K white gold and diamonds

Michelle Ong is also a refined art lover. She has been appointed president of the Marco Polo Society, a non-profit organization that promotes cultural exchanges between Italy, Hong Kong, Macao and mainland China. And in the city, her former British colony, she promoted Shaping the Human Body: Florentine Sculpture of the Italian Renaissance, an exhibition of ten key masterpieces of the period, at the University of Hong Kong.

Spilla a forma di farfalla con diamanti, rodolite — Butterfly-shaped brooch with diamonds, rhodolite

Orecchini a forma di foglie con diamanti colorati — Leaf-shaped earrings with colored diamonds

Spilla con diamante nero briolette, tormalina violacea briolette, 260 rubini e zaffiri rosa — Brooch with black briolette diamond, purplish briolette tourmaline, 260 rubies and pink sapphires

Collana con pendente di diamanti e smeraldi — Diamond and emerald pendant necklace

Il libro Carnet scritto da Vivienne Becker e edito da Thames&Hudson — The book Carnet written by Vivienne Becker and published by Thames&Hudson

Kathryn Elyse’s second life

Published on May 24, 2023

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Her favorite phrase is from Claude Monet: “Color is my obsession, joy and torment for the whole day”, said the king of the Impressionists. A statement that is shared by Kathryn Elyse, a jewelry designer based in Seattle, United States. She describes herself as attracted to colored gems, their cut or their unique imperfections. The designer uses 14 or 18 carat recycled gold, combining colored stones with small diamonds. Her collections are a bridge between natural beauty and modernism. Her jewels, as well as in the Seattle boutique, are also sold by large online marketplaces, such as Moda Operandi.

Orecchini in oro, tanzanite, diamanti — Earrings in gold, tanzanite, diamonds

And to say that after graduation you started working in the personal banking sector, and during this time you also faced the shock of an armed robbery. An experience that marked her choices: it is better to cultivate one’s passion, jewels. The designer then restarted her second life and enrolled at the prestigious Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts in San Francisco. And after learning the secrets of the trade she started her own business. And with good success.

Collana in oro 14 carati con labradorite e diamanti — 14 karat gold necklace with labradorite and diamonds

Orecchini in oro 14 carati con pietra luna, larimar e diamanti — Earrings in 14 carat gold with moonstone, larimar and diamonds

Orecchini in oro con turchese e diamanti — Gold earrings with turquoise and diamonds

Orecchini in oro con pietra luna e diamanti — Gold earrings with moonstone and diamonds

The jewels born on the beach by Cvc Stones

Published on May 15, 2023

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Charlie de Viel Castel is managing partner in Stelac, a New York-based financial company. But he has also become, surprisingly, a very special jeweler with his Cvc Stones. The jewels he produces, in fact, are made with pebbles found on the beach or on the bottom of rivers. With a peculiarity: they have small diamonds set and hang at the end of a gold chain. It all started when the financier’s grandmother died and inherited a diamond in the rough to Charlie. An event that prompted Charlie de Viel Castel to consider the stones he collected as a child in a different light.

Collana Rosalina in pietra, oro e diamanti

Thus was born the idea of setting one or many diamonds surrounded by a gold border in the natural, raw stone, without changing its shape. The stones come from the beaches of different locations around the world, but the jewels are made in New York. The philosophy is to combine a precious material, the diamond, with a precious inspiration, the one that children have in front of nature. The result is pieces that are certainly different from everyone and also one of a kind.

Ciottolo da spiaggia Aurora con catena in oro 18 carati e diamante

Pendente con catena in oro 18 carati e diamanti

Pendente con pietra, catena in oro 18 carati e diamanti

Collana Rococo in oro 18 carati, pietra e diamanti

Lauren Harwell Godfrey, geometries and perfumes

Published on February 11, 2023

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Anello modello cigar band in oro, turchesi, tormalina

Adidas, Levi’s and Ray-Ban. But after 15 years Lauren Harwell Godfrey has grown tired of working, albeit with a creative role, for brands intended for mass-market. So she went to California to found in 2016 Harwell Godfrey, a line of 18ct gold jewelery and handmade gemstones. But her first serious jewelry collection was launched in 2017 at Paris Fashion Week, with For Future Reference.

Bracciale a disegno geometrico in oro con smeraldi — Bracciale in oro con smeraldi

In short, Lauren Harwell Godfrey is in the strange position of almost debutante, but with so much experience behind his back. Certainly, she presented herself to the public with its own identity, a style already defined. We must therefore forgive her belief that the stones also have magical powers (healing, spirituality, etc.), even if the only power they really have is to make the women who wear them happy. In short, we fly over the baggage of medieval convictions applied to jewelry, to focus on the reality of her style: inlays, enamels, pavé, engravings, stone cuts, are used in an original way. As in the large necklace of spinels of different colors and shades. And often the jewelry is combined with perfumes selected by the designer. Also worth mentioning are the medallions that open and may contain pills.

Pendente Pyramid in oro 18 carati, lapislazzuli, zaffiri

Pendente a forma di spicchio di luna in oro, diamanti, madreperla

Orecchini pendenti in oro giallo 18 carati con corallo, ametista, turchese, peridoto, perle — Orecchini in oro giallo 18 carati con corallo, ametista, turchese, peridoto, perle

Anello in oro giallo 18 carati, con diamanti, zaffiri multicolori, topazio azzurro e dettagli in ametista

The jewels with the secret of Santo by Zani

Published on January 8, 2023

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Pendente in oro giallo con smeraldi, rubini, zaffiri blu, orange, e gialli

She studied jewelry design at Bowdoin College, Maine, and after graduation trained in jewelry design with Cecilia Bauer, known for her classic jewelry making techniques. But then she worked in public relations. A short-lived betrayal: Zani Gugelmann immediately returned to her first love, even if she then left Peru, following her maternal origins. And upon returning to the States she launched a jewelry line in 2002 and, in 2016, she founded the Santo by Zani brand, which she defines as a conceptual jewelry collection.

Anello con citrino, diamanti e smalto — Anello Shield con citrino, diamanti e smalto

Curiously, she is inspired by the design of the rings that in the sixteenth century hid poison inside them. The concept is used by Santo by Zani above all for the pendants, which can be worn open and have the shape of stars, flowers or crosses, or closed. Each piece is designed with complex mechanical movement and delicate engineering of pins, axes and hinges. The jewels are in 14 and 18 karat gold, with precious stones and ceramic inserts.

Pendente con la lettera E in oro giallo, diamanti, smalto

Anello con smalto azzurro, diamanti e tormalina

Pendente a forma di stella in oro, ceramica rossa e diamanti

Orecchini in oro giallo, tanzanite, smalto turchese

The imperial jewels by Vivienne Westwood

Published on December 30, 2022

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Collana in ottone placcato con l'emblema Orb, perle sintetiche

Pearl jewels are one of the main trends of 2021. A great comeback, like that of Vivienne Westwood, who died at the age of 81, but who had returned to occupy the pages dedicated to fashion. And her pearl necklaces have become a Google certified trend. One of the most frequent searches on the search engine, regarding jewels, is related to the pearl necklaces signed Vivienne Westwood. And on TikTok the British designer experienced a second youth. In short, in addition to dresses, Vivienne Westwood’s pearl necklaces are popular. And not only that: even the rings are among the most clicked jewels of the London Maison.

It must also be added that the prices are absolutely compatible even for the wallets of the youngest. Cubic zirconia and pearls Swarovski, metal and crystals. A distinctive stylistic element is the use of the Orb emblem, a symbol of royal power. It consists of a sphere surmounted by a cross. It symbolizes the cosmos, the universe as a harmonious whole, which originates with the ancient Romans, who associated with Jupiter and, therefore, with the emperor as his earthly representative. And, after all, Vivienne Westwood is a queen of fashion.

Anello canna di fucile, perle sintetiche

Bracciale in ottone con perle Swarovski by Vivienne Westwood

Anello in argento riciclato e placcato oro rosa, con zirconia cubica

Pandora calls Spider-Man

Published on November 6, 2022

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A new feat for Spider-Man: hooking onto the wrist, or neck, of girls. Nothing inconvenient: the company concerns aesthetics and is made with a special thread, created by Pandora. The new Marvel x Pandora collection features jewelry inspired by the super hero created by writer-publisher Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, who first appeared on the pages of the Amazing Fantasy comic in August 1962. But it was mostly cinema. , with a successful series of films, to make Spider-Man even more popular.

Pandora’s jewels dedicated to Spider-Man were made with a particular technique. A bracelet inspired by the Spider-Man mask is made of cubic zirconia and charms that reflect the movements of the hero. The jewelry has been hand finished in 925 sterling silver and features a cubic zirconia pave, alongside enamel inserts. The bracelet was engraved with the iconic phrase “From great power comes great responsibility”. Perhaps it also applies to wearing it.

Modella con bracciale e collana indossati — Modella con bracciale e collana

The delicate flowery necklaces by Christopher Thompson Royds

Published on October 13, 2022

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Collana a forma di veronica, in oro 18 carati dipinto a mano

A sculptor? A designer? Or a nature lover? Christopher Thompson Royds is all of this in one person. Really different from the others. His collections have been exhibited at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the Coda Museum in Apeldoom (Holland), the National Museum in Zurich, the Museum of Fine Art in Houston and many other museums and galleries. Because Christopher Thompson Royds jewels can be worn, but only after having admired them as if they were a painting. And to be precise, a still life. His Natura Morta collection (still life in Italian) is of disconcerting purity: his necklaces are composed with the shape of wreaths of wild flowers. Daisies, buttercups, cornflowers: they are made of hand-painted gold or silver.

Orecchini in sottile foglia d'oro e colori applicati a mano — Orecchini in sottile foglia d’oro e colori applicati a mano

Before starting his work, Christopher Thompson Royds obtained a master’s degree in goldsmithing, silverware, metalworking and jewelry at the Royal College of Art in London, and first studied at London Metropolitan University. He decided to combine the passion for jewelry with that of nature, in particular of the English countryside: he lives in Oxfordshire after leaving London.

Collana ranuncoli n oro 18 carati e colorata a mano

His jewels, unique pieces, require a patient workmanship and a lot of inspiration: an 18-carat white clover necklace costs about $ 12,000, but other pieces have a lower price. To obtain a realistic effect, the designer picks real flowers in the meadows, presses them and then shapes the border on paper. Another peculiarity: the jewels are sold in a marbled box reminiscent of the Hans Sloane Herbarium at the Natural History Museum in London.

Orecchini margherita in oro 18 carati e diamanti

Collana Daisy in sottile foglia d'oro 18 carati dipinta a mano — Collana Daisy in sottile foglia d’oro 18 carati dipinta a mano

Orecchini a bottone a forma di papavero, in oro 18 carati, diamanti, colorati a mano

An ice necklace for Katy Perry

Published on September 1, 2022

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Katy Perry (a destra) con la collana Drifa in argento, diamanti e zaffiri assieme a Guðbjörg Kristín

An ice necklace for pop music star Katy Perry. Or, more precisely, a recycled 925 sterling silver necklace set with diamonds and sapphires, which comes from Iceland, the land of ice, but also of volcanoes and geysers. In short, cold and hot together, as is in the spirit of the founder of the Icelandic jewelry brand Aurum and the designer Guðbjörg Kristín, together with her husband Karl Jóhann Jóhannsson. Guðbjörg designed a large necklace for Katy Perry, delivered at an event in Reykjavik, where the singer inaugurated the Norwegian Prima ship. An excellent opportunity to raise awareness of the Icelandic jewelry brand.

The necklace is part of the Drifa collection and evokes the idea of snowfall, and has a design that evokes individual snowflakes, an event Icelanders know well. Each silver snowflake has unique shapes and textures, and connects to form the jewel. Guðbjörg also designed a bespoke bracelet in 925 sterling silver with yellow diamonds in the same style.

Katey Walker’s horizon

Published on August 21, 2022

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Anello in oro 18 carati con ametista taglio a cuore

The sea is the source of inspiration for Katey Walker, a jewelry designer who grew up on the Connecticut coast. Even when she moved to New York, the vastness of the ocean remained in the mind and heart of the designer, and she transfers this imprinting to her jewels. But it is a path that you have taken step by step. After a degree from Suffolk University in Boston, she majored in jewelry design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. Then, she worked as an apprentice for one of the last major high jewelry manufacturing companies left in New York’s diamond district, working on pieces for Tiffany and David Yurman. In short, first the study, then the practical experience.

Orecchini con tanzanite, opale etiope, smeraldo, opale boulder

She lacked nothing to take off solo. She uses high-carat yellow and rose gold and a variety of natural gemstones, such as opals, all handcrafted from start to finish by her in her studio in the Connecticut River Valley, where she is back. The jewels are modern and cheerful, without unnecessary extravagance.

Collana in oro 18 carati con ametista taglio a cuore

Anello in oro 18 carati con peridoto e diamanti

Collana con turchese, rubino, opale di fuoco, opale etiope, cristallo di rocca, perle di acqua dolce

Orecchini in oro 18 carati con topazio rosa

Orecchini Triangle in oro 18 carati con perle

The new life of Pamela Love

Published on August 21, 2022

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Anello in argento placcato oro 14 carati e lapis

It’s been a few years since Red Luxury, a jewelry and watch company that designs, manufactures and distributes its brands around the world, bought Pamela Love. The New York brand thus joined the Parisian Maison Reminiscence, also purchased by Red Luxury, which in the meantime has opened offices in New York, Geneva, Dubai and Hong Kong. Pamela Love for summer 2022 proposed the Ad Infinitum collection, in 14-karat gold-plated brass in some cases with the addition of stones such as lapis lazuli, amazonite, but also synthetic coral. Prices remain anchored downwards.

Anello in argento placcato oro 14 carati e turchese

As a true New Yorker, Pamela Love has been able to be creative and enterprising. She started making jewelry in her Brooklyn apartment in 2006. And then he expanded the business to become an established brand. Like so many of her fellow designers (who knows why) she describes herself as “strongly influenced by astronomy, astrology, alchemy”, but also in “modern urban mysticism”, whatever that means. But it doesn’t matter: the jewels she proposes, in 14 carat gold, or simply in plated brass or silver, are successful.

Collana in ottone placcato e corallo sintetico

Orecchini in ottone placcato oro con corallo sintetico e diaspro, perle barocche

Collana con pendenti in ottone placcato oro, diaspro intagliato e spinello

Collana in ottone placcato oro 14 carati, lapislazzuli

Orecchini in ottone placcato oro con perle barocche, lapis e amazzonite — Orecchini in ottone placcato oro con perle barocche, lapis, ossidiana e amazzonite

Jessie Harris, experimental and minimal

Published on August 20, 2022

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Between conceptual and design art, between jewelery and futurism: here is the London designer Jessie Harris♦ ︎
That its launch platform was art, sculpture and visual performances, it’s easy to guess it: Jessie Harris, an English designer, is one of the new signatures of London fine jewelry. She explaining that is focused on the use of clean lines and structural forms to produce minimal sculptures dedicated to the body. Its jewels are those that are defined as minimal. They like to who do not want frills, but clean geometries, capable of scaling volumes, full and precise voids, with a simple workmanship. The problem in these cases is how to invent something new with a simple gold thread that turns into earrings or ring. When it’s happens, it’s a win for a few.

Jessie studied Fine Art at Chelsea’s College of Art and graduated in 2010. She started creating sound conceptual installations, but from concepts she preferred to move to something more tangible: jewelery. In her short autobiography however, her collections are defined as Retro Futurism, Reference Structures. Between artistic avant-gardes and jewelery, Jessie designs and realizes her pieces in her East London studio.

Orecchini Curl Double Drop in oro e diamanti

Curl Neclace in oro 18 e 9 carati (la catena)

Carol Kauffmann plays cards

Published on July 31, 2022

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Pendente portafortuna Sole e Luna in oro 18 carati, smalto e vetro colorato

Everyone hopes, sooner or later, for a stroke of luck. Even those who do not believe in luck hope so and then, perhaps, bet on something, or make superstitious gestures. Or she, again, she consults the cards, like tarot cards. If you have these beliefs you will appreciate Carol Kauffmann’s Lucky Cards line, which features a series of gold, enamel and hand-colored glass pendants representing various types of playing or fortune-telling cards. They are small rectangles that match a chain (not included) and can be a lucky charm (for those who believe in it), or a simple unconventional pendant.

Carol Kauffmann, in fact, is a Brazilian designer who loves contemporary art and these pendants look like little naive paintings. A curious milestone for playing cards, invented in China around the ninth century, as a substitute for coins and gradually, through Egypt, Turkey and then Europe, transformed into game or divination tools. And, now, also in jewelry.

Pendente Serpente in oro 18 carati e smalto

Pendente Occhio in oro 18 carati e smalto

The bijoux by Katerina Psoma

Published on July 19, 2022

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Orecchini in ottone placcato argento e oro

Innovative bijoux by the Greek designer Katerina Psoma, between fashion, design and classicism ♦

When she was 15 Katerina Psoma loved spending time in her mother’s fashion boutique in Athens. In particular, she liked the clothes of Moschino, one of the most innovative Italian designers. In short, Katerina Psoma fell in love before fashion, then jewelry, but always as a complement to the dresses. You know, bijoux, but classy, like the clothes she admired when she was a girl in the boutique.

Orecchini in argento placcato oro con gemme sintetiche

The study of the history of art in Rome and London has also influenced the style adopted by her fashion bijoux. From art to design the step was short. In the field of design, for example, Katerina has also chosen the abstract style of Memphis, the current created by the Italian architect Ettore Sottsass. But, as often happens, the roots are also re-evaluated over the years: for this reason, in the jewels created with acrylic and brass materials there are often references to the classical Greek shapes.
Katerina Psoma does not use precious materials, but the selection is in any case accurate: vintage finds, Murano glass, antique beads, carved jade and translucent semi-precious stones, together with the acrylic material are some of the bases she has chosen for her pieces. Alessia Mongrando

Collana Drusilla in ottone placcato e cristalli

Collana in ottone placcato oro, ceramiche siciliane, fiori acrilici, perle di vetro

Collana in ottone placcato, argento, con vetri turchesi

Katerina Psoma (da Instagram) — Katerina Psoma (immagine da Instagram)

Orecchini in ottone placcato, argento, vetro turchese

Among the stars with Chanel in 1932

Published on July 18, 2022

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Spilla Soleil Doré in oro bianco, oro giallo, diamanti e diamanti gialli

Time travel has always been a human being’s dream. Together with another fantasy, that of space travel, among the stars. Put these two aspirations together and you can understand the meaning of 1932, haute joaillerie collection by Chanel. Because the high jewelery presented in Paris during the haute couture week is a tribute simultaneously to the founder of the Maison, Coco Chanel, and to her passion for high jewelery and the stars. Bijoux de Diamants was the name of the first Chanel high jewelery collection: they were jewels inspired by the constellations and marked an era. Some of those jewels were exhibited in Paris, at the Grand Palais Éphémère on the occasion, almost a century later, of the launch of 1932, which revisits the founder’s debut, instilling new ideas.

Allure Céleste, collana con diamanti taglio brillante, uno zaffiro ovale blu intenso di 55,55 carati e un diamante colore D, FL, taglio a pera da 8,05 carati

The collection is the result of the creativity of Patrice Leguéreau, director of Chanel Jewelery. In all there are 77 unique pieces, 12 of which are transformable (a trend now common to all the great Maison), which use gold adorned with diamonds, sapphires, yellow diamonds, rubies, spinels and tanzanites.

Comète Volute, collana con un diamante ovale di 9,32 carati

It is high jewelery and, therefore, a collection with pieces that compete with each other for richness, design and, of course, price. Like the Allure Céleste necklace, which uses brilliant-cut diamonds, a 55.55-carat deep blue oval sapphire and an 8.05-carat pear-cut D, FL color diamond. The two diamond elements detach and turn into brooches, while the central part can be worn as a bracelet. Another necklace, Comète Volute, has a spiral shape that encloses a 19.32-carat white oval diamond.

Anello in oro bianco e diamanti Lune Silhouette

Anello Soleil Mademoiselle in oro bianco e diamanti

Collana Comète Saphir. Oro bianco, diamanti e zaffiri. La pietra centrale è uno zaffiro taglio cuscino di 6,56 carati

Collana Soleil Doré in oro bianco, oro giallo, diamanti e diamanti gialli

Orecchini Lune Talisman in oro bianco, diamanti, tanzaniti

The present in the past of Storrow Jewelry

Published on July 15, 2022

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Ciondolo in oro 14 carati con crisoprasio

Looking for jewelry and then realizing that it is more fun to make it yourself. It is the story of Jennifer Koche, who founded Storrow Jewelry in Brooklin, New York. By profession, the designer spent 13 years as a jewelry buyer for luxury retailers such as Saks or Barneys. She was looking for vintage pieces in fairs and antique shops. Jewels of the past, but capable of communicating a sensation even in the present. In particular, Jennifer Koche developed a passion for jewelry from the Victorian era, that is, approximately from the second half of the nineteenth century. In particular, pendants, pendants and medals, but also rings.

A passion born thanks to a girl, when she went with her mother to visit the antique dealers in Boston. Most of Storrow’s jewels are meant to be attached to chains, bracelets, necklaces, possibly in a heterogeneous way. They are made of 14 karat gold with the addition of enamel or stones such as diamonds, opal, aquamarine, chrysoprase, moonstone, turquoise and pearls.

Anello Anna a cuore, in oro 14 carati e opale rosa

Medaglione con acquamarina e diamanti su oro 14 carati

Ciondolo con luna in oro, pietra luna e diamanti

Anello Eloise in oro con calcedonio, madre perla, turchese

CIondolo Florence Military Emblem in oro e smalto con diamanti

Ciondolo Lillian in oro con smeraldi, perle, smalto nero