Paula Crevoshay

A new arrival in the Olympus of Paula Crevoshay

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Paula Crevoshay, a myth of fine art jewelry, has announced a new entry into her personal zoo of brooches dedicated to animals, the Endangered Species Collection. And this time the jewel is a zebra in black and white diamonds. By the way, did you know that zebras live in a harem community? The zebra pendant is the latest addition to the Endangered Species Collection, made with black and white diamonds. Like Paula Crevoshay’s other jewels, the pendant is a unique piece. And, like the others, it follows the thread of nature, which turns into exceptional jewels.

Ciondolo Zebra di Paula Crevoshay
Ciondolo Zebra di Paula Crevoshay

Another example is Bitterroot flower made with hundreds of pink and yellow sapphires. The designer says it took two years to collect enough stones in these precise colors. For jewels like these Paula Crevoshay has obtained more than 25 prestigious national and international awards and special exhibitions are dedicated to her work in the United States, Europe and Asia. Some of her pieces are part of the collections of major museums such as the Carnegie Museum, Gia Carlsbad, Gia New York, Smithsonian Institution, British Council for the Arts (India), Gwinnett Art Museum and Yale Peabody Museum among others.
Il ciondolo Bitterroot
Il ciondolo Bitterroot

Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts with honors in 1976 from Virginia Commonwealth University and a master’s degree with honors from the University of Wisconsin. In fact, her plan was to become a painter.
Uno dei più famosi gioielli di Paula Crevoshay: Ula, ciondolo in oro con spinello e pietra di luna, qui adagiato sopra una stoffa giapponese
Uno dei più famosi gioielli di Paula Crevoshay: Ula, ciondolo in oro con spinello e pietra di luna, qui adagiato sopra una stoffa giapponese

Her fate, however, led her to marry George Crevoshay, who had received a scholarship from the American Institute of Indian Studies for research in India. Paula Crevoshay therefore lived in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Pune near Bombay for four years. India played an important role in the designer’s life and artistic sensibility. After trips to Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand and Nepal (in all 15 years in Asia), the decision was made to devote himself completely to jewelry. In 1983, she launched her first collection of hers. Obviously unique pieces, made first by artisans from Bangkok and then Hong Kong, with a long journey that has never stopped.
Bracciale e orecchini in oro con zaffiri, tanzanite, diamanti
Bracciale e orecchini in oro con zaffiri, tanzanite, diamanti

Orecchini in oro e tanzanite con rosa intagliata
Orecchini in oro e tanzanite con rosa intagliata







In Los Angeles tribute to Paula Crevoshay





The incredible jewels of Paula Crevoshay in an exhibition at the Museum of Los Angeles ♦ ︎

What is the difference between jewelry and art? In the case of Paula Crevoshay, none. She is a designer but, more correctly, a free spirit that working with gold and precious stones. The result is jewelry to watch and admire.

The Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History has decided to dedicate an exhibition dedicated to Paula Crevoshay (7 December 2018-12 May 2019).

Spilla a forma di testa di tigre con diamanti
Spilla a forma di testa di tigre con diamanti

The exhibition is titled Art of the Jewel: The Crevoshay Collection and includes 54 works by the artist-goldsmith, including earrings, bracelets and brooches, next to the museum’s preserved gems and minerals. The combination is not accidental: the exhibition intends to tell the road that runs through the raw ore that turns into a jewel. And those of Paula Crevoshay are truly unique jewels. Also because the designer started working as a painter and engraver before moving to jewelry. The result is his unique pieces, rich in gems, which are small wearable sculptures. An example: the Montana Bitterroot brooch uses almost 300 pink sapphires extracted in Montana (USA) of a particularly rare type and accumulated over the years. Cosimo Muzzano




Spilla a forma di ragno Itsy Bitsy
Spilla a forma di ragno Itsy Bitsy

Spilla Madame Butterfly in oro gemme preziose
Spilla Madame Butterfly in oro gemme preziose
Spilla a forma di testa di elefante realizzata su foglia d'oro
Spilla a forma di testa di elefante realizzata su foglia d’oro
Spilla Orchidea Sill of the Night
Spilla Orchidea Sill of the Night
Spilla The Wave, con zaffiro e diamanti su foglia d'oro
Spilla The Wave, con zaffiro e diamanti su foglia d’oro
Spilla Papavero con zaffiri
Spilla Papavero con zaffiri

Spilla Lady Slipper con madreperla, opale, zaffiri, peridoto, tormalina
Spilla Lady Slipper con madreperla, opale, zaffiri, peridoto, tormalina







Paris to Paula Crevoshay

An exhibition in Paris devoted to refined designer and expert of gems Paula Crevoshay .
Paula Crevoshay is two women in one: she is a great expert in minerals, particularly of gems, and at the same time she is a refined designer. Her imaginative jewelry, elaborate, unique, are now the subject of an exhibition organized in Paris at the Musée de Minéralogie. The exhibition is titled Illuminations: de la Terre au Bijou. The occasion is interesting not only to admire closely the extraordinary jewelry that are made by Paula Crevoshay, but also to compare the final result with the initial one, that is, with rough stones from which originates the work of the artist-designer. The jewelry which designs and manufactures Paula Crevoshay, in fact, always start with what the fruit of the earth, the precious gems that turn itself as glittering jewelry items.
The Paris museum houses one of the largest collections of minerals in the world: what better place to pay tribute to a virtuoso of precious stones? Among the most interesting jewels exposure includes the brooch one-of-a-kind Bitterroot, the latest creation, and a bracelet with six opals in their natural form, not cut. Federico Graglia
Illuminations: de la Terre au Bijou
from November 9, 2016 – 1 February 2017
Museum of Mineralogy
60 Boulevard Saint Michel
75006 Paris
Tuesday – Friday: 13h30 – 18h
Sunday: 10:00 to 12:30 and 14h – 17h

Spilla a forma di farfalla
Spilla a forma di farfalla

Orecchini con opali verdi
Orecchini con opali verdi
Pesce volante con apatite, diamanti neri, bianchi e quattro perle
Pesce volante con apatite, diamanti neri, bianchi e quattro perle
Polipo in oro, diamanti e spinelli: è uno dei pezzi esposti alla mostra
Polipo in oro, diamanti e spinelli: è uno dei pezzi esposti alla mostra
Spilla con zaffiri rosa, arancio e gialli
Spilla con zaffiri rosa, arancio e gialli
Spilla con diamanti neri e rubini
Spilla con diamanti neri e rubini
Spilla a forma di fiore con zaffiri orange e gialli
Spilla a forma di fiore con zaffiri orange e gialli
Spilla a forma di fiore con gemme colorate
Spilla a forma di fiore con gemme colorate
Gioiello a forma di medusa
Gioiello a forma di medusa