Marriage Raspini and Orenda in Paris. For the designer of artistic jewelry in silver the Raspini, the corner in the art galery in Paris is a great achievement for the brand, which has also opened a boutique on the Rialto Bridge in Venice. The production is focused on silver and “bronzobianco”, an alloy developed by the jeweler. Everything is born, as once, from a drawing, in turn transformed into reproducible wax, which is then used for the subsequent fusion. An ancient technique, which is called investment casting and allows you to follow step by step the creation of a jewel. And Raspini, brand that was born in Arezzo, has convinced even the foreign market thanks to the collaboration with the Franco-Polish Édilouchka young artist, who has directed two jewelery collections per year. Here are pictures of the autumn-winter 2015-2016, from jewelry animalier style.
The golden pills by Damien Hirst
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Damien Hirst is one of the most famous (and paid) artists to the world. But, not long, it has also become a jewelry designer. For the Californian Hoorsenbuhs company, in fact, Hirst has signed a series of jewelry. The brand is young: born in 2005 by the fashion photographer Robert Keith. The idea is to offer jewelry rock ‘n’ roll, irreverent. The name comes from a 16th century Dutch merchant ship which sailed with the ancestors of Keith. In 2013 Hoorsenbuhs collaborated with rapper Jay Z for the launch of a ring, while former model Kether Parker has become the brand ambassador. From the collaboration with Hirst, however, came the Cathedral Collection: a line that contains medical and religious symbols. As the ring Pill, rosary necklace white, yellow or pink gold, with white diamonds and blacks, and rubies. Each jewel is limited to 25 pieces.
Fabergé forever
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Fabergé, ancient Maison, who was resurrected from the group Gemfields, uses a tongue twister to publicize his creations: the big rings of Devotion collection, with emeralds, rubies and sapphires. His campaign, in fact, has the slogan “Forever. And ever “, that means Forever. And ever. The collection focuses on color throughout, without longing for the very famous eggs collected from the tsar, that made him famous worldwide brand. The motto of advertising, however, refers to those special moments in life when the words “forevere and ever” mean a turning point: weddings, anniversaries, engagements. The stones, set in elegant frames of white gold, on which small diamonds are sorted, they become signals that remind these moments for being together forever.
Misis in the Brazilian jungle
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The colors, the atmosphere, flora and fauna among Rio de Janeiro and the Amazon: the new Misis collection is named Brasil. Bright colors for winter, but also good to the summer: the South American country has its own unique charm, and the collection fits in with a frenzied rhythm of samba. The jewelry is made with silver, gold plated, cubic zirconia, agate, enamel, quartz. The shades are gold, green, pink, yellow. In short, the colors of the tropical forest for earrings, bracelets, rings and necklaces. We indicate the prices them in the image captions. In general, it ranges from 150 Euros to 481 Euros for a ring for a slave bracelet. M.d.B.
Vhernier with titanium
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Titanium rings and earrings: Vhernier worked a year to before it could show the new jewels. Which have a special feature: they are also in titanium metal used as an alternative to the heavier gold (which remains available). The long study is due to the meticulous research of the good metal alloy. The result is jewelry always elegant, refined, with a modern geometry, but lighter. And wear big earrings from small weight is a dream that often arises at the end of an evening, when the jewelry made with the yellow metal begin to become uncomfortable. The titanium is used in the Volta Celeste collection, which consists of ring, earrings and pendant. Titanium is hidden under a blanket of natural sapphires red, blue, pink or cognac. The hard part, as well as compose patiently the pavé, was been find the natural stones of the exact same shade.
Another innovation of the Maison Venetian with roots in Milan concerns Eclisse, historical line of Vhernier. Now the collection is enriched with earrings and a titanium ring. Also in this case the lightness is a plus that adds to the quality of the jewel. And even in this case the quality of pavé (a specialty of the house) is remarkable. Finally, here’s another bang with bracelets Giunco, in pink or white gold, and a diamonds lines. These jewels do not hide inside a rubber band, but mechanically you can enlarge without effort, in order to make it easier to wear: a solution that is the result of the skill goldsmith.
Emotions by Damiani
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New jewelry collections by Damiani. In the showroom of Via Monte Napoleone in Milan, the largest company of Italian jewelery she presented old and new collections. In the coming days we will review all proposals. We begin by Emozioni (currently available only in the boutiques in Milan and Rome) is an evolution from a masterpiece Damiani and is inspired by designs of the thirties, with a very classic style. The collection consists of rings, earrings, bracelet and pendants of different sizes. The elements that make up the different pieces are made in white gold and diamond cut teardrop or shuttles, meeting to form bright flowers. Prices: from € 4 thousand to 7 thousand on average, with a peak of 12 thousand for the bracelet. It is interesting to observe the treatment of these jewels: with a virtuous system of embedding, the central diamond that enrich the petals are surrounded by a riviera of small diamonds with increasing size. The result is to increase the brilliance of this jewel. You can call them, if you want, emotions.
Stroili put under the Christmas tree a special edition collection of Bling Bling Denim and a special version of the collection Étoile. In the first case the jewelry include rings, bracelets and pendants that intertwine and play with each other. A shuffling the cards the denim color, which makes sports and disengaged collection Bling Bling Denim. The jewelry are made with crystals in shades of gold and silver, with moons, stars and planets on a midnight blue background. The metal is brass plated with gold and rhodium with jeans and crystals. Also revisited the collection Étoile, which is inspired by the world of classical ballet, with brass and ruthenium surface glitter. This collection includes pendants, bracelets and earrings, make a capsule that offers rounded lines and thin, able to make a solid, three-dimensional effect.
Prices of the collection Denim Bling bling: Golden brass earrings, jeans and crystals 59,90 eur, necklace in gold-plated brass, jeans and crystals 44,90, bracelet golden brass, jeans and crystals 64,90, golden brass ring, jeans and crystals 24,90, earrings in rhodium-plated brass, jeans and crystals 44,90, choker brass rhodium, jeans and crystals 34.90, rhodium-plated brass bracelet, jeans and crystals 44,90, brass ring rhodium, jeans and crystals 24,90.
Prices of the collection Étoile: round neck brass ruthenium and glitter 39,90 eur, brass ring ruthenium and glitter 29.90, earrings brass ruthenium and glitter 49.90, choker Brass ruthenium and glitter 59.90, bracelet brass ruthenium and glitter 79.90, bracelet brass ruthenium and glitter 39.90, earrings brass ruthenium and glitter 79.90.
Roberto Coin on the golden bridge
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San Francisco is also famous for its bridge, one of the most famous in the world: the Golden Gate Bridge. It was not easy this engineering work would inspire a jewel. Instead, this is what has fascinated Roberto Coin. The Venetian jeweler has a small collection dedicated to the Golden Gate Bridge, taking the sleek lines of steel cables, turned into golden threads that intertwine within the ring into a kind of lattice. The surface of the three pieces that make up the series (two rings and a bracelet), is simply smooth and polished gold. A color that recalls directly the name given to the bridge that connects the Pacific Ocean with the San Francisco Bay. Giulia Netrese
The new secrets by Harry Winston
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In Singapore was a gala for the Secrets by Harry Winston collection. How to explains the Maison American, mr. Winston was a man of many secrets. For example, often he kept some diamond in her pockets. And in his New York office he hid a private warehouse, hidden inside the walls: there were the most valuable pieces. The collection is dedicated precisely to these little-known habits of the founder of the Maison. The peculiarity of these jewels is that many pieces of the collection, such as Harry Winston, have a hidden secret. For example, in the ring reversible that you see in these images: one face is made with diamonds and small colored stones that make up the design of a flower, on the other, by rotating the top of the ring, there is the same design, but only made with the more classic stones. Or as the diamond bracelet, which keeps inside a small emerald. Or, again, as for the necklace that has a number of wires variables. As per tradition of the jeweler, the leitmotif of all the pieces are diamonds. But not only: there are also sapphires and aquamarine. And this is no secret. Matilde de Bounvilles
Three kisses by Mattioli
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About the mouth and lips they are exercised poets, painters and, of course, millions of lovers. Now Mattioli, jewelery brand in Turin, offers three pieces of a mini collection that are a further valuable monument to the part of the face that can give kisses. The series is called Lips and includes three rings. To present them were bothered illustrious inspirations, such as the mouth turned into a sofa by Salvador Dali. But in fact the list of lips given to a variety of uses and in arts is much longer and may include lips painted by Roy Lichtenstein in his Pop Art or even those designed by John Pasche for the Rolling Stones and become an icon. The rings shaped mouth, signed Mattioli, however, are made of white gold and green tzavoriti, blue sapphires or diamonds. These are also works of art, just that you can wear it. Lavinia Andorno
Precious emoji
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A necklace with emoji, the icons that express the moods, is not a masterpiece of jewelry. Yet it costs 3,695 Euros if you buy online at net-a-porter. The jewel is signed Alison Lou, brand directed by creative director Alison Chemla. The brand of fine jewelry is inspired by “the deceptive simplicity of modern communication.” The necklace is composed of a chain and nine smilies with colored enamel and 14K gold. But there are also earrings, bracelets and rings that follow the same philosophy: it use gold, enamel and stones to create jewelry inspired by the digital world, as the icons that are used to send text messages, WhatsApp or email. The prices are certainly not those of simples bijoux, but of real jewels of rank. Only that cater to an audience closer to the Millenials generation. Matilde de Bounvilles
Extraordinaire Antonini
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The Collection Extraordinaire by Antonini is enriched with new creations. The name of the line of these jewels is indicative: the pieces are not duplicated, and are numbered, certified, designed personally by Sergio Antonini. New features include the capsule collection Mosaics, which includes four cocktail ring with diamonds and sapphires and a pendant with a black braided chain. Antonini emphasizes the creative character of the pieces: rings have a concave rose gold surface, matt and polished by hand. Inside this little recess is a diamond champagne pavé, where are placed natural sapphires. The effect is of a bright basin in which float small islands colored. The pendant and a ring are made with the use of sapphires of various sizes blue and blue on a structure in white gold matt natural. The second ring includes intense pink sapphire, the third green and blue sapphires. Then there is the Mosaic Diamonds, a ring with a pavé diamond with 113 silver mist of varying sizes and more 20 largest diamonds rose cut. “For these rings I worked with curved surfaces and a base of cobblestones to emphasize the beauty of pastel-colored sapphires. The result is incredible, their color changes with the different angles of light. I experimented with different finishes of gold, using the rhodium black under the pavé diamonds and gold opaque in its natural color, “says Sergio Antonini. These jewels were presented in preview at the Russian press in early October in the boutique Antonini in Moscow Smolensky Passage. And they are now available to international audiences. M.d.B.
The colored Bon Ton by Oro Trend
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The Bon Ton is a proper way to behave when you are with others, but it is also one of the favorite concepts for the jewelry. Oro Trend, a company in the area of Valenza, offers a collection that is inspired by good manners, but very colorful. On the other hand, why the colors can not be compared to the ability to relate with others? Semiprecious stones, combined in daring compositions and tied together with gold architectures, with the addition sometimes natural mother of pearl, are the style of this jewelry line. In the rings, the earrings and pendants, for example, pearl purple amethyst is used in combination with the natural mother of pearl, or the citrine Madeira along with mother of pearl with orange hues. A rainbow of jewelry and skillful compositions, as the swan with wings obtained chiseling the natural mother of pearl, the precious body in round-cut diamonds on white gold, yellow gold beak, and green diamonds. Giulia Netrese
The spikes of Carberonia
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Spain’s jewelers Carlos, Robert and Sonia: the three brothers in 2010 gave birth to a brand that has become global, Carberonia. La Maison for winter 2015-2016 has prepared two new collections: Twist, with gold jewelry rose and white diamonds, with soft forms of plots and light volumes. The diamonds are arranged next to one another, as in a knitted chain of rings, earrings and pendants in. The other collection is called Marquise, use white or rose gold, with the addition of white and brown diamonds. This line has a more modern design and innovative, a bit ‘different from the style of the Spanish brand.
There are sharp corners, edges, arrows. Jewels that stand out. Carberonia also decided to enrich a so-called continuous, that is, a collection that remains in the catalog, but renewed: Pensami (thinks of me), one of his first creations. Amethyst, smoky quartz, rock crystal, topaz and prasiolite surrounded by diamonds, pink sapphires and tsavorite give a touch of color to the jewels of this collection. Matilde de Bounvilles
Auction to the Maria-José ring
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Marie Jose Carlotta Sofia Amelia Henrietta Gabriella of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, better known as Maria José of Belgium, last queen of Italy, was fond of jewels. This is not surprising. It is more remarkable, however, that the Savoy family put on sale a precious ring belonged to the queen by Sotheby’s. Sotheby’s Geneva, in fact, puts in auction The Queen Maria-Jose Ruby Ring, a ring with a ruby and diamonds that was part of the personal collection of Maria-José (1906-2001). The ring has a history: it was given to Maria-José da Tammaro de Marinis a bibliophile, bibliographer and great friend of Benedetto Croce, for the wedding with Umberto II (1904-1983), on January 8, 1930. He was personal friend of the Italian Royal family. On the ring stands a Burma ruby, pigeon blood colored, of 8.48 carat. It will be offered for sale with an estimate of 5.3000000 to 8,000,000 euro. “The Queen Maria-Jose Ruby Ring is a jewel of great quality, with an important royal provenance. Its color pigeon blood is sumptuous, is a perfect jewel for a queen and illustrious provenance that will definitely adds charm and appeal, “said David Bennett, chairman of the International Department of Jewels at Sotheby’s.
To Sotheby’s 2015 is the year of rubies. In May, with the auction of Sunrise Ruby, it sold for 30.3 million dollars a Burmese ruby of 25.59 carats, tripling the previous record. And in November 2014, the auction house beat Graff Ruby for 8.6 million dollars. Federico Graglia
Harry Winston on a lotus flower
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The lotus flower has inspired many jewelers and now Harry Winston, who recently opened a boutique in Rome (https://gioiellis.com/harry-winston-un-americano-a-roma) offers a collection inspired by the petals of the corolla most beloved in the East. La Maison American, specializes in diamond jewelry, has brought together so many gems in small figures reminiscent of the flower. The collection includes earrings, rings and a long necklace, with a pendent eight-pointed star shaped, and inside the petals of the lotus in a outline. The petals are formed by two brilliant-cut stones surrounded by a thin finishing in white gold. At the center of the flower is placed in a diamond brilliant cut larger. All stones are colorless and of high quality. Lavinia Andorno
The inventions of Patrice Fabre
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Patrice Fabre has a boutique in the prestigious rue Saint-Honoré in Paris. The jeweler in his lookbook has a number of interesting pieces. One of the latest creations is the Mandarin bracelet composed of mandarin garnets, for more than 80 carats. The effect is as a pavé, but like the skin of a snake. A mosaic of warm yellow and orange, which evokes an oriental theme. In the midst of the garnets there are also diamonds. The stones are mounted on gold rose. In short, a jewel flavor zen. Necklace Galion, however, as the name suggests, is inspired by the big ships plying the seas between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and mainly used by the Spanish to the conquest of new territories in the Americas. This piece consists of small cylinders of imperial topaz crystals, symbolizing the masts, and large rings in gold and diamonds, perhaps remembering the anchor chain. M.d.B.
Silver Iris by Bibigì
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The brand 9Venticinque is born as an offshoot of Bibigì to create collections of silver and other precious materials. This is the case of Iris collection, made in silver and cubic zirconia, which the Piedmont company offers for fall-winter 2015. With its elaborate design the jewelry line has the look of the jewelry collections that use classic materials richer, as white gold and diamonds. In short, it is one of those jewels that have a more reasonable price than you would assume at first (and even second) glance. On the other hand, the idea of Franco Beltrami, Aldo Bernardotti Guarona and Bruno, who founded the company in the now distant 1979, it’s just to offer jewelry that look good, but at a lower cost.
(Italiano) Aura, figlia di oro e ceramica
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If gold bride ceramics after some time after will be born Aura. This is the name of the new collection by Roberto Demeglio. In other words: tradition and innovation together. On the other hand, the history of the brand sum both these aspects. Roberto Demeglio born as a brand 30 years ago at the initiative of its founder, the heir to a family of jewelers for generations (since 1922, have long been the official suppliers of the Savoy royal family). But we come to Aura. The collection includes rings and bracelets in different volumes and with the use of the three classic shades of gold: yellow, pink and white. Not only. Even the pottery changes color is white or black, satin or gloss. In short, the combinations are different and interesting. And, also, the jewelry should also be comfortable to wear. The individual elements of square or rectangular shape are mounted on a spring-elastic system (protected by patent): this technology makes the jewels soft and adaptable to the different conformations of the arms and fingers. Another technology is used instead (even in this case is protected by patent) for application on the ceramic of an enveloping gold plating to 18 carats. Matilde de Bounvilles
Picchiotti emerald colour
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As we reported, Picchiotti, a leading brand of jewelery of Valenza, has focused on Hong Kong to present some of the most valuable pieces of its production (https://gioiellis.com/hong-kong-capitale-del-gioiello). As seen in the pictures, among the collections offered to Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair 2015 by the Piedmont firm showed three pieces of high level: a pair of earrings, a ring and a brooch made of emerald cut white diamonds and drop, mounted white gold. The brooch has the shape of a peacock, not infront view, but three-quarter view. The ridge is composed of fancy yellow diamonds. Matilde de Bounvilles