Your Portfolio is empty. You can start adding Items throught your Wordpress admin panel!
Happy Chinese New Year!
I was looking at my photo archives and came upon these interesting earrings from a past collection (fortunately/unfortunately sold long time ago). Just so fitting for the occasion, don't you think?
Firecracker Earrings: faceted garnet cabochon, red tree coral and sterling.
A (*hopefully*) prosperous year to everyone!
Earrings again fit for a bride. Or just some everyday shopping. (It seems there are people who either buy jewelry and keep them in safety deposit boxes and those who wear them every chance they get. But that's another story altogether.) I use all these colored gems and minerals for my designs but there really is just something about DIAMONDS. So white and sparkly. So tantalizing. Especially when it moves with the wearer.
It's amazing how much lore there is associated with coral. Being red, its supposed to bring one warmth and love; fertility and energy. Most commonly worn to protect one from evil spirits or negative forces. Quite popular on babies.
Above are fine natural specimens. Untreated. Intense, unaltered color. Set in textured rose and white gold with diamonds.
*photographed by Paolo Feliciano
There I am, or at least my earrings are, at number 6. Thanks to Rorie and T&C for loving them.
More of my designs can be seen at Firma Greenbelt 3 and TriNoma and at Felicity in Shangri-la Plaza Mall. As well as in my shop Aum Jewels.
...or "diamante" in the vernacular has been making a comeback of sorts lately. Along with the renewed interest in Victorian/Edwardian style jewelry. It's popularity actually never waned for businessmen and entrepreneurs as it is said to bring in luck. This stems from diamond's characteristic of being the hardest substance on the Moh's scale; all other gems scratched and shattered beside it. Ergo the thinking that this certain imperviousness, or "luck", would also be attained by the wearer. Rose cuts were actually one of the earliest types of "cutting" done on a diamond. They did not have the technology to saw through diamonds then so they just crudely grinded the tops off diamond roughs and noticed the patterns looked like rose buds from the top hence the name. I personally like how subdued it is compared to a full cut diamond. It sort of glows from the inside as opposed to the sharp sparkle a full cut presents. Which is not actually any better...just different.
Here's a piece with faceted blue and purple sapphires and pink sapphire cabochons. It's a pretty piece; wearable everyday. But definitely not lacking in character.
More and more people want variety with their jewelry these days, especially with earrings. While some people are comfortable wearing dangling earrings everyday, some only choose to wear them for special occasions. (I, on the other hand, don't believe in waiting for an occasion to wear whatever you like. But that's for another blog.)
Here's somewhat of a solution I propose: detachables. These are earrings of pink and blue sapphires with diamonds set in yellow gold. The baroque south sea pearls can be worn as drops or can be taken out. Dangling earrings and studs in one piece. To take it even further you can substitute other gems for the pearl as drops. I would think some kunzites, tanzanites and amethysts (to name a few) would go well with the base. Or a big ball of twined gold.
*click to enlarge image
Not literally. At least it's an interpretation of sorts. Some juicy orange and yellow sapphires with a criss-cross of pave diamonds and seed pearls. A lively piece, these earrings just pop out; with yellows being the brightest hues in the color scale. Sharp sparkles provided by two of the hardest natural substances, which are of course, diamonds and corundum (sapphires); mixed with the softness of the pearls. I have to say they go agreeably well with most skin tones (and hair colors). And, I'd like to think, personalities.
Here's a piece with an updated Art Deco twist. Round and princess cut diamonds set in white gold. Big, bold and angular; yet very refined.