Showing posts with label precious gemstones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label precious gemstones. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

WENDY YUE

18K Rose Gold Serpent's Nest Ring
with Opal, Brown Diamonds, Blue
and Pink Sapphires, Tsavorite and Citrine
A World Heritage Site, China’s Jiuzhaigou Valley is the habitat of the Great Panda. 

Shrouded in lore, legend says that the bodies of water located within the valley were created by the shards of a goddess’ broken mirror. 

China is also home to featured jewelry designer Wendy Yue.

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

LIA DI GREGORIO

18K White Gold Mobile Ring with Pink Pearl
The rustic beauty of Italy’s Cinque Terre, located on the Italian Riviera, is one of the regions many highlights.  

Those who have visited this unique locale reveal that it is a place separated from modern fixtures like a whole other world.  

Italy is also home to featured jewelry designer Lia Di Gregorio.

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

JACQUIE AICHE

Model Wearing Finger Bracelets, Layered
Necklaces & Rings from Jacquie Aiche's Instagram
The two, quartz-carved towers of the Colossi of Memmon, located near Luxor, Egypt, are ominous
representations of the ancient pharaoh Amenhotep II.

According to legend when the morning sun’s rays dance across them, Amenhotep II’s voice can be heard calling for his mother.  

Egypt is also the ancestral home of featured jewelry designer Jacquie Aiche.

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

GREGORÉ MORIN

18K Gold and Paraiba Splendid Earrings
with Spesertite Garnet and Diamonds
The city of Montreal is Canada’s second largest city and there is something here for everyone.  

Montreal provides a great view of the skyline while the Downtown Pointe-a-Calliere Museum offers exhibits and displays that “tell the story of Montreal’s past.”  Canada is also the birthplace of featured jewelry designer Gregoré Morin.

Monday, July 29, 2013

ALAN VALLIS | OXO

Sterling Silver Symbol Earrings (left); and
18K Gold Stud Earrings with Flat Button Pearls (right)
The city of Liverpool, England is known the world around as the “birthplace of the Beatles.”  In fact the museum Beatles Story holds the band’s top collection of memorabilia.

However, Liverpool is also known for the centuries-old Croxteth Hall and Country Park, a historic hall and estate with amenities still intact.  England is also home to featured jewelry designer Alan Vallis.

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

PALOMA SANCHEZ

18K Gold Carved and Fire Opal on Carved
Black Jade Curl Pendant Necklace
Shrouded in a complex history involving Catholics and Muslims, Spain’s Mezquita of Cordoba (Mosque of Cordoba) is a 10th century cathedral known as the world’s second largest mosque.  Spain is also the birthplace of featured jewelry designer Paloma Sanchez.

Monday, June 17, 2013

ILEANA MAKRI

18K Rose Gold Earrings with
Champagne Diamonds
Sixteenth century windmills and stunning villas “perched on rock formations” are a few of the scenic wonders of Mykonos, Greece.  Greece is also home to featured jewelry designer Ileana Makri.

Friday, March 26, 2010

LORENZ BAUMER

Situated along the shoreline of France's Rhone River is the foreboding Tarascon Castle that was constructed during the 15th century by the order of Louis II of Anjou.

After years of disrepair the structure underwent a restoration 78 years ago remaining a historical fixture within the Rhone Valley. France is also the home of featured jewelry designer Lorenz Bäumer.
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