When Carolyn Tyler left a fast-track advertising career and glamorous life in Santa Barbara to reinvent herself as a jewelry designer in Bali, she found her true home - in more ways than one. Read More
Month: April 2010
René Lalique was born 150 years ago this month. Jewelry has been through some radical changes since Lalique abandoned it for art glass a century ago, yet many of the world's most famous designers still consider him the ultimate jewelry artist. Read More
British designer Stephen Webster talks about the art jewelers who influenced him - from Lalique and Bovin to the mavericks of the sixties. Read More
Kara Raymond struggled to find her signature style until someone suggested mokume gane: "What you end up with is never the same twice." Read More
There’s a Japanese feel to Bonnie Blandford’s designs, with their gentle curves and bamboo-leaf patterns. The Chopstick earrings she often... Read More
Few stones can match the legendary powers of a diamond, from betrothal to battlefield. A flawless diamond was considered the ultimate protector, said to ward off serpents and evil spirits, fire and flood, poison, illness and thieves. Read More