Jewelry designers often take inspiration from cultures around the world. And the results are fascinating to say the least. Incan, Aztec, Etruscan, Persian, Greek, Asian and Egyptian styles have found new life in today’s designer’s modern jewelry. All these ancient cultures have left their indelible mark in the history of jewelry. Argentinean jewelry designer Fernanda...
Argentinean Fernanda Sibilia’s jewelry is an eclectic mix of geometric shapes and organic materials. While there is a sense of functionality to all her pieces they also have a hand forged artisan quality.Sibilia draws inspiration from the best elements in the rich history of jewelry designs of other times and cultures, blending tradition with cutting...
“MONOLITO” EARRINGS by FERNANDA SIBILIA Monolito” earrings by jewelry designer Fernanda Sibilia features hammered U-shaped 22k gold plated earrings. The word “Monolito” is a Spanish word meaning monolith, (a single stone block, monument or pillar). The word “monolith” comes from the Greek monos(one) and lithos(stone). Jewelry designer Fernanda Sibilia takes inspiration from hundred-year-old-pieces from Mesoamerican...
ROSE GOLD JEWELRY Rose Gold is best known as the oldest of the gold color shades. Since ancient times, rose gold was very valuable. Even before the methods for determining the purity of gold alloys became universally known, the quality of an alloy was judged according to its red color.
RESIN JEWELRY Plastic enters haute couture during the 1920s when Coco Chanel includes Bakelite jewelry in her accessories collection. Plastics are synthetic resins, (an example of natural resin would be amber, a fossilized tree resin; tortoiseshell is another). Today, resin is made from a liquid plastic which turns solid when a hardener is added. It...
Iris Apfel has been called a creative force, a fashion icon, a woman with “an incredible eye,” and a design iconoclast. In her first jewelry collection ever, Mrs. Apfel focuses on bold and oversize jewelry utilizing organic materials such as the “carabao” water buffalo bone, horn, seeds, leaves, bark, and different kinds of exotic woods....
If you are looking to add a natural and organic touch to your wardrobe, think about doing so with one or various pieces from the “Iris Apfel” Collection. The “Iris Apfel” Collection features eye-catching designs in organic materials such as horn, bone, coconut, exotic trees and woods such as natural kamagong, greywood, robles, bayong, and...
