Kaleidoscope effect

Fish. Van Cleef Seven Seas jewellery

Van Cleef Seven Seas jewellery
Most recently, one of the most luxurious and famous jewelry houses Van Cleef & Arpels presented the new Seven Seas jewellery collection. The collection was so successful that is now considered worthy to enter the history of fine jewelry. Presented in Paris Van Cleef jewels were created by artists inspired by the sea wanderings, so the collection is called «Seven Seas». It is noteworthy that the same title have poetic works of the famous storyteller traveler Rudyard Kipling. Seven Seas – Black, Caspian, Mediterranean, Red, Arabic, Adriatic and Atlantic and Indian oceans – defined the mood of refined intricate jewelry.
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Asiya Trosheikina lace jewellery

Master jeweler Asiya Trosheikina lives in St. Petersburg. She creates graceful in its minimalism, original, with an emphasis on lace jewelry of silver and non-precious non-ferrous metals. Asiya is particularly fascinated with the combination of textile and metal in jewelry. All products are made according to her own designs, by hand, with great love and attention. During the years of study at the university, Asiya Trosheikina studied a lot of possibilities and perspectives of the world of jewelry, but the theme of textiles in jewelry has captivated her most of all.
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Fabulous work of jewelers. Palme d’Or kaleidoscope

Palme d’Or kaleidoscope
The main symbol of the famous Cannes Film Festival, the Palme d’Or, celebrated its 60 years old in 2015. Considered very prestigious in the film world, this award called the Grand Prix, had a new face every year. Traditionally, it was a work of one of contemporary fashion designers. And so it was from 1939 to 1954, until the board of directors of the festival have made a decision to establish a special prize. Of course, to create a special award they invited several professional jewelers. One of them, Lucienne Lazon, became the winner of the project. Thus, appeared Gold Palm – Palme d’Or depicted on the emblem of the city of Cannes.
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Amber Kaleidoscope

Amber is like music – infinitely various, emerged from the depths of time, timeless and will be forever. Among the jewelers especially prized pieces of amber with prisoners inside them, bubbles of air or water. Along with jade amber is the oldest gem known to man. Mention of it can be found in the writings of Plato and Aristotle. In the old days the origin of amber was shrouded in mystery, which gave rise to many legends about it. For example, the ancient Greeks called this stone electron, thought it was frozen tears, weep for the dead Phaeton.
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Anastasiya Ivanova handcrafted jewelry. ‘Good morning!’ Pendant

‘Good morning!’ Pendant handcrafted from copper, brass, nickel, silver, chalcedony and zircon, using wire wrap and cold forging techniques. Patinated and partially polished. Beautiful Russian artist of applied art, jeweler Anastasiya Ivanova (b. 1983) lives in Novosibirsk. She creates unique handcrafted jewelry from copper, brass, nickel silver, using wire wrap and cold forging techniques. In creating brooches, hairpins, pendants, necklaces and even glasses frames she uses natural stones – agate, topaz, olivine, quartz, lapis lazuli, zircon, labradorite, rhodochrosite, pearls.
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Symbolic Horse jewellery. 24K gold plated surface and Swarovski crystal decorated Horse

Horse combines the symbolic qualities of several animals: the courage of a lion, the vision of an eagle, the strength of an ox, a deer quickness, fox agility. Oriental khans, owners of thoroughbred horses, did not sell their horses, but only gave to the distinguished guests and friends. Thoroughbred horse is now a very valuable gift. The cost of outstanding thoroughbred horses can exceed millions and tens of millions of dollars. Horse has a lucky number 7 in Chinese Horoscope.
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Brooch of gold with pink opal and diamond. Ekaterina Kostrigina jewellery

Ekaterina Kostrigina – representative of Russian jeweler’s art and the owner of the eponymous jewelery company. True to the St. Petersburg style, renowned names of court jewelers Faberge and Bolin, Ekaterina Kostrigina continues the glorious tradition. The company “Ekaterina Kostrigina” assembled a team of great masters jewelers, painters, stone cutters, enamelists, holding the secrets of complex and rare techniques of jewellery. The company’s products combine the uniqueness and individuality of the St. Petersburg style with modern achievements of jewelry.
In the gallery of Ekaterina Kostrigina company – rings, bracelets and brooches, but brooches have a special place: flower-brooch, butterfly-brooch, sacred scarab beetles, flirty berry brooches. All jewelry pieces are made of precious stones and metals – gold and silver, diamonds, sapphires, opal, amethyst, Cacholong, topaz, jasper, pearls, tourmalines.
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