The awards honor, recognize and promote designers whose work uses natural colored gemstones and cultured pearls in finished fine jewelry design.
Launched in 1984, the annual natural colored gemstone and cultured pearl jewelry design competition is considered by many to be the most respected and prestigious creative award for the jewelry design industry.
Maintaining the important Indian pedigree of the collection, the rough diamonds were cut and polished by master craftsmen in Indian cutting and polishing factories, while the design was brought to life by Indian jewelry manufacturer Uni-Design Jewellery Private Ltd. of Mumbai.
Shang Xia sells furniture, homeware, apparel and jewelry based on Asian design.
One wildly successful example is Gemvara where Matt Lauzon realized he did not need to keep precious stones in inventory but, instead, to show extremely realistic and tantalizing gem settings, with the software support that enables customers to design their jewelry.
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He initially planned to sell technology that would let consumers design their own jewelry using devices he would place in retail stores.
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Gemvara has experienced rapid growth by providing an extremely easy online place for us to design the exact jewelry we want, from the gems to the setting.
In addition to the quality of the materials and design, this jewelry suite is distinguished by the way it coverts from a dual necklace to a tiara with ear clips.
Toronto-based jewelry designer, Reena Ahluwalia, a native of Madhya Pradesh (located in the center of the country), was commissioned to design the Courageous Spirit jewelry as a tribute to the women of Madhya Pradesh.
When she gestured with her hands, she flashed gold and diamond rings with the SM design, part of her Celestial Jewelry collection--available by catalog as well. (Also for sale: Celestial purses, hats, gold dinnerware, chopsticks, inspirational videos, floor lamps.) A petite woman with long, dark brown hair that cascades past her shoulders, the Supreme Master is passionate, earthy (she says she needs a husband) and more fun than the average saint.
While primarily a novelty among the tech-obsessed, 3-D printing been used successfully for a variety of tasks, from making jewelry or medical supplies to larger projects in industrial design and engineering.
Highlights include a handmade steel balustrade backed by a metallic wall adorned with sketches of Bulgari's early-20th-century jewelry collections, glossy sapele-mahogany woodwork, silver chandeliers and an overall subdued design paying homage to the label's early Italian silvercraft.
Genta again produced a robust design that suggested the impermeability of a ship's porthole, while exhibiting constructional details worthy of fine jewelry.
Rather than sell one design or original piece at a time, she started to branch out to craft a wholesale line of jewelry.
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