Full Finger Dragon Rings Battle In Dual
Something in the dark came alive tonight A dragon of some sort, made it’s way into the light Green and shiny Long and windy Eyes of gold… Poem by Douglas Welty
Twisted Nails Make a Bad Shoe Smith
The nail is used for many things, A useful securing tool; A hammer is taken by the hand And drives it, that’s the rule. However it seems, that rule has clearly been bent. Which one came first? The chicken? Or the egg?
HSH Princess Charlene’s Tiara by Lorenz Baumer
Thanks to the “Jewellery Editor” some fabulous images have arrived on the net of HSH Princess Charlene’s tiara, designed by Lorenz Baumer. He conceived a jewel that was to reflect Princess Charlene’s love for the ocean waters; with diamond water drops splashing across her hair. The variety of diamond cuts used to execute this piece … Continue reading
Hemmerle’s “Delicious Jewels”
The House of Hemmerle, exhalts a family tradition of 117 years. Habitually, designing one-of-a-kind pieces or extremely limited series, this book is the first to reunite a collection. The closest that this came to be was the mushroom collection in 2006. However the House of Hemmerle has never been able to keep the jewels … Continue reading
HSH Princess Charlene’s Ocean Jewel
HSH Princess Charlene de Monaco has received a token of love from Prince Albert II; the Ocean Jewel, designed by Van Cleef & Arpels. We witness here a form of jewelery as high in performance as we could wish for, in it’s quality of execution, stone work and symbolism. For the former South African competitive … Continue reading
Delfina & Chaumet’s Hearts Stung by Bees
A bee stung Eros on the nose While he was smelling on a rose “Mother Venus, ay,ay,ay Please help me or I’ll die What a terrible disgrace A dragon bit me on my face”! Venus comforts first her son then speaks to him with mocking fun: The little bee’s tiny sting Is for you … Continue reading
Laurence Graff, The King of Diamonds
November 25th 2010, merely a few days after Graff acquires the finest pink diamond at auction for 46 million USD, he proudly announces the acquisition of another two diamonds, one of 196cts and the other of 184cts, both rough and seal-bid for 23 million USD. Both were recovered from the Letseng mine in the Maluti … Continue reading
Verney Joailliers – A Medley of Diamonds
Verney, one of Paris’s reputable Place Vendome jewelers, published a charming book, presenting a selection of jewelry designs that have strongly been of influence since the 1980s. Verney’s founder, Michel Ermelin, designed jewelry pieces as if they were a prolongation in the spirit of the works of René Boivin and Suzanne Belperron, he perpetuated a … Continue reading