Kimball Art Center invites you to join in the Deer Valley Winter Art Salon during the 2014 President’s Day Weekend holiday on February 20-23, 2014. The Salon will be held in the Olympic Ballroom at Stein Eriksen Lodge in Deer Valley. The display will kick off with a VIP reception Thursday evening and then be [...]
This unusual deep ocean color Sapphire was mined in Malawi and Fairly Traded all the way to me-set in this 18k hammered bezel set on a sterling ring with accent diamonds. Now its rocking the finger of a fair minded client of Stuart Benjamin & Co!
Working to bring jewelers ethical choices through education and promotion, now Ethical Metalsmiths has pioneered Fair Mined Gold to the US market! Our director has just come from a visit to the mine and our Sourcing Consortium is in full swing! Please consider your jewelry gift giving choice as a powerful way to support responsible [...]
InStore Magazine covers the new Quill Collection with Silvermist Diamonds TM in the November issue "Alternative Metals" section. Thank you Robert Weldon for the great shots, and Ralf Kircher for the inclusion! ALEXANDRA HART / ALEXANDRA HART What alternative metals do you enjoy working with and why? As a designer and metalsmith, I really enjoy [...]
Continuing with the Launch of Pure Flight collection, the Diamonds with a Story campaign debuting at LUXURY trade show, Rebecca Foerster is quoted in JCK online article: “Our purpose in this initiative is to provide inspiration to industry,” explains Foerster. Rio Tinto asked each designer—selected based on their portfolios of work—to submit eight to 12 sketches [...]
Continuing the Diamonds With a Story campaign launch of Pure Flight, described in the JNA article quoted here:"The programme provides the trade with a suite of material, including point-of-sale material, designs and training programmes, which can be customised to every situation and used to bring these innovative ideas and concepts to life in a market [...]
"Extensive consumer research conducted by Rio Tinto Diamonds in the US has led to the development of four stories, concepts and ultimately collections that encompass Rio Tinto’s rich palette of diamonds, and that speak directly to the US consumer, the company said. The stories – Shaped by Origin, Cutting Impact, Mixed Medium and Color My [...]
The PURE FLIGHT collection is featured as the example of Sustainable Contemporary design in Rio Tinto's Diamonds with a Story Campaign, featured in this beautifully designed book . In the Diamonds with a Story article, JNA describes the programme as: "The jewellery, designed for the US market by eight world-class North American designers, is part [...]
Silver Blue & Gold prepares for a busy summer with a lovely photo by Robert Weldon of my Feather Cuff Bracelet in hammer formed 18k gold with white diamond accents. Come visit the elegant yet casual gallery while in town for the festivals!
The PURE FLIGHT collection is featured as the example of Sustainable Contemporary design incorporating 100% responsibly sourced materials, viewed here in the beautifully designed book Cutting Impact: (and in the news: JNA)
