PLEASE Join us in celebrating United Nations Day: October 24 at 6pm at UCSD Campus, International House. I will be representing Ethical Metalsmiths and exhibiting jewelry which supports empowerment of the citizens all along the material and labor supply chain! It takes cooperation to make a difference- please add your voice! Buy your tickets here. [...]
Great coverage by Deborah Yonick in the upcoming MJSA Journal October issue profiling several designer's decisions to use responsibly sourced materials in their work! My palladium pendant landed the cover, and a lovely 2 page spread of how and why we have dedicated ourselves to responsible sourcing, is found on page 28-29. Great to be in [...]
Hot off the bench: this hammered 18k gold Entwined Ring binds 12 Australian natural fancy colored diamonds, 0.65ct tw in a cascade of honey and cognac colors. The comfort of a low profile ring with colorful bling is an every-day-statement of contemporary style: great shot by Jolyne L. Harris Photography!
To celebrate a milestone anniversary, this couple arranged for a custom designed diamond ring with elegant flowing shapes found in Art Nouveau Style. In Fact: this ring was inspired by their own Nouveau collection! 18k gold swirls and sweeps around the oval center diamond and is accented and punctuated with diamonds from a family piece, [...]
These lovely large silvery-luster Baroque Pearl Drops are set with hand made and custom fitted 18k white gold hammered bezels around the Certified Recycled Diamonds from Niccolo Bella Co. As always, the 18k gold is 100% reclaimed/recycled, making this jewelry not just beautiful aesthetically, but environmentally too!
The latest piece in the Quill Collection, a Double Droplet pendant with 0.48ct tw Silvermist Diamonds™ responsibly mined in Australia, set in pure Palladium reclaimed and refined to this jewel perfect state:
Setting diamonds today for the Terra Firma Gallery trunk show- please join us for a lovely Sonoma Event Friday and Saturday, May 30-31 from 11-6:
Maya is pleased with her flattering and elegant new Long Diamond Droplet earrings, part of the new Quill Collection, stylishly sparkling with Australian mined Silvermist Diamonds™ pave' set in naturally hypoallergenic pure Palladium: and here they are up close:
The environment for the jewelry industry has changed dramatically in the first decade that Ethical Metalsmiths has been around, and the tide has turned. Happy 10th Anniversary, looking ahead to an exciting group of events at JCK this year! Here's the board just after an intense retreat, at our celebration hosted by Velvet da Vinci [...]
A grand sapphire in the deepest of blue punctuates this hand carved ribbon like Bow Ring, as always, made from 100% reclaimed and recycled silver:
