Spring Collection

"Spring is the time of plans and projects" - Leo Tolstoy, Anne Karenina.

I simply love colors. Just the splash of it around me lifts my moods in more ways than one. Needless to say, that spring time is one of my favorite designing times of the year. You just "spring" from one color to another and no matter what is the end result, it all just turns out so very beautiful.

 

A little secret I would share though, I was forever selecting clothes, footwears, upholstery, accessories in earthly colors or colors of black, white and grey. I would go shopping and just go around picking out all things in these shades. I guess this was majorly influenced by working in the NGO sector for so many years. I still can't believe myself, when that voice in my head says, "You are a jewellery designer now...you gotto think colors from now on".

 

Being a designer in indian stones was never a conscious decision. I once read somewhere, "work grows out of other work, and then there are few eureka moments". I found my eureka moment one fine day :) and I have to thank my family and friends who believed that I could do this. Their belief only strengthened my persuasion for designing.

 

Very soon I plan to do a couple of courses, furthering my newly found expertise but for now, here are a few pictures of what I am currently working on....



One of my favorite designs - hand painted pendant tulip pendant+peridot+carnelians

 

The post would be incomplete without this photo. My green plants in full bloom.

Flowers actually help me create designs

Play of colours



Peridot + Peridot Pendant

 

Neckpieces

Moonstone

Amethyst+Rose Quartz with a Rose Quartz pendant

Brown Sandstone

Pearls - Every lady's soulmate

Grey Pearls

Simplicity and elegance are aptly defined by Pearls. If diamonds are a girl's best friend, pearls are every lady's soulmate. Be it evening wear, casual wear, quick sunday brunch, cocktail dinners, informal gatherings, sunday church, office wear, weddings, elite gatherings...pearls can never fail you.

 

One has to have the knowledge of picking out the best and purest quality of pearls as the markets are flooded with several varieties, especially the fake ones. When you want to buy pearls, you will find many different sizes, quality and colors. There are many things to take into consideration apart from price, so do not rush into a purchase. You can compare pearls by size, color, surface quality and pearl type.

 

1. SIZE: Large pearls are usually more expensive. The classic size is 7mm.

2. COLOR: The classic creamy-pinkish white is supposed to be flattering to lighter skin tones. Black or gray is stunning on all skin types and silver flatters darker skin types.

3. SURFACE QUALITY:Make sure it doesn't have bumps, scratches or variations in color.

4.TYPE: the three main types of pearls are; akoya (gorwn in Japan, Vietnam, Korea, Australia and China), freshwater (grown in China), Tahitian or Black South Sea (grown in French Polynesia, The Cook Islands and Fiji), and South Sea (grown in Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia).

5. AKOYA pearls are the classic, round pearls that are predominantly white with overtones of rose, silver and ivory. Akoya pearls are also produced in blue and yellow colors and are often dyed black. Akoya pearls range in size from 2mm to 10mm.

6. Freshwater pearls are known for their off-round shapes except in the highest qualities. They are the world's most prevalent pearls. They come in all pastel colors but primarily in white, peach and lilac. Freshwater pearls grow in size from 2mm to as large as 20mm.

7.Tahitian pearls are large and most often dark, with colors ranging from green to black, and cherry gold. They grow from 7mm to as large as 18mm.

8.South Sea Pearls are produced by the world's largest pearl-producing mollusk, the Pinctada maxima. The pearl's color range from white to silver and pink, to chanpagne and gold.

 

WARNING

Dipped or dyed pearls should be relatively inexpensive compared to pearls with true color.

Before you make your decision ask to see several strands of pearls with different surface qualities to help you understand the benefits and trade-offs.

 

Topaz - A stone in all it's regal splendour

 

Topaz makes an ideal gem. The most valuable colors of Topaz are the golden orange-yellow type, called Imperial Topaz, and the dark pinkish-red and orange-red colors. The picture below shows the ornge-yellow Topaz. The stone has been framed in a traditional german-silver frame and strung in two lines of matching topaz stones. Two Lapis Lazuli stones have been utilised to break the monotony of yellow Topaz.

 

 

 

The Topaz pendant can also be strung in contrast colored stones of black, green, royal blue. The flaming orange set against contrast colored stones would make for an interesting piece.

 

 

A close look at the pendant will show that the Topaz stone has been cut into half (length-wise)  and the top has been polished to give it a finished look. This raw-edged look gives the entire neckpiece an artistic twist with an eye-catching, hard to miss effect by the person wearing it.

 

 

It is my continuous effort to create pieces which are in rare color combinations, designs and those which give that extra edge of style.