Drag-stones
Since ancient times, gems have been human companions. The tradition of honoring precious stones is rooted in ancient Egypt and Rome. The Egyptians decorated themselves with amethysts, emeralds, turquoise, while…

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Hortensia de Chaumet collection: First canvas
Over the past period, Claire Deva-Rakoff presented a series of jewelry watches from the well-known line of Attrape-moi, as well as the Liens High Jewelery ring line. But as a…

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Notch and engraving on wedding rings
In the professional world there is the term "diamond face", denoting the technique of making a pattern on a ring in the form of a notch. The pattern on the…

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TOP-5 FASHION JEWELRY IN 2019
Every year the capricious lady Fashion defines new trends. What has changed this time? We offer you the TOP-5 fashionable jewelry and tell you about current trends in 2019. Jewelry…

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The stamp of the Russian “jeweler” – a monopoly?

Thus, the amendments introduced by the draft law imply full exemption from branding of jewelry made for export. It is also proposed to abandon samples on silver products weighing less than three grams.

According to representatives of the jewelry business and experts, the changes are long overdue. At the moment, all manufacturers are required to stamp their own products in the Assay Chamber under the Ministry of Finance. Jewelers pay a fee in the amount of from 17 to 45 rubles per item. Continue reading

Collection – Camellia Metamorphosis

“Let there be a garden!”, As if the designers and jewelers of Chanel Joaillerie decided it and collected all sorts of camellias in one collection of jewelry Jardin de Camélias (actually, Camellias Garden in Russian). At the end of last year, the director of Chanel Joaillerie Benjamin Komar promised Watch / Jewel: “In 2013, we are not going to relax after the anniversary 2012 for us and want to surprise our female fans even more. Continue reading

Collection – From Munch to Picasso

A few years ago, Italian jeweler Carlo Palmiero created a ring called Homage to Munch. This precious dedication to Edvard Munk was the most famous painting of the artist “Cry”. The canvas of 1893, the most famous of the versions of “Creek”, Palmiero reproduced in his signature technique – a pave of colored gemstones. The bright pattern with the thinnest modulation of colors, with the effect of degradation, was skillfully laid out on the curved surface of an oval ring with a hole in the center. And in terms of its expressiveness, it was not much less than the original, this program picture of expressionism. Continue reading

The combination of stones and metals
This is the so-called affinity of bodies and their corresponding metals and minerals. The sun is credited with gold, the moon with silver, and so on. Some stones (diamond, amethyst,…

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Thing - Sacred Monster
To this day, all the collections of Hermes jewelery - the high genre of the Haute Bijouterie and the more casual genre of the Bijouterie - were somehow built, formed…

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Thing - The Breath of Antiquity
A year ago, when the French House of Van Cleef & Arpels premiered the high jewelry collection Palais de la Chance, the bracelet with the heads of dragons looking at…

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