Hart Shaped Diamond Curved Pendant

1/4 carat of total diamond weight. 18k white gold hart shaped diamond curved pendent. twenty brilliant small diamonds are curved to this with white gold chain, take better look closer

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Etienne Perret Recieves Praise From Fellow Jewelry Designer

In the jewelry world, there's nothing more special than to hear the praise of your fellow jewelry designers. Trend setter and innovative artist that he is, Etienne would be lying if he tried to deny that, over the years he has acquired quite the following, both from the ranks of educated jewelry consumers and his designer peers.

Regardless, it is still heartwarming when Etienne receives the type of remark that shows just how important his career and inspirational colored diamond designs have been in developing another artist's own style and path.

Recently we stumbled across a fun article in the Lapidary Journal, profiling fellow jewelry designer and friend, Julie Shaw.

Quoted from lapidary Journal, April 2010...

DONE
37 years still loving what I do and supporting myself with it.

DOING
Making necklaces, rings with stones, enamels, different metals, and new textures.

FIRST PIECE
Calder for his abandon and passion. Daniel Brush for his alchemy. Andy Goldsworthy for his exploration into “what if.”

JEWELRY HEROES
Michael Good, Etienne Perret, Robert Lee Morris, Alexander Calder, and Steven Kretchmer.

DESIGN SOURCES
The ebb and flow of life, stones, nature, the middle East, Buddhism, having an idea and running with it.

FAVORITE PART OF DOING
Soldering, texturing, and handling the Stones.

While Julie has clearly followed her heart and taken her own, special path in the jewelry world, creating beautiful pendants with large semi-precious minerals set in sterling silver and gold and finished with exciting patinas, it is nice to know that Etienne's designs made an impact on her development as a unique and talented artist.

Check out Julie's website.

New Work

Nevada variscite and sterling silver necklace

California pink tourmaline and sterling silver necklace

California green tourmaline and recycled sterling silver ring, size 6.5

Fair trade Purple Sage Chalcedony and sterling silver earrings

New Work

California smoky citrine, recycled sterling silver, and recycled 14k gold ring, size 8

California pink tourmaline and recycled sterling silver ring
{ custom order; sold }

Fair trade Holley chalcedony and sterling silver pendant
{ custom order; sold }

California pink tourmaline, recycled sterling silver, and recycled 22k gold ring, size 7.5

Oregon sunstone, recycled sterling silver, and recycled 14k gold ring, size 7

New Work

I've been itching to make this ever since I received this piece of Fordite the other day and realized how cool it would be to make a reversible pendant out of it, since it is equally beautiful from either side, with different colors and patterns to complement varying outfits and occasions...

Fordite & sterling silver necklace

(the other side)

New Work

Faceted labradorite, 22k gold, 14k gold, & sterling silver ring, size 6
(all recycled metals)
{ to be listed soon in my Etsy shop }

(another view to show the flash colors a little better)

Australian boulder opal, 22k gold, & sterling silver pendant
(all recycled metals)
{ to be listed soon in my Etsy shop }

I wish I could capture the true nature of this stone better in photos; it's so much prettier in real life - it actually seems to glow... by far the prettiest opal I've ever seen.

New Work

Variscite & recycled sterling silver pendant
{ to be listed soon in my Etsy shop }

Faceted turquoise & oxidized, recycled sterling silver ring
{ to be listed soon in my Etsy shop }

California pink tourmaline, recycled 14k gold, & recycled sterling silver pendant
{ to be listed soon in my Etsy shop }

Holley chalcedony & recycled sterling silver ring
{ to be listed soon in my Etsy shop }

More New Stuff

Turquoise & recycled sterling silver ring
{ to be listed soon in my Etsy shop }

Labradorite & recycled sterling silver ring
{ custom order; sold }

California green tourmaline & recycled sterling silver ring
{ to be listed soon in my Etsy shop }

rear view of the same ring

Holley chalcedony & recycled sterling silver pendant
{ custom order; sold }

New Stuff

Here's a somewhat better photo of the pendant I made the other day -

'Peace' pendant - recycled sterling silver and recycled 14k gold

And a few new rings -

Labradorite & recycled sterling silver ring
{ custom order; sold }

California pink tourmaline, recycled sterling silver, & recycled 14k gold ring, size 6.5
{ to be listed soon in my shop }

Recycled sterling silver wedding rings
{ custom order; sold }

Oink.

I made this pendant today...

It's recycled sterling silver with a little piggy in recycled 14k gold. Oh, and a 14k gold border as well. I think it turned out really cute, although I have been having trouble getting the finish to be perfectly mirror-shiny... I may keep this one for myself; I'm kind of attached to it. I'll try to get some better pictures tomorrow - I just snapped this one as I'm wearing it here in the studio.

New Stuff

Another 'temptation' ring trio - light and dark pink tourmaline, light pink tourmaline, green tourmaline, and recycled sterling silver, size 8 (but fits more like a 7-7.5)
{ to be listed soon in my Etsy shop }

Labradorite and recycled sterling silver ring, size 8
{ to be listed soon in my Etsy shop }

Larimar and recycled sterling silver ring, size 6
{ to be listed soon in my Etsy shop }

Faceted blue-green tourmaline and recycled sterling silver ring
{ custom order; sold }

Peruvian blue opal and recycled sterling silver ring, size 7.5
{ to be listed soon in my Etsy shop }

Pink tourmaline and recycled sterling silver ring, size7

{ to be listed soon in my Etsy shop }

I left the back open on this one.

Bi-color tourmaline and recycled sterling silver ring, size 6.5
{ to be listed soon in my Etsy shop }

Faceted blue tourmaline and recycled sterling silver engagement ring
{ custom order; sold }

Super-sparkly blue tourmaline slice and sterling silver pendant
{ to be listed soon in my Etsy shop }

...another open-backed design.

Labradorite and recycled sterling silver ring
{ custom order; sold }