ARTIST STATEMENT…I was liberated early on in my career to focus on design – using materials that are rare and expensive, and materials that are the product of man’s magical imagination.
Purple sapphires do exist, but matching them is difficult – purple diamonds ha!
So again, Man’s Magical Imagination has saved the day, bringing us a plethora of colors of Cubic Zirconia, which has a hardness of 8.5, and perfect for use in Pave.
As a Gemologist I have chosen to properly pave – no glue – every stone is hand set.
Pave requires the use of harder stones: diamonds, sapphires, cubic zirconia.
Pave bracelet, purple cubic zirconia – 18kt vermeil $3,400
Gray cultured freshwater pearl tassel $335
