Missing Twin Restored

One of my customers recently got in touch asking for help - she had lost one of a pair of amethyst earrings I made for her a few years ago. Luckily I still have some of these lovely asscher-cut amethysts in stock, so I was able to make up the missing 'twin'.

I think it's a shame to let lovely semi-precious stones languish unworn. Don't banish your jewellery if it has lost a part or been damaged - very often it can be repaired or refashioned into a new piece.

Indian Summer

England is basking in glorious summer heat on this first weekend of October. 29C! It makes me pull out my high-summer beauties, such as these hammered gold hoop earrings with luminous aqua chalcedony. I love the way they swish around my jawline.

In the Pink

My most recent purchase has been a joyful addition to my wardrobe in this gloomy month of February: This absolutely gorgeous silk shirt from 3.1 Phillip Lim. It is the most beautiful pink, a proper saturated unabashed 'rose bonbon', the kind of colour I longed to wear as a skinny shorthaired tomboy growing up in womens-lib 70's Oslo. And now that I can do whatever I like... well, I like to frolic in it and add a pair of fuchsia ruby earrings. Because I can!

The earrings are my own dormeuse design, featuring faceted pear briolettes of hot pink rubies, wrapped in 14k gold-fill wire and suspended from 14k gold-fill hooks. Price: £36.

Vibrant Lapis

In this often gloomy month of January I like brightening up an outfit with a pop of colour, and these lovely little 'onion' briolettes of royal blue Lapis Lazuli are exceedingly flattering. They are small and perfectly formed, faceted to catch the light and best of all - they have inclusions of sparkling bronze-coloured Pyrite (fool's gold). This pair can be worn two ways: Either long and dangling to accentuate the neck, or short and neat near the earlobe. The Lapis briolettes swing from fine 14K gold-fill chains attached to ornate gold vermeil studs.

Price: £42.

Amethyst & Moonstone Tassel Earrings

The tassel earring is one of my favourite designs, I particularly like the way small briolettes look when there are lots and lots of them together - it's the added texture that does it for me.




Here is a pair of tassels combining pale Lavender Amethyst, Moss Amethyst (these are shot through with dark 'needles', which I find quite captivating) and Moonstone. I've bathed them in oxidising fluid to darken the silver and create extra depth in the colours. Pretty in daytime, mesmerising at night.

Lavender Amethyst Dormeuses

I confess to having indulged in a little bit of alchemy lately, having discovered how to turn silver charcoal-black. I love the contrast between black silver and pale translucent gemstones, such as this pair of lovely Lavender Amethysts which really sparkle against their dark matte setting.

Vanessa Paradis - Coco, l'Esprit de Chanel

One of my all-time favourite ads, I love Vanessa Paradis as the exotic bird in a guilded cage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGtmjZ9Yuj0&feature=related