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Angular Momentum Artisan Rings


Angular Momentum has taken their signature look of ornately detailed watch dials under sapphire crystals and transposed them to new "artisan rings." There are four styles in white gold accented with diamonds and set under curved sapphire crystals. Each style highlights one of Angular Momentum's techniques for watch decoration. They are beautiful but the Angular Momentum website doesn't give a size on these but they seem a bit large for comfortable wear.
  • The Guilloche Negoro Artisan Ring "Negoro Koi" features a hand-carved Japanese lacquer medallion of a Koi carp on a guilloche ground.
  • The Guilloche Noir Artisan Ring "Koi" has a similar carp but done in black.
  • The High Relief Artisan Ring "Oriental Blossoms" has a hand carved medallion in 18 Kt. yellow gold.
  • The Verre Èglomisé Artisan Ring "Peony" has a "Verre Èglomisé" miniature painting of a peony on the reverse of the curved sapphire crystal.

Gallery: Angular Momentum Artisan Rings

Guilloche Negoro Artisan Ring Guilloche Noir Artisan Ring High Relief Artisan Ring Verre Èglomisé Artisan Ring

Bibigi Fashion Collection Rings

Bibigi has many unique jewelry designs but their Fashion Collection rings are my absolute favorite because I love gardening, flowers, and the outdoors. Featuring an obvious floral theme, the collection is bright with colorful leaves, petals, and the occasional dragonfly or butterfly. Featuring white gold and yellow gold with diamonds, black diamonds, and enamel accents, the collection has a definite whimsical vibe. One of my favorites is this Van Gogh ring, of which there are four designs including a coordinating necklace and earrings.

Via JustLuxé

Gallery: Bibigi Fashion Collection Rings

Art For Your Fingers: George Sawyer Mokume Rings

When you go to a jewelry store, almost everything you're looking at is mass produced. Each gemstone has its own distinct, microscopic qualities, but other than that, you're going to find the same selection just about everywhere. That's why George Sawyer is a true artist among jewelers.

Sawyer's art is called mokume. Taken from the ancient Japanese art of folding metal for swords, Sawyer uses metal folding to create beautiful, unique pieces of jewelry. He uses several different types of metals in each piece to create a romantic, swirling design that is as unique as a fingerprint.

Sawyer works primarily in golds, using 14K yellow, white, and rose gold, but also works with silver, copper, palladium, and other metals to produce the wide array of colors in his palette. Many of his designs call up the image of tree bark, and with a hint of gray green color, these rings have a very earthy look.

Sawyer showcases his work at craft and jewelry shows all over the country, and many retailers sell his pieces. To find a dealer near you, click here.

Gallery: George Sawyer Rings

JeTalia Jewelry

Jewelry designer Sarena Traver is more than just a maker of fine jewelry, she's also a race car driver. Traver's company, JeTalia has four collections, Cage, Synchro, Apex, and T2. Traver's father was in the gem business and she grew up as his apprentice.

Racing informs her designs in a subtle way, she likes to incorporate movement into the designs. She works primarily in gold, diamonds, and pearls with prices ranging from $1,000 to $18,000. My favorite are her Cage pieces which feature pearls inside gold scroll cages. The ring shown at right sells for $2250.

Thistle and Bee


Thistle & Bee sells a variety of luxury objects including jewelry, picture frames, home goods and baby gifts. The company has a full range of sterling silver products including a large range of enameled pieces such as cufflinks and keychains. The American flag keychain shown above has handpainted enamel detail and sells for $250.

Thistle & Bee has now expanded into gemstones and fine jewelry with new collections of gold pieces featuring diamonds and colored stones. Examples and prices are in the gallery below.

Gallery: Thistle and Bee

Pink Sapphire banglePink Sapphire hoop earringsBlue Sapphire hoopsBangleDiamond Earrings

Rifesta Jewelry, From Russia With Diamonds


Certainly with more and more billionaires in Russia, the luxury market there is growing by leaps and bounds. Mostly I have written about retailers like Lamborghini, Gucci and Cartier getting their foothold in Moscow and beyond but now there are a few Russian companies seeking to sell their brands in the U.S. and Europe. In April I heard Russian billionaire Roustam Tariko, speak about his quest to sell vodka in the U.S.; last month, I met with the lovely women from the Russian company Rifesta who were kind enough to show me their diamond jewelry.

Rifesta has been agrowing name in the Russian market for a while now. Rifesta Holding opened its first jewelry shop in Ekaterinburg in 1998. In 2005, the first Rifesta boutique opened in Moscow and in June 2006 the company made their first forays into the U.S. market. At Rifesta the pieces are all made in Russia, from Russian designers and using Russian diamonds.

The pieces are rather distinctive. What struck me about the designs is that they make great use out of small diamonds. The rings are large showy pieces meant to be noticed and appreciated. Each collection has its own theme and style, some of which are more intriguing than others, their Diamond Figures collection and Legends of Elves collections were ones I found particularly striking.

Gallery: Rifesta

Dreams and SecretsDiamond FiguresSensuelleRussian CollectionLegend of the Elves

Mark Schneider Secret Heart Rings


Jewelry designer Mark Schneider's designs are a step away from the traditional. Schneider creates both diamond bridal jewelry and unique dramatic pieces that incorporate colorful gemstones. Schneider believes in letting the stones "talk to him" before he creates a design.

The engagement rings from Mark Schneider Designs have a unique feature. Each design in the collection features a Secret Heart, small yellow or white gold heart at the base of the ring set with a tiny diamond inscribed with a message that says "Love you Forever." The styles range from traditional to more contemporary and each features smaller diamonds set along the sides of the ring. All of the rings can be made in either platinum or gold and set with center stones in a variety of sizes. The gallery below features a few of Schneider's bridal designs as well as some of his award-winning gemstone creations.


Gallery: Mark Schneider Jewelry

LovelyAlwaysCosmos PendantSunlight PendantAmore

Super Bowl Rings Stolen In Safe Heist

Oh, this isn't going to help the relations between Boston and New York. Over the weekend thieves in Attleboro, Massachusetts stole up to $2 million in gold, gems and other valuables including some of the New York Giants Super Bowl rings from a jewelry manufacturer. The thieves disabled the alarm system at E.A. Dion, then cut a hole in the roof and managed to lift a 1,000-pound safe out. The rings, which were manufactured by the company and designed by Tiffany and Co. are white gold set with 1.5 carats of diamonds and valued at $25,000 . Luckily the players and coaches received their rings last month.

Raw Diamond Jewelry by Todd Reed


I've never been a big fan of diamonds (I even have a solitaire ruby on my wedding band instead of a diamond) but these raw diamonds in jewelry designs by Todd Reed are something else altogether. Not only are they colorful, but unique and not as flashy as traditional diamonds, which I'm sure is a love it/hate it sort of thing. To me there's something very cool about enjoying a stone thats been in the earth for ages without cutting or polishing it -- just appreciating it as it is. Although Todd Reed's latest release is a line of raw diamond cuff links for men, the rest of his collection is equally beautiful. My favorite is this cluster ring made of gold and raw diamonds for $9,375.

Thanks Marc!

Gallery: Raw Diamond Jewelry by Todd Reed

Moshiko Sculptural Rings

All jewelry designs are works of art, but these Sculptural Rings from Moshiko take it to the extreme. Made of various crazy combinations of sterling silver and colorful resin, the inspirations for the designs range from ancient African art to mathematics to futuristic themes. Each ring is unique, signed by the artist, and only available in whatever size it was already made in (the sizes vary, see the site for specifics).

I think these rings are absolutely beautiful to look at but I'm not sure they're realistic (or comfortable) to actually wear. $200-$500

Via Goldarths

Gallery: Moshiko Sculptural Rings



Periodic Rings


How many elements could you recognize in the Periodic Table? If you're into science here's a a fun way to refresh your memory (or the memories of those around you) on at least 3 of them. Fashioned for people who prefer silver, gold, and platinum, each of the 3 Periodic Rings are made up of one of those three metals and stamped with the appropriate elemental symbol and information. Get just one or collect all three, either way they're sure to spark some interesting conversation! Ag/$205, Au/$2200, Pt/$6500.

Via Uncrate

Gallery: Periodic Rings

Wearable Art in Black Coral

Bernard K. Passman crafted jewelry and sculptures from black coral from 1974 until his death earlier this year, at age 91. His pieces are sold exclusively in Passman Galleries in St. Thomas, Las Vegas, Ketchican, Maui, Beverly Hills, and the Grand Caymans.

Passman crafted one-of-a-kind sculptures and jewelry for royalty, presidential palaces, and celebrities around the world. His pieces were only crafted from pieces of coral that had broken off naturally, as he did not want to harvest any living coral.

Each piece sold in the Passman Galleries was signed by Passman. Following his death, the company began signing pieces with a distinctive symbol, to differentiate those pieces from the ones made while he was still living.

The jewelry and sculptures have a distinctive style that is cherished by collectors around the world.

Gem, A Jewelry Boutique


Jessica Kagan Cushman's wildly popular scrimshaw bangles are just some of the treats at Gem, a jewelry boutique in Chicago. The store features a wide variety of designers who work in materials ranging from leather to diamonds including plenty of gemstones that don't usually get the fine jewelry treatment. The ring here is a delicate slice of agate mounted on 14k green gold and sells for $380.

Most Wanted Design Jewelry

Carlos Souza lives a fabulous life (for proof just check out the pictures of his homes in Rome and New York on Habitually Chic). Not only has he worked with Valentino and other designers during his decades-long career but he is also the Creative Director behind Most Wanted Design, an innovative jewelry company with a variety of collection that are wittily elegant. The ring shown here is from the You Are My Queen collection and sells for $3,000 at Vivre.

Nilufer Trazi Kuran Rings


When I saw the rings of Nilufer Tarzi Kuran on the Vivre website I was curious to learn more about the designer. Her rings with evocative names like Turban of the Sultan, Mysteries of the Palace and Lovers of the Harem feature precious stones set in silver and decorated with 18K gold-plated silver details. The designer lives in Istanbul and is the daughter of an Afghani father and a Turkish mother. The Tarzi family has been one of the ruling families of Afghanistan and she was inspired by the jewels of her late great aunt Queen Sorayah of Afghanistan. The rings on sale at Vivre sell for $700.

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