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| While studying jewelry
as an art student, I realized that for me, jewelry design
is really concerned with the manipulation of reflected light. |
1989 Spectrum
Award Bracelet |
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Rather than utilize
common motifs, ornamental texture and decoration, or the traditional
use of three-dimensional form, I realized that my work could
be much more dramatic and visually effective if I were to orchestrate
the behavior of light as it bounced off the metals and traveled
through the gemstones. |
Mirage™
Disk Earring |
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Understand this - and
you understand my work .
Signature
Floater® Necklace |
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Marquise
Bypass
Channel Floater® |
Think about it -
platinum and gold are highly reflective precious materials. Gemstones
acquire their beauty through skillful faceting and polishing
that bends the light to strike your eyes as a combination of
brilliance and saturated color. |
Bypass
Channel Floater® |
Marquise
Bypass
Channel Floater® |
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One of my signatures is the Mirage™...brilliant
diamonds reflected and visually doubled in mirrored platinum
panels. Earning a De Beers Diamonds Today award in 1989,
this piece perfectly expresses my concept of manipulating light...of
creating illusion.
Mirage™
Necklace
Double Mirage™ Band
Mirage™ Fan Earrings
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 Throughout
my collections you will find the evolution and growth of this
idea. Through the illusion of Floating Diamonds, the polished
surfaces that create the Mirage, the delicate sparkle of Sequence
Floater or the fluid movement of Soleil, I hope to offer you
jewelry that is compelling, beautiful, and perfectly mirrors
your self.
Soleil Earrings
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Soleil
Floater® Ring |
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Soleil
Pendant |
Accolades -
De Beers Diamonds Today
De Beers Diamonds of Distinction - Best of Show
American Gem Trade Association Spectrum Award
Jewelers of America New Designer of the Year
Jewelers of America Jewel Award
De Beers 25th Anniversary Diamond Necklace
De Beers Diamonds-International Finalist
De Beers Fifty Ways to Say Forever Collection |
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Coronation
Ring for
Miss U.S.A. 1991 |
Professional
Affiliations -
American Gem Society, Director, Supplier Committee Chairman
American Gem Trade Association
American Jewelry Design Council, Public Relations Committee Chairman
Couture Collection, Exhibitor Advisory Committee
International Jewelry Design Guild
Jewelers Board of Trade
Jewelry Information Center
Manufacturing Jewelers and Suppliers of America, Director, AJM Editorial Advisory Committee |
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1989 AGTA
Spectrum Award |
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