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Where to start? Paula Crevoshay is so multi-faceted that it is hard to sum her up. Kind. Adventurous. Beautiful. Feisty. And a remarkable jewelry artist.



Known as the Queen of Color, Paula Crevoshay transforms colored stones into luscious jewels that are fit for a monarch. So it?s no surprise that the AGTA just announced that Paula Crevoshay won the Best Use of Color 2015 Spectrum Award for "The Venus Bracelet" featuring freshwater baroque cultured pearls accented with pink and green...

Fourth in a series by Antique Jewelry Collector Paul Royse. See the first one here.

Antique Pearl Jewelry that YOU could own - The Victorian Period
By Paul Royse

The Victorian Era is named after the British Queen Victoria, and covers the period of her reign from 1831 to 1901.

During this time the industrial revolution rapidly progressed. Gaslights, piped water, and sewage systems were installed in city homes. Stream trains replaced horse drawn passenger carriages, the telegraph replaced...

To Jewelmer, the golden South Sea pearl is no less than a national treasure. On Tuesday, The Miracle of the Golden Pearl, their 35th anniversary gala, represented the Philippines National Gem as nothing else could.



It was a splendid multi-arts runway showcase that was set in a play directed by Robbie Carmona and Elmer Lape?a. Angel Aquino and Arnold Reyes played the main characters in a story based on the elements. (Angel seen below as a goddess.)



The show included the Manila...

A Historical Reprint from our Friends at Pala International
Pala?s Featured Gems: Natural Abalone Pearls

This month we feature something a little out of the ordinary?a local Californian/Mexican treat. Pala has found a new supplier of these ocean jewels and it has been exciting to see all the freeform shapes and iridescent colors nature can conjure up. Greens, blues, pinks, purples?oh my! These colorful metallic looking concretions spark in the viewer a wonder of formation and inspire...

As part of Orange County, California?s Fashion Week, I attended FIDM's annual Fashion Museum Soiree on Saturday. Themed "Fabulous!", it was a private, ticketed event with a VIP reception area, refreshments and seating for the runway shows. The event benefitted the FIDM Museum Fashion Council, which hopes to acquire the Helen Larson Historic Fashion Collection. (Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising) http://fidmmuseum.org



It was still in the nineties when the event started, but...

Etienne Perret first came to my attention a few years ago when I fell in love with a pair of earrings that were decorating a beautiful woman. They were a swoop of white metal and diamonds, twining around Tahitian pearls. Now I know I was looking at his "Tendril" earrings.





And the clean-lined Madonna ring is another design that rises to the beauty of the orb, which makes sense, because Etienne has always had a special affinity for pearls.

Etienne: "I think it must be that I have an...