A Fine Arts Approach To Jewelry

Designers look towards fine arts, finding inspiration in everything from famous paintings, mosaic tiles, Roman micro mosaics to ceramics and different types of vitreous glass enamel. Textile design provides elements and details in ombre and color blocking. Mother Nature perhaps creates the most compelling artistic theme with gems that come out of the ground as beautiful as a classic still life or abstract painting from those that feature tree and plant life, star formations or abstract art.

Here are some of that enchant and delight the senses:

Le Sibille creates Roman hand-made traditional of tesserae micro mosaics in the old world. Here an 18K gold Butterfly Cage Ring micro mosaic ring with multi-color gemstones.

Venyx World’s 18K gold Anahata heart with opal mosaic doublet evokes the feeling of cracked mosaic tiles. It is accented by diamond accents

Nak Armstrong high karat gold inkblot earrings with Tanzanite and diamonds creates an intricate painterly three-dimensional effect

Brooke Gregson’s 18K gold ruby heart ring, set in a bezel ring, with hand engraving and enamel and diamond pave detail is strikingly detailed

CICADA 18K gold and platinum dendritic agate pendant grows out of the ground with this tree-like pattern. Adding to the painterly feeling are diamond birds flying over a fence of diamonds

Alexandra Rosier 18K gold Frog Secret Glass Pendant is a magical piece with moving gemstones and motifs in tsavorite, moonstones, cabochons, diamonds inside a pear-shaped white sapphire crystal.

Silvia Furmoanovich’s 18K gold ceramic earrings with diamond and yellow beryl create a feeling of ethnic mosaic tiles.

Nan Fusco’s rose gold native copper with natural crystal quartz inclusions resembles a whimsical painting of a heart. It is set n rose gold and diamond frame.

Jamie Joseph’s trapiche emerald features a naturally formed pattern of spokes radiating from its center. It is a rare stone and is set in a 14K gold bezel with ruffled details in the gold work.

Theo Fennell’s 18K yellow, white and rose gold Alpine Necklace. The hand-carved Mammoth Edelweiss flowers, enamel leaves and floral motif chain, with diamond and yellow sapphires is true work of art.

Nak Armstrong’s 20K Cherry Blossom earrings are crafted in rose gold, pink tourmaline, black onyx, rhodalite garnet and Ethiopian opal with diamond accents. They add a new dimension to Armstrong’s affinity for mosaics as he sets these into the metal to create the cherry blossom motifs.

Jacquie Aiche’s Pave Round Onyx Opal Scenic Galaxy Inlay Necklace in 14K gold pave diamonds, round onyx, opal and turquoise creates an enchanting celestial pendant. The inlay work is so refined that it almost looks like a painting of the galaxies.

Ananda Khalash’s acrylic painted Magnolia pendant is set in a 22k gold bezel, backed in silver, and covered with clear glass crystal. Clusters of hammered 22K gold surround it. This charming motif symbolizes sweetness, femininity, and perseverance.

Storrow’s Violet Double Drop Earrings are designed in 14K gold and inlayed with rhodochrosite, rubellite, pearls and diamonds. It is finished with enamel touches highlighting the colors of the design

Jenny Dee’s Gratitude guitar pick pendant is crafted in mother-of-pearl and Mandalic, hand engraved in Italy. The mother of pearl features flashes of different colors of pale pink, mint green and off white, adding to the artisan-inspired approach to a music-inspired piece turned into jewelry

Amali Jewelry’s Draped Petrified Wood Blue Opal Earrings with emerald accents reveal its unique striped effect, maximizing the stone’s beauty.