Spherical Jewelry Has Circled Back As A Trend

Melissa Kaye 18K yellow gold and diamond Audrey Coil Ring with rounded bezels.

Jewelry ‘goes round in circles’ as spheres, orbs, curved bezels for diamonds, and handcrafted and manufactured bead and ball chains are all trending again. This three-dimensional direction has come full circle back into jewelry in different categories, from head to hands. Some of the orbs even have secrets to share inside. Could the inspiration be that the world seemed to grow slightly closer together over the past three years or that jewelry designers look to our global future with optimism? Do the constellations or the celestial trend that has been evolving have an impact on what we are seeing? Whatever the inspiration, the message is clear that certain jewelry like the earth, is, in fact, round.

Here we look at a variety of styles:

Single Stone’s 18K gold Astrea varying old cut and round brilliant cut diamonds set in a handcrafted sphere-shaped pendant with hand-engraved star details.Astrea pendant is shown on Mirella necklace.

Marie Lichtenberg’s Clover Orb 18K rose gold, black rhodium, multicolor sapphires, tsavorites, diamonds with enamel four-leaf clover inside (open shot).

Marie Lichtenberg’s Clover Orb necklace (shown closed and on chain).

Yoki Collections’ 18K gold spherical stud earrings with fine star carvings set with brilliant diamonds.

Rainbow K’s 14K gold Earring Piercing with diamonds.

Melissa Kaye’s 18K yellow gold and diamond Audrey Graduated Repeating Necklace with curved circular bezels.

Katherine Jetter x Muzo 18K gold emerald earrings with diamond melee.

OX Fine Jewelry’s OURGLASS bracelet 18K gold with 66 links, 132 bezel set diamonds using natural round diamonds. The mechanics of how this bracelet is made is magnificent.

Ivar Jewelry’s 18K gold multi-color sapphire ball cluster with a gold chain.

Lauren Rubinski’s 18K gold Hatching Ball Pendant opens into a floral-inspired shape that reveals ten petals, all with different words/sayings that signify profound sentiments and meanings.

Elizabet Locke 19K Labradorite Bead Bracelet.