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Design Mind featuresCC,a Danish group that stands for Craft Collection. This is an example of CC jewelry.

There is no description of the materials used in making this playful necklace, but at first glance, it appears to be bundles of buttons. But who cares? It’s fun and it will provide the opening to many a conversation. No doubt it looks a great deal more simple than it actually was to make. Thank goodness for jewelry designers, they give us new ways of adorning ourselves.

And that is what you will find in abundance in our online jewelry auction, well, not buttons, but hundred of rings, necklaces and bracelets to adorn yourself, or adorn that special someone.

There seems to be no lack of jewelry designers creating fun and witty jewelry made with nature in mind.

The jewelry designers at Paradise Hill create “designs[that] are a combination of woodburning techniques and painted acrylics, all of which is sealed with a “diamond finish” on top; the bottom of the pieces are left unfinished so you can feel the original wood.”
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But, really now - diamonds and emeralds and pearls are nature’s gift as well. And if you have a special someone with a birthday or an anniversary to celebrate, then  browse through our online auction to find a bountiful share of nature’s finest jewelry.

“Gorgeous Brazilian designer Simone Coste takes a unique approach with her designs. She uses stones mined in Brazil, quartz, onyx, chrysoprase, amethyst and others and instead of merely mounting the stones in gold she uses the stone as the sculptural concept for the ring, letting the sold serve as an inner support. The effect is striking, although perhaps a tad bulky on the finger. But in a world full of designs that look increasingly similar it’s refreshing to see someone step out in a new direction.”
luxist.com

There is no denying the festival of precious gems available for jewelry designers to create subtle yet powerful pieces like this stunning ring. And we have everyone of those gemstones available for your bidding pleasure in our online jewelry auction. Browse through and find the rare piece that will define you.

“Mokume Gane: An ancient art form of fusing layers of precious metals to form a single piece with unique markings.
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Michael Daniels offers rings, pendants, bracelets, and earrings in Mokume, seeking inspiration in nature. When it touches the skin, the colors change subtly according to the wearer’s body chemistry, expressing each person’s individuality. Thus every piece of Mokume Gane becomes, in a real sense, living jewelry- a process begun by the artist and continued by the wearer.”
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“Living jewelry” is an entrancing phrase and could be said of all jewelry. Jewelry becomes alive with the meaning that we give it, the memories that sanctify it and the love with which it was given.

Be it precious metals, or precious stones, browse through our online jewelry auction and find that special piece of jewelry that will become alive with the love you have for your special someone.

This unusually colorful and cheerful broach is the creation of Netherlands artist LoOnNaA.

“I love to transform my passions (colors, cross-stitch, embroidery, sewing, thrifting, folklore) into bright and cheerful handmade ornaments/brooches that can spice up your wardrobe, handbag, wall, bulletin board, dashboard, cubicle or computer.”
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With fall fast approaching, more and more broaches will be appearing on heavy sweaters, parkas,shawls and scarves. This piece is designed to be worn as jewelry or to accessorize your handbag or to bring some cheerful color to your utilitarian, drab back pack.

Expect fall fashions to bring you more jewelry made of brocades,cloth, leather and other natural materials.

The delicate honeycomb design of this Anya Pinchuk bracelet almost suggests movement, as if radiance circulated through the complex web.

From the designer:
“My work is dominated by structure and abstraction. I try to create the illusion of a solid surface by using positive and negative spaces, light and shadows, and transparency. In my work I use my knowledge of geometry to create three dimensional volumetric forms using planes, tubes, and cones, juxtaposing somewhat organic silhouettes and geometric shapes, structure, and patterns. I use repetition as a principle.”
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Jewelry is simply an art form that we are privileged to wear. A gift of a piece of jewelry as elegant and unique as the one above becomes a treasured heirloom passed down through generations, a signal from the past, a moment of love or friendship made forever touchable with a ring or a pendant or a broach.

Browse through our online jewelry auction. Our selections change daily and you will never know when that special piece for that special someone becomes available.

David Godwin has been receiving great praise for his exuberance and unique viewpoint in creating jewelry that seems to leap from the body. Seen here is one of his may innovative offerings. Below, he describes his work.

“My work stems from a fascination of the structure of objects that surrounds us. Whether it is man made or natural, the underlying structure of an object determines how it will look. It is a revealing process, removing the skin from an object to see the structure beneath.

This translates into my jewelry and I draw inspiration from everyday objects which stretch from one end of the spectrum to the other. A leaf for example has many different elements in its make up but yet it is one of the simplest forms, my jewellery exaggerates these forms. The forms become more regular and geometric through the process of design.

I utilise computer based technologies and combine them with traditional jewellery making skills to produce work that would arguably not exist otherwise.”
newdesignersonline.co.uk

Image:Velvet da Vinci Gallery