Fellow
Designers
Michael
Good
"Tucked away in beautiful and secluded pockets of the vast American landscape
are goldsmiths whose work rivals the best the world has known. Preeminent
among them is Michael Good a goldsmith whose use of what he calls the anticlastic
process has forced the commercial jewelry world to expand its definitions
and ideas about how American jewelry should look and how it can be made."
Ettegale Blauer
Jacob
Snow
"Designer jewelry is an art form. It should not only stir the emotion and
soul of the wearer, but also be a balanced marriage of fine art and the
science of master goldsmithing." Jacob Snow For over ten years, Jacob Snow
has been a design consultant and well respected advanced diamond setter
for many of America's top jewelry designers. Today he devotes his time to
the design, production, and promotion of his own line…Jacob Snow Designs.
In his first year in the market, Jacob was named a "rising Star" and won
the American Jewelry Design Council Talent Competition in 1995. Each piece
in the Heirloom Collection is original, handmade, and hand carved. They
are designed to endure the rest of time in style and quality. Because of
the labor-intensive nature of his work, Jacob's designs are only offered
in 18k Gold and Platinum. These pieces are individually pierced and carved,
which allows for a wide variety of custom and specially made creations.
With stones, without stones, yellow gold, rose gold, white gold, platinum;
the combinations are almost endless!
Bill
Richey
"I strive for simplicity in design and a clean, pure line.
From the initial concept I strip away elements to
arrive at the design's purest form."
Ronna
Lugosch
As a mother, Ronna wanted to design a piece that would convey the deep love,
the desire to nurture and protect that she felt for her children. The result
was Mother's Love, a piece that embodies those emotions in a mother embracing
her child. One of our most popular designs, this "heart" shaped piece comes
in 2 styles: The "Original," which customers often describe as a Madonna
and Child, and the "Silhouette," Call for information and prices for customizing
with birthstones.
Georg
Spreng
Each jewel bears a mystery, sometimes we can discover it: "A blazing campfire,
a smooth lake, mosquitoes, Canadian woods all around, endless. Absolute
stillness. And suddenly the idea was born to heat a small..."
Henry
Dunay
Henry Dunay is the patriarch of jewelry designers. He started sweeping floors
in the jewelry district as a young man long before any one knew of the concept
of brand name designer jewelry. Through decades of hard work Henry built
a reputation for the finest of jewelry made in his own personal style.
Sam Shaw
"My work currently explores the form, texture and color, and relationships
of natural beachstones. I often associate them with fossils and familiar
gemstones to heighten the awareness of their common ancestry. Coming of
Age on an island in Maine, I've always been attracted to the shapes and
personalities of rocks along the shore. This fascination was enhanced by
a degree in geology, and applied through a lifelong love of art. The combination
of the visual appeal of these simple stones and an understanding of the
natural forces that create them drives my curiosity and excitement when
working with them. Consider that pure geometric forms and smooth shapes
can be the result of a brutal and chaotic environment found on an ocean
beach. A humble piece of basalt may have a perfectly formed "X" of intruded
quartz. In my eye, this is fantastic and worthy of heightened consideration.
Its value is affirmed by setting it in precious metal. The urge to pick
up beautiful, rounded pebbles is almost universal. Many people walk away
from the beach with a hard, round memory in their pocket. It is my hope
that my jewelry evokes such emotion."
