May we see with new eyes, each old thing, each known thing.

Guess this stone

  So… . . . any idea?  

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Wardrobe Snacks

  Which is your type? Mine is obvious. Scintillating.   Art direction: Michelle Maguire  Photography: Kelsey McClellan

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Custom Jewellery Singapore, Clover and Duality

Custom Jewellery Singapore, Clover and Duality

There are many nice bracelets around.

There are lesser bangles of such niceness. Just the word bangle is a fragment of ageism. Kidding.

Of course we are making a bangle.

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Sapphire Color Grade

Sapphire Color Grade

Many certs or reports are being issued for reasons of certainty/identification, rather than comprehension. A Lotus Report describes the kind of blue your sapphire takes. This precise color grading lets gem traders (insiders) and gem buyers (you, the outsider) communicate a visual language backed by similar expectations and experiences.

Gemstones | Singapore Island Jewellery Store

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The Coldest Night of the Year

    January 2018 has come on surprisingly, with cool nights and sunless days. Everywhere we read about the funny incidents of Singaporeans in winter, and then I realised we did go online to buy ourselves two sets of superbly waterproof raincoats. We have been alternating two sets for the past five years, since our …

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Learning Journey

As part of our learning journey, we are beginning to document both product and process, through articles showing our own designs and gems. We don’t care if you are a gem aficionado or a gem noob, let’s party. Click whatever you see.        

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Quotes on Wedding Rings

Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu’avec le cœur. L’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux. Here is my secret. It is very simple: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.   And here is my secret: engravings are always very …

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Outsiders

  I have never heard anyone refer to Chinese jewelry as soulful. But it is. How can it not be? Jewellery enmeshed with its intentions that cannot be too poorly or too proud. We have been collecting and curating Chinese jewellery and later Straits Chinese jewellery for over five years. Yet it is only recently …

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