May we see with new eyes, each old thing, each known thing.
The Noir in Lo-Fi
January 22, 2019 Gem Gardener
I always wonder why no one has defined jewellery by music.
Lo-fi jewellery is what it is, jewels that shine not from glitter but from the notes in your heart.
CCO, or Chinese Ceramics Ornament
December 24, 2018 Gem Gardener
The reality is we have come to love ceramic ornaments around the same time we started selling and making jewelry.
It is possibly we love the ceramics first, for photo interest and always as a component of our thinking lives.
Sunday I Escape
December 9, 2018 Gem Gardener
A Britta Phillips music video in this post.
Antique Hand Cut, Rose Cut Diamond Jewellery
November 17, 2018 Gem Gardener
Antique rose cut diamonds, specifically the Straits Chinese Asian hand cut diamonds, are not for everyone.
Their primitive cuts are quite identical to Georgian rose cut diamonds, but not similar to Victorian diamonds.
Art Deco Chinese Style, What Is It?
November 17, 2018 ArticlesGem Gardener
South-east Asia, and Singapore in particular, a small, multi-racial entrepot, enthused at the finer life of not just the British Isle or fashionable Paris, but at how Chinese in other places could be both Chinese and ‘Western’ at the same time. The lovingness at which overseas Chinese looked at Shanghai’s riot of life is surely reflected in their own adoption of art, fashion and jewellery.
Much Ado About Bangles
November 15, 2018 Gem Gardener
An old mine cut diamond bangle and a lavender jade bangle. Two very distinct looks. But if you really see a woman wearing either bangle, the aura feels intriguing.







