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

July’s Memory

July’s Memory

Work processes, of the old and not.

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Lanterns

Lanterns

Coral Sapphire Earrings in 18K Gold, Gem Gardener.

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The Noir in Lo-Fi

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.

White Gold & Platinum Jewellery, Gem Gardener

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CCO, or Chinese Ceramics Ornament

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.

Ceramics, Gem Gardener

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antique chinese ceramic vase, jade bangles

Sunday I Escape

A Britta Phillips music video in this post.

Ceramics | Jade Bangles | Gem Gardener

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Antique Hand Cut, Rose Cut Diamond Jewellery

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.

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Art Deco Chinese Style, What Is It?

Art Deco Chinese Style, What Is It?

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.

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Much Ado About Bangles

Much Ado About Bangles

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.

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