| Always on the lookout for unusual jewelry items, I | | | | a series of Gemvara Essentials, with prices from very |
| recently came across a company called Gemvara. | | | | affordable to less affordable but surprisingly unique. |
| They're not a discount gemstone outlet that retails the | | | | Another jeweler who is featured is Jeet Palavwala. |
| same things available at every other online shop, but a | | | | What's so unusual about the silver earrings with rubies |
| fine gem and jewelry dealer that specializes in unique | | | | that he designs? It's not easy to describe because |
| creations by designers with distinction, some well | | | | Jeet's sophisticated jewelry is dimensional, more like a |
| known, others new to the designing world. One | | | | sculpture than a painting, but with rich Indian inspiration |
| featured designer at Gemvara is Ji Hwang, a talented | | | | and yet boldly reflecting the technical elements of |
| jewelry artists, trained in New York at the prestigious | | | | modern geometric proportions. Jeet Palavwala's love |
| Parsons School of Design, who creates delicate silver | | | | for jewelry and precious gems is not surprising since |
| ruby earrings that are anything but ordinary. Her | | | | he is from Surat, India, one of the renowned places |
| influences are immediately evident, the graceful fluidity | | | | where diamonds are shaped and polished to |
| of the silver lines, inspired by nature's curves, teardrops, | | | | perfection. And it's not surprising that technology |
| flowers and vine-like trellises, imaginatively translated | | | | influenced his designs as well, since Jeet began |
| into clean crisp shapes that somewhat evoke the | | | | designing the machines that create the jewelry prior to |
| simplicity of a stroke of calligraphy with a subtle hint of | | | | crafting the precious items himself. |
| rich red splendor - a ruby gemstone. | | | | It was apparently a natural transition, evident in pieces |
| Ji Hwang Ruby Jewelry Price | | | | like the ruby hoop earrings with almost two carats of |
| Another remarkable aspect of the Ji Hwang jewelry | | | | rubies set in polished silver with a series of delicate |
| creations is the price. While many rather unoriginal | | | | prongs. Although $1,600 may sound like a high price to |
| creations that are mass-produced, and contain a | | | | pay for a pair of silver hoops, consider that they are |
| genuine gemstone, may cost $250 to over $500, the | | | | embellished with 1.89 carats of genuine ruby gems, and |
| uniquely crafted pieces offered by Huang are retailing | | | | crafted by designer hands. By the way, if you're |
| at just over $200, with the most intricate designs for | | | | looking for antique ruby rings, I suggest having a look at |
| $300 and $400. Why buy something unoriginal when | | | | the Jeet Palavwala ruby ring collection - not at all your |
| you can have a designer item for a similar price? | | | | average designs and not exactly new looking. While |
| Jeet Palavwala Silver Ruby Earrings and Antique Style | | | | they may not be technically antiques, they do have an |
| Rings | | | | air of antique, perhaps from an ancient Indian influence, |
| Also at Gemvara are other designer creations that | | | | that make his ring creations even better than the |
| utilize rubies as focal points or accents within silver | | | | earrings. He also designs in platinum for those who |
| settings. Nick Blum, Tony Rodrigues, as well as Studio | | | | would prefer to buy investment quality jewelry that |
| 228 and Carl Ansley, to name a few of the artist | | | | starts at around $2,500. |
| designers, are featured in the collections. There is also | | | | |