I always do diamonds, ... ... but I don't do large stones. I try to use non-traditional shapes. |
I just love nice things. And I sort of spontaneously put them together. |
I just love the design, and of course I love the materials. These things are dug out of the earth ... it's so incredible to me that these aren't man-made things. They're beautiful things. |
I like the sounds of the frogs at night and the sounds of the birds during the day. |
I like things that are not necessarily completely symmetrical ... but if there's a little asymmetry in something, it suddenly moves, your eye catches it, and I think it catches your attention more. |
I love the baroque pearls, which have a beautiful luster. |
I think of Bergdorf's as being something like pastel sapphires. |
I think to myself, 'What would I like to have if someone were to give me something?' And that's what I do. |
I work mainly in matte gold, |
I work mainly in matte gold. When it's shiny ... sometimes you lose the shape of the piece. |
My daughter is a very girly girl and this is the kind of thing she'd like to do anyways. Now I feel much more confident when I send her to a friend's house -- I don't have to worry whether she's going to behave or not. Reinforcing her manners from a third party really made an impact on her. |
That's my other life. If I wasn't a jewelry designer, I'd be a gardener. |
The main thing is that it's comfortable and beautiful, ... That's my starting point when I'm thinking, 'Will this work?' |
There's a weave there that was quite difficult to achieve. |
They're all faded from all the light we have in here, but I kind of like the color they faded to. |