Aroha Silhouettes

Tania Hennessy, aka Aroha Silhouettes, introduced us to her debut collection of jewelry - called Phantasmal, it's made up of twelve design illusions that become 3-D silhouettes when worn. Each necklace is laser cut from reclaimed 12" vinyl records, making each piece one-of-a-kind due to the unique nature of the vinyl records. I'm a big fan of the stack of books!

Kate Szabone

Kate Szabone makes some gorgeous jewelry. I especially like the pieces using rough diamonds.

Via For Me For You.

Feral Childe

Angelina wrote to me about her shop, Beklina. Full of household goodies as well as great fashion and jewelry designers, Belkina obviously likes products that shy away from the mainstream. My favorite discovery were these brooches by Feral Childe. Bold and over-the-top, yes, but that's what's so nice about them!

August + Pemberton

Simon Grew, aka August + Pemberton, emailed me about his gorgeous Mokume Gane jewelry line. Mokume Gane is the marriage of two or more metals forged into an inseparable unity. I love the way the metals merge into woodgrain-like textures.

Hafsteinn Juliusson

Very unique 'Growing Jewelry' by Hafsteinn Juliusson. He uses real Icelandic moss, which needs to be cared for (watered and trimmed) by the wearer.

Via Designboom.

stone&honey

smallthings announced the launch of their amazing new line of jewelry, stone&honey. Each piece is one of a kind and combines Brazilian agate with a delicate geometric design.

Stephanie Simek

Stephanie Simek emailed me about her gorgeous jewelry last week - I could have sworn I had posted about it before, but a search through the blog reveals that it somehow slipped through the cracks! Stephanie is a Portland based artist who combines found objects into her jewelry. I love LOVE the Gold-lined Quail Egg Necklace, which is made from Japanese Quail eggs that have been lined on the interior with gold leaf, and coated in plastic on the exterior for strength. New to her collection is the Illuminated Sea Cookie Pin which back-lights a sea cookie with an LED.

Dapple Grey

I came across Dapple Grey's (aka Renee Glastonbury) jewelry collection One Trick Pony today. I love the clever integration of the chain into the design. All pieces are made out of powder coated metal and are available for purchase here. Her website doesn't seem to be all that up to date, but it's worth checking out as her older lines are very cool, too!

Lorena Barrezueta - Listen Lady

Lorena Barrezueta just launched a new porcelain line of jewelry - Listen Lady. Similar to her dinnerware line, Listen Lady takes iconic accessories and memorializes them in the more precious material of porcelain.

Via Design*Sponge.

Maison Martin Margiela

More jewelry! This time from Maison Martin Margiela - clever cocktail inspired jewelry. I love the tab necklace. They are all beautiful pieces in their own kitschy sort of way. Now, if only he would redesign his website!

Via Crave.

Kirsten Bak

Such pretty jewelry from Kirsten Bak. I also admire that Kirsten's jewelry is made of "fair trade metal" from ecological mining. Unfortunately, the bulk of the fair trade text is in Danish, but I'll take her word for it!

Thanks, Randa!

Ponoko 10-Day Design Challenge

Hey peeps - My Cellular necklace is a finalist in Ponoko's 10-Day Design Challenge. If it pleases you, please follow this link and vote for my design - I would really appreciate it! Thank you!

Lingua Nigra

Check out these gorgeous earrings from Lingua Nigra. I love how they look like they are paper thin, and that you can see the curling of the metal that occurred in fabrication.

Via Clothes Pin.

Anne Morgan Digital Safe-Keep

Anne Morgan sent over images a while back of her amazing jewelry line "Digital Safe-Keeps" - jewelry with integrated USB drives. She likens them to modern day lockets that allow the user to keep their dearest memories, photographs, songs and videos on them at all times. A very personal story motivated the jewelry line:

"The only thing I want to leave to my children is the memory of my first-born child. Lucia was born on September 6th, 2003, and died 8 days later. All the photographs we possess, and the songs written for her by her Dad, are on the USB memory stick, that is contained inside the ring. Our lives have moved on with another daughter born 15 months on. It is difficult to bring Lucia’s name into everyday life. This ring allows her life to be marked and celebrated. She will not be forgotten from one generation to the next."

Tom Ferrero

Tom Ferrero is an old friend and jewelry designer/metalsmith. The set of New Zeland Journal Rings captures objects and narratives within the jewelry. Each piece contains the record of an item and its found location, but only through story-telling is the narrative of the individual piece and the collection revealed.

La Pisette

Spotted this lovely ring over at MocoLoco. This is the first from La Pisette's Form Collection. It's inspired by faceted, rough gemstones and is available in sterling silver or 14k gold. I wish the bezel weren't as visible, but I love the shape of the ring...

Hanna Hedman

How amazing is Hanna Hedman's jewelry? It's ethereal. I wonder what it's made out of?

Pilo Pilo Mini Cushion Ring

I saw the pilo pilo mini cushion ring by Downstairs Studio over at Design*Sponge. It's a clever idea for a ring - I could use one at work sometimes!

Rebecca Walker Stern

Pretty jewelry by Rebecca Walker Stern of Bullfrog Studios, influenced by natural and topographic forms.

Leslie Shershow

Leslie Shershow is a Boston-based jewelry designer. She spent a summer in Alaska and created a jewelry series in response to her time spent there, noting that "In a place coined by man as "the last frontier," Alaska faces the threat of human exploitation. I illustrate this exploitation with issues such as hunting, tourism, mining, drilling, climbing, controlling nature, developing, etc. I am not, however, deeply rooted in my views on preserving nature, in light of the dire economic situation that Alaskans face. Rather than illustrating this conquering with disgust, I choose to display a more vague and humorous approach to these issues. For many reasons I am contradictory to these subjects, for I was only a summer visitor."

A few of the pieces are available for purchase on Etsy.

Via Cool Hunting.

Brevity website launch

Hi all! Hope you had a good weekend...I finally finished the website for Brevity, my line of jewelry, and launched it late last night. It features all of the original acrylic pieces, as well as brand new stainless steel versions. I hope you'll check it out and let me know what you think!

Bryan Bowie

Gorgeous jewelry from Bryan Bowie's Nostalgie Spring/Summer 2008 collection. I love the rough metal and the antique imagery. Bryan also makes very cool t-shirts.

Via Daily Poetics.

Pigeon Ring Necklaces by Chinny Chin Chin

The Pigeon Ring Necklaces by Chinny Chin Chin catalog pigeon racers and contain a collectible piece of sports memorabilia. The anthropomorphic quality of the pigeon portraits combined with the pigeon's likes/dislikes makes the flying rats look almost like-able.

Sarah Van Gameren

I've seen Sarah Van Gameren's work quite a bit over the past few months without knowing that it was hers. I finally came across her Family Tree necklace on Pan-Dan and had to check her website out, which is when I made the connection between Sarah and all these other great projects I've been admiring around the web. Her Family Tree project seeks to represent the lineage of a young client named Runa, and draws its inspiration from 'name-jewel' necklaces.

Some of the other projects I've been admiring: Burn Burn Burn, where Sarah has created a type of paint that can be burned to create a permanent mark on a surface, and the Big Dipper - wax chandeliers that will create an ephemeral, changing light fixture.

PS. Thanks to Desire to Inspire and MSNBC's Clicked for the blog mentions - and hi to all of you who are coming from there!

Claesson Koivisto Rune's Eve Bracelets

My dear Betty sent me a link to Dezeen's post on Claesson Koivisto Rune's extruded aluminum Eve bracelets, designed for Collection Pascale. The bracelets are made by rotating a raw aluminum extrusion and simultaneously slicing it at varying angles to create a series of unique bracelets. This uniqueness is a nice contradiction with the nature of the mass-production that typically occurs with this process.

Dresser Johnson

While the Arrow Ring by Dresser Johnson is very cool, it's the photo set of the ring out in the world that I really love. Check out Steph Goralnick's flickr set here.

Via the Carrotbox.

Ideas and Sponsors...

So! New month, new ideas column...Sorry for the shameful delay in leaving up the valentine's chocolates - it's sort of like leaving your Christmas decorations up until June, huh? Anyway, springtime = shoe time, so if you know of any shoes that would fit our Ideas column, send them on over to us!



We are also very happy to welcome Nervous System and Artstream as sponsors this month. I've posted about Nervous System's gorgeous jewelry before and am a huge fan.



As for Artstream, they are a fantastic gallery up in Rochester, New Hampshire (we were lucky enough to have an exhibit there in Nov-Dec of last year). Artstream has a great show called Stories and Tales going on right now, exhibiting the work of Abby Glassenberg, Darryl Berger, Alena Hennessy, and Tara Hogan.

Chet Domanski

Some more recycled jewelry for you - by Chet Domanski, the Energy Bracelet is made from eroded (and therefore decommissioned) production tubing from Alberta's natural gas and oil pipelines. Each bracelet comes with coordinates that locate the original pipe location.

Available from the Souvenir Shop.

Via Iain Claridge via Mocoloco.

2ReVert

2ReVert takes old skateboards and recycles them into jewelry. Skateboards are made up of 7-layer maple plywood, with some plys being natural and others colored, which makes for some beautiful material to work with! Above are a few of the designs I liked - you can check out more here.

Via Creativadoration.

Gesine Hackenberg

Gesine Hackenberg creates conceptual jewelry from vintage ceramics. Each piece is constructed from punched out pieces of the tableware. I don't know if she's selling them or if they are more for arts purposes, but it would be awesome if the altered plate and the piece of jewelry could be bought as a pair.

Via Bloesem.

PS. Blogger's been acting up and not publishing our posts. Sorry for the delay!

Tivi

Hey, peeps. Sorry for no posts yesterday. We were swamped...But look at what I've got for you today! Not particularly affordable - but very attractive - accessories from Tivi. I especially love their handbags which are constructed from plywood with a leather interior and hand-screened.

Via Creativadoration.

Katharina Ludwig

More artist than artisan, Katharina Ludwig conceptualizes jewelry by incorporating ice into her work. I love the idea that each piece is ephemeral and unique, evolving slowly over time, with the ability to be reborn in yet another form.

Via Mocoloco.

Rust Belt

Sean and I didn't think we were going to be able to make it to the Gift Fair this weekend, but ended up being able to make a quick stop at the Metropolitan Pavilion portion of the show. While there, we stumbled upon Rust Belt, a jewelry line made from re-purposed materials by designers Anna Bario and Page Neal. Their Alluvial collection was inspired by a series of hand-drawn maps documenting the 1944 Geological Investigation of the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Each pieces is made from salvaged chains sourced from around the country. My favorite part of the work is their packaging.

Cognitive Creations

I don't know why, but I am a sucker for gears and mechanical pieces - I love going to the Met and seeing all of the old pocket watches (especially the ones with the guts exposed). Anyway, Etsy seller Cognitive Creations uses mechanical pieces in her work and I like it!

Via Haute*Nature.

Brevity

I meant to post this a while ago - images of a new necklace I am selling over at SupermarketHQ, called Cellular. The necklace is made out of black acrylic and hangs on a sterling silver chain.

Aesa Jewelry

Very pretty jewelry from Aesa. I love the organic shapes and the mixed metal.

Lima 7192

Gorgeous boro glass rings from Lima 7192. I love the organic shapes and the translucency of the rings. They're also somewhat affordable, ranging in price from $80 - $100.

Via Carrotbox.

Nervous System

If you're looking for a last minute gift to give your lovely lady - Nervous System makes some amazing jewelry. Inspired by complex patterns generated by computation and nature, their work is a mix between organic and technical that is all beautiful. Nervous System is a collaboration between Jessica Eve Rosenkrantz and Jesse Louis-Rosenberg, who met in 2004 at MIT where Jessica was studying Architecture and Biology and Jesse was studying Mathematics and Computer Science. I love how they have merged their diverse backgrounds to create these beautiful products.

Eskimeit Jewelry

These necklaces by Eskimeit are made from Ubamegashi coal, a luxury (!) coal in Japan used to fuel grills particularly for cooking eel in high end restaurants. Ubamegashi coal is apparently very hard - comparable to stainless steel - and when cut, the edges appear metal-like. I love the organic shapes and the darkness of the coal. Each necklace has a magnetized clasp that has been embedded into the coal.

Notcot Gift Guide

Sean and I put together today's gift guide over at Notcot. It's filled with (mostly) affordable picks from our favorite designers. We hope you will check it out, along with the rest of the gift guide that Jean has worked so hard to put together...

Left to right: Decanter N°2 by Etienne Meneau, Full Contact Spice Grinder by Mint, and Bubble necklace by Brevity (yes, me!).

Happy holidays!

2007 Gift Guide

Keep an eye on our Ideas column to the right, as we update it with holiday gift ideas over the next few weeks. This week we are focusing on gifts for her, next week will be gifts for him.

Above: Fauna Goldfish Necklace by paraphernalia and Knit Coasters by Alyssa Ettinger.

Studio 22

I love these concrete rings by Studio 22. Having a background in architecture makes me fond of building materials in general, especially when used for non-architectural purposes. Studio 22's concrete rings were sold as part of designboom's mart during Tokyo Designer's Week this year. They will soon be sold online exclusively at designboom's shop.

I can't mention concrete jewelry without talking about Konzuk - check out their gorgeous work, too!

Via We Made This.

Pomellato

People! I had the hardest time picking pieces from Pomellato's collection to highlight. They have so many great pieces - I love the over sized stones and the unusual cuts. Their work tends towards two directions - ornate and simple. I much prefer the simpler pieces. A friend of mine has one of the Nudo rings (bottom right) and I have been obsessed with it for years. I haven't been into the new york city store yet and there aren't prices on the website, so the jewelry could be scarily expensive (my bet), but it sure is pretty to look at! My birthday is coming up so maybe Sean and I will have to wander into the store to check things out...

Poppytalk Handmade

We are very excited to be a part of Poppytalk Handmade this month (we are selling the christmas cards for the Shama Foundation there, as well as some of my jewelry). I was browsing through the jewelry section this morning and really love the acrylic pieces above by Paraphernalia. My other favorite is Nina Dinoff (shown below). Check out Poppytalk Handmade for lots of other holiday goodies!

Patrice Lehocky

This isn't typically my style (I like smaller pendants), but there is something very appealing about these necklaces by Patrice Lehocky. Each is made from recycled goods. The necklace on the left is made from a reclaimed piece of green, textured glass, and the necklace on the right is made from dish shards. Beautiful work!

Anne Maa

We've posted about Anne Maa's work before, but she sent us an email about her newly launched collection, and it's gorgeous! The pieces center mainly around rough stones and geodes (mmmm, I love!) and roughly shaped silver.

Lisa Levine

I came across Lisa Levine on the Shiny Squirrel (congrats to Jessica, by the way, for the launch of the Shiny Squirrel boutique. We have some work in the shop that I will post shortly, once we have some good product shots.). Using signature feathers and long flowing chain, Lisa's collections are beautiful!

Irina Blok

Irina Blok sent me an email about her super cute jewelry line, I Love Blocks. Irina is originally a graphic designer, and it shows in her work - very clean, clever images. My favorite is the cat and mouse bracelet (who is chasing who?). Irina uses Shrinky Dinks sealed with acrylic paint to create each piece.

Reddish

You've probably seen Reddish make the rounds on the blogging circuit over the past few weeks, but their work is really great so I wanted to highlight some of my favorites here. I love this blurb from their website: Reddish "spends most of the time helping objects feel better about themselves".

Above: the X-Table and Grenadine. The jewelry from the Grenadine line are cast from pieces of polystyrene. Each piece is unique.

ECAL - University of Art and Design Lausanne

I came across ECAL (the University of Art and Design Lausanne) when searching around for fly swatters for our ideas column. I was especially impressed by the Industrial Design department, who have a great collection of work up online. Here are a few selections from the Souvenirs of America collection (cynical students! but what design student isn't, I guess?):

Clockwise from left: Fabien Cappello, LaChanh Nguyen, Gaële Girault and Valerian Gagnaire

Marianne Anderson

Marianne Anderson works within a restrained palette of oxidized silver, 18ct gold, red garnets and white pearls. I love the way she has reinterpreted ornamentation in a modern context. Delicate and gorgeous.

Glint Jewellery

Jewelry designer Kate Wood dropped us a line about her company Glint Jewellery. I love her clustered pieces - they are so organic and delicate.

Heather Guidero

I love Heather Guidero's Lunar line of jewelry. I am curious as to what stone or metal treatment she's done to the ring on the left - it looks so cool!

Apollon Rings by Lucie

Anna and I recently purchased our wedding bands from Niwaka, and we're so excited to have them soon. While we were at the offices, they told us that their new 5th ave store will also carry rings by Lucie, their sister brand. I love the simple statement of all their rings. Each one is clean and elegant, not like the gaudy American and European jewelers. The Apollon rings reinterpret the circular profile by introducing the pointed corners to give the ring a stronger presence. And I love the addition of the inset blue diamond on the side surface of the ring.

Andrew Grima - Royal Jeweller

The 'Gondola' (left) and 'Cerini' (right) watches, designed by Andrew Grima, are each 30+ years old. In spite of their age, they are years ahead of today, and will continue to be so. Be sure to check out some of the other watches featured in the Ideas column on the right and the archive.

Niina Mahlberg

Gorgeous glass jewelry from Niina Mahlberg. Each intricate piece is handmade in her Helsinki, Finland studio. I want one of those rings.

Malin Lundmark

Here is a way for you to personalize your furniture. You can decorate your pendant lamp with your favorite necklace, or you can hang your necklace on a shelf that reinterprets "intarsia", an Italian building tradition where a decorative pattern is inlaid into a surface. Malin Lundmark's website doesn't seem to be working, so I unfortunately can't find much information on her. I'd love to know more about Malin's work, so if anyone has any leads, let me know!

Greetje van Helmond

Greetje van Helmond is a student at the Royal College of Art, where, for the RCA summer show, she exhibited a line of jewelry called Unsustainable. The pieces in Unsustainable are made from sugar crystals that are "grown" in a solution right onto the cord.

Greetje's interest is in taking banal, everyday products and turning them into beautiful, seemingly valuable objects.

From the artist:

In present day life we can say that we consume a lot. Durable materials are often used for the production of goods that are typically replaced or thrown away quickly. Contrary to this I use everyday, basic materials to create products that appear valuable and sustainable. Because of the materials I use, the products won’t last long, but long enough to stay "new".

Via Dezeen.

Kid Viskous

Acrylic jewelry from Kid Viskous. I especially like the skeleton key pendant - it looks like pixel art.

Prismera

I love Prismera's Flora & Folium Collection - the botanical silhouettes are cut from recycled stainless steel.

Brevity

I am sitting in the NY Supreme Court, waiting out the jury selection process. They didn't call one person in yesterday and it's looking like today might be the same. But at least there is internet, so I can entertain myself!

I want to announce the launch of Brevity, my line of jewelry. I debuted it at Renegade Craft Fair and was very happy with the response. I hope you will get a chance to check it out!

Happy Friday!

Floyd

How's this for multi-tasking - a cup that doubles as a ring while in use. By Floyd.

Via MocoLoco.

Something's Hiding in Here

Something's Hiding in Here had one of my favorite booths at Renegade. It was very well thought out with nice details (little wooden price cubes, for one). Their products are just as nice - love the wooden rings and the little muslin bags.

Erica Weiner

Erica Weiner's jewelry is full of unusual charms - snake vertebrae, handcuffs, cicadas, grasshoppers...Fun pairings for the more adventurous.

Freestyle Exhibition

Simone from the QUT Art Museum emailed us about their latest exhibition, Freestyle. Curated by Brian Parkes, Freestyle exhibits the work of forty of Australia's best contemporary designers spanning across the fields of furniture, lighting, textiles, homewares, fashion, jewelry and accessories. The exhibit has been travelling around Australia since October of 2006 and is currently at the QUT Art Museum from May 31 to July 22. The exhibit will be heading overseas at the end of the year.

From left to right:
Cero chairs by Brian Steendyk, jewelry by Dinosaur Designs and furniture by Alexander Lotersztain.

Small Things

Teresa of Small Things emailed us a while back about her new line of jewelry, Bits and Pieces. I like the simplicity and the iconic imagery. Each design is available as a bracelet, ring or necklace.

BKLYN DESIGNS - Gabriel De La Vega

There weren't many jewelry designers that I was super excited about at BKLYN DESIGNS (there weren't many exhibiting to begin with), but I love these gorgeous pieces from Gabriel De La Vega. The textures and layers are fantastic, and the color combinations she makes with her stones (in pieces not pictured here) can be really stunning.

Rosanne Pugliese

Happy Friday! I came across Rosanne Pugliese on Athena Says a while back. Rosanne sites the floral world as her inspiration. I like that the imperfections of each stone are celebrated and juxtaposed with fine gold work.

Frank Tjepkema - Heartbreak pendant

Came across this "Heartbreak" pendant by Frank Tjepkema a while back on Pan-Dan. The heart is made out of porcelain, and the hammer is made out of titanium. The appeal of the pendant is that if it cracks over time (as it is meant to), it will continue to hold together because of a rubber coating inside the heart, turning the pendant into a broken heart.

Frank is also the creator of the Signature Vase, which we posted about a few months ago. Love his work!

Yasuko Azuma

I think Yasuko Azuma's jewelry is gorgeous! I love the (peridot?) orb necklace and the delicate charms paired with tiny gemstones. The way she details her clasps is a nice touch, too.

PowerHaus

Beautiful, Gothic-inspired jewelry from PowerHaus. PowerHaus is run by Montreal-based artists Melissa Matos and Lenny Pier Ramos.

Toby Cotterill

I love these pieces of jewelry by Toby Cotterill. The "layered" metals are beautiful. The unusual settings on Toby's other are pieces are inspired by insects. You can check out more of Toby's work here.

Via Carrotbox.

Armelle Jewelry

Caroline emailed us a while ago about her jewelry line, Armelle Jewelry. My favorite pieces are the ones above. I love the dainty stones paired with the disk, and the collection of rough stones turned into a pendant.

Branch Jewelry

Michele Scholnick of Branch Jewelry makes some pretty jewelry! The same shapes tend to permeate her collection, but there are many lovely pieces.

Elizabeth Scott

Hello! Pretty jewelry from Elizabeth Scott. I like all of the organic shapes.

Edouard Larmaraud

I like this ring. I might have had to kill Sean if I was given this as my engagement ring, but I think it's very clever. Designed by Edouard Larmaraud and called the Trompe L'Oeil Ring, it comes with a tiny diamond and a crystal magnifying glass.

I also like this lamp by Edouard. When it's off, it folds up and sits neatly on your desk, and when you open and reposition it, the lamp lights up. Nice!

Bing Bang

I love the jewelry at Bing Bang. Hotness.

Konzuk

I have always really admired Karen Konzuk's jewelry. Her work appeals to the architect in me - I especially love the pieces that use concrete and stainless steel. There is something subversive about the use of concrete in jewelry - I always think of concrete as a building material. I love that she takes this commonplace material and uses it in tiny amounts to create delicate pieces of jewelry.

Jib and Genoa

I first saw Jib and Genoa on Design*Sponge. I love the shapes of the pieces and the natural inspiration...

Joy O Designs

I love the work of Joy O Designs...It's just so simple and beautiful!

J.L. Ricci

I love raw stones. J.L. Ricci has a nice, simple line of rings that use raw stones. She is interested in the healing power of gems, which isn't really my cup of tea, but I think her work is beautiful!

Rebecka Froberg

I love the organic nature of Rebecka Fröberg's jewelry. So beautiful and delicate!

Fiery Lion Designs

While browsing Etsy, I came across these pendants by Fiery Lion Designs. I love how the shapes of the pendants are irregular, and that the sterling silver is cut to reveal the glass behind. Each piece of jewelry is hand-made and is one of a kind.

Biojewellery

This is just beyond wierd...I don't fully understand how this works, but essentially Biojewellery is a company that works with select couples to "grow" rings from their donated bone cells (apprently removed wisdom teeth work best). Being that the website describes it better than I ever could:

"Their cells will be prepared and seeded onto a bioactive scaffold. This pioneering material encourages the cells to divide and grow rapidly in a laboratory environment, so that the scaffold disappears and is replaced by living bone tissue."

The couple ends up with a ring that is made from the other partner's tissue. A little too creepy for me, but it's a very interesting project, and the sample ring is very appealing. The image to the right is the bioactive scaffold.

Corina Rietveld

I love these rings from Corina Rietveld. They are an unconventional take on traditional methods of making, and they're beautiful, too!

Ronni Kappos Jewelry

These simple necklaces by Ronni Kappos match a tranquil palette with soothing shapes of vintage German glass beads from the 1920's and 30's.

Available at Greener Grass Design

Linea Nervenkitt

Linea Nervenkitt has some gorgeous jewelry lines. I love the layering of chain and the clustering of stones in some of the pieces. Jane's story is great as well - she was a PhD student at Harvard studying neuroscience, and used her graduate stipend to fund her interest in jewelry. Not that I would know, but "Nervenkitt" is an old German term for a particular type of brain cell. Indeed.

Karen Walker

While Karen Walker's jewelry is all very nice, the images of the jewelry really steal the show. If you know who the photographer is, let me know!

UPDATE: The photographer is Derek Henderson and the stylist is Katie Lockhart. Thanks, Allebelle!

Via ~>O<~.

Anne Maa

Love these jewelry pieces from Anne Maa. A lot of people are doing the wire wrapped rings these days, but I really like these because they enclose the stones nicely. Plus, I'm a sucker for a rough cut stone.

Jade Gedeon: We Dream in Color

There are lots of lovely jewelry finds on Karen's blog Clothes-Pin. One is Australian based designer Jade Gedeon, who produces gorgeous jewelry under the name We Dream in Color. I love her floral copper and brass pieces the most.

Abigail Percy

I love this hand carved Sweet Horse Chestnut Necklace by Scottish designer Abigail Percy. So pretty...

Emily Rae

I love these pins from Portland designer Emily Rae. Each pin is laser cut from 1/8" birch veneer plywood and hand painted with acrylic. Each piece is between 2" - 2.5".

Available from Little Paper Planes.

Cero Designs

More pretty bracelets! These are made of various wood veneers and are lined on the interior with sterling silver. Designed by Tadd Sackville-West of Cero Designs, the bracelets come in two widths: the 1.25" Maru and the 2" Kyasha.

Yabettasupadont

I don't have a name other than yabettasupadont for this jewelry designer but check out these cuffs! I don't normally wear bracelets, but I like these a lot. I love the recycled fabrics. Very nice.

K. Talis

Gorgeous jewelry from Katie Covington of K. Talis. Katie pairs vintage finds (keys, glass buttons, shoe buckles, enamel flowers) with fine metal work.

Via Oh Joy!

April Star Davis

Lovely jewelry from April Star Davis.

Monika Strasser

Monika Strasser makes beautiful jewelry from antique silverware. These rings are gorgeous!

Sigrid Widmoser

Beautiful jewelry from Sigrid Widmoser. I love the rough quality of both the metal and the stones that she uses. The organic rings are pretty nice, too.

Via Hoping for Happy Accidents.

Gift Guide - Jewelry: Phuze

The Bling glass ring from Phuze. The Bling ring is handmade from crystal, so each one is one of a kind. $95.

Gift Guide - Jewelry: MOCA

A friend in college always wore ring watches (hi alisa!). I like this ring watch from MOCA. Not too bad at $22, either.