I am unable to neglect the 2023 AGTA Spectrum Awards!

You may marvel, darlings, why we’re speaking in regards to the 2023 AGTA Spectrum Awards in summer time of 2024? It’s an inexpensive query, and I promise I’ve a solution.

The American Gemstone Commerce Affiliation (AGTA) Spectrum Awards are a prestigious jewellery trade competitors that gathers submissions from the best lapidary artists, jewelers, and gem sellers within the nation. I’ve had the pleasure of masking it plenty of instances, as you possibly can see in my AGTA archive.

I meant to return straight dwelling from the 2023 AGTA Spectrum Awards preview and publish this weblog put up stuffed with pictures so that you can get pleasure from! However as an alternative I had a scary medical emergency and ended up within the Emergency Room. It was a bizarre one which required numerous comply with up appointments and testing. My Ehlers Danlos Syndrome signifies that this sort of factor sometimes occurs to me, and by chance the whole lot labored out simply positive.

There was one casualty, nevertheless: I missed my likelihood to point out you the treasures I noticed on the 2023 AGTA Spectrum Awards Editor’s preview!

I couldn’t bear so that you can miss seeing these beauties, so regardless that quiiiiiiiite a little bit of time has elapsed, I’m going to share you the treasures of the 2023 AGTA Spectrum Awards with you right here in the present day.

This Robin Callahan Designs necklace was considered one of my completely favorites of the day (and never simply because it goes so properly with my manicure).

It includes a staggering 64.45 ct Swiss blue topaz carved right into a windmill scene by lapidary artist Dalan Hargrave, set inside a 14K white gold body set with sapphires, diamonds, and London blue topaz.

Simply have a look at this tiny murals. When you put on this, you’ll have a petite masterpiece round your neck, little question about it.

There are a number of issues I loved about this rainbow pastel dream of a necklace.

First, this coloration combo is spectacular – so mild and dreamy and enjoyable! And secondly, this was entered within the Males’s Jewellery part of the competitors. I strongly consider that every one jewellery is gender pure, but it surely delighted me that this designer eschewed conference to categorize this beautiful candy-colored piece as Males’s.

Created by The Crown Assortment, this pastel rainbow necklace options colourful sapphires and garnets alongside glowing white, cognac, and champagne diamonds in gold.

The sort of tone-on-tone coloration scheme was one of many large developments I seen on the 2023 AGTA Spectrum awards – you might bear in mind it additionally appeared within the Robin Callahan Designs necklace we noticed above with London blue topaz set subsequent to deep blue sapphire.

I’m an enormous fan of this sort of coloration mixture, I discover it so contemporary and beautiful.

This Yael Designs piece is one other instance of how superbly darkish and light-weight blues can work collectively. On this design, known as Yael Designs’ Sentience Bangle, a 26.44 carat carved aquamarine has a 6.95 carat pear formed tanzanite truly set throughout the stone! How cool is that?

The daring double middle stone is complimented by the piece’s swirling mass of 18K white gold tendrils, accented with diamonds and moonstones.

The 2023 Spectrum Awards had been a spectacular yr for opals, particularly within the type of jaw-dropping rings! I really like how these opal rings are ostensibly related (giant oval opal surrounded by accent stones) however the specifics of every stone and design make all of them really feel so totally different. Heaps extra tone-on-tone magic right here to get pleasure from, with all of the greens and blues!

High left: by Pompos and includes a 6.63 carat black opal accented with diamonds and sapphires.

Backside left: by Omi Privé, and the winner of AGTA Spectrum 23 Finest in Present and 1st place! This black opal ring includes a 15.22 carat black opal with Paraiba tourmaline, tsavorite garnet, & diamonds.

High proper: by Nicole Mera, and includes a 2.15 carat Australian black opal with tsavorite garnets and diamonds. (This magnificence took dwelling an Honorable Point out!)

Backside proper: by Erica Courtney and includes a 2.07 carat opal surrounded by sapphires, garnets, and diamonds.

Everybody loves a rainbow, particularly when it’s a rainbow of gams – and this gemstone rainbow pendant from Suzy Landa is SO attractive. Take a look at the shapes, the colours! This factor felt prefer it was blasting everybody in a ten foot radius with constructive vitality.

This Suzy Landa pendant options 25.92 complete carats of gems, together with tourmaline, garnet, topaz, beryl, zircon, tanzanite, and amethyst, in addition to accent diamonds in 18K yellow gold.

After 12 years within the jewellery trade I can respect the period of time, effort, and dedication that it will need to have taken for Suzy Landa discover this full rainbow of complementary gems within the shapes, sizes, and cuts that she wanted to perform this feat – it’s severely spectacular.

This butterfly brooch is each dramatic and stylish, not a mix that’s simple to perform! I really like how mild it feels, regardless of its dimension – I feel that’s because of the delicate coloration of the lengthy tourmaline physique and all of the lacy unfavorable house of the 18K white gold wings.

Created by Brenda Smith Jewellery, this butterfly brooch includes a 37.33 carat tourmaline, a 5.30 carat aquamarine, and practically 10 carats of further gems: beryl, tourmaline, aquamarine, iolite, diamonds, and zircon! It will also be worn as a pendant, so it’s a double whammy.

I feel it seems nice with my gown, too!

One other coloration mixture I completely liked was this diamond ring by Elichai Effective Jewellery. This magnificence includes a 3.27 ct fancy yellow vivid diamond with tourmaline and diamonds, set in platinum, 18K, and 22K yellow gold.

Discover how the yellow diamond is about in yellow gold however the tourmalines are set in platinum? That design selection emphasizes the heat of the diamond and the iciness of the tourmaline.

This charming fellow is The Painted Bunting Hen, and objet d’artwork by Ziad Noshie of Almaza Jewelers. Isn’t he fantastic??

This beautiful jeweled hen is made out of sterling silver set with black diamonds (1.0 carats), cognac diamonds (15.15 carats), tsavorite garnets (6.50 carats), sapphires (43.53 carats), and tanzanites (18.25 carats) on a lapis lazuli base accented with carnelian.

And sure, I did pet his glowing gemstone feathers. I couldn’t resist.

These two tourmaline cocktail rings are two spectacular examples of what this gemstone can do. Tourmaline and diamond rings by Lisa Nik (left) and Robin Callahan Designs with Dalan Hargrave (Lapidary Artist).

The ring on the left is by Lisa Nik and includes a 23.79 carat watermelon tourmaline in yellow gold with diamonds.

The ring on the correct is by Robin Callahan Designs and stars a 21.24 carat fantasy minimize tricolor Congo tourmaline carved by Dalan Hargrave, accented with diamonds, tourmalines, and sapphires.

How about one other figural brooch of unimaginable scale? The 2023 AGTA Spectrum Awards had been an excellent yr for animal-themed designs and this dolphin was one of the charming.

This dolphin brooch is by Jimmy NG and includes a 99.96 carat opal (!!) in addition to diamonds, apatite, and moonstones.

Inexperienced gems have been trending for the previous couple of years and this meant that there have been some really spectacular emeralds on the 2023 AGTA Spectrum Awards. These two rings – two totally different takes on the two-stone toi et moi type – had been two of my favorites and each award winners!

The ring on the left is by Beatrix Laura Jessner of B & W Jewels. It took dwelling second place within the Night Put on class and includes a 2.69 carat no enhancement Colombian emerald with diamonds (3.39 carats).

The ring on the correct, entitled “Moi et Toi Perfection in Inexperienced & White” is by Jeffrey Bilgore, first place AGTA Spectrum 2023 winner within the Classical class. This stunner includes a 3.49 ct. unenhanced Colombian emerald and a 3.36 ct. diamond accented with Diamonds (0.43 carats).

I believed you may want slightly extra emerald? Or maybe much more! This one was huge.

This unimaginable platinum pendant by Pompos includes a 11.94 carat coronary heart formed emerald inside an emerald and diamond halo.

I really like the range that I all the time see on the AGTA Spectrum Awards. You get purple carpet worthy items, like the enormous emerald pennant above, and you then get extraordinary beauties like this ring by Sugar Plum Effective Jewellery, which is beautiful however nonetheless adequately subtle for on a regular basis put on.

I LOVE the colour mixture of gems on this piece. The middle stone is a rhodolite garnet and it’s accented by amethyst, tourmaline, sapphire, and extra garnets.

Whats up, attractive!

This stunner is the Twilight Romance bracelet by Paula Crevoshay. It options 142.26 carats of pink, blue, and purple sapphires. Isn’t it dreamy? It actually does really feel like a romantic twilight night, captured in pure coloration.

This necklace is an extremely fascinating, thoughtfully conceived piece of jewellery. Entitled “GARANATAS: From Tough to Minimize,” this weighty necklace by Mary van der Aa Effective Jewels is made out of platinum pods, every set with a garnet from a distinct origin.

I’m solely carrying the underside half of the necklace right here, however every of these hexagonal platinum pods consists of magnets to connect the highest half of the necklace, which turns the design into a totally totally different all-platinum necklace.

The COOLEST factor about this piece, although, is that the again of every platinum pod bears an engraving that identifies the mine and nation of origin for each garnet it options.

Not solely is that this necklace lovely, it’s mainly a wearable lesson about garnet. I wasn’t shocked to study that this treasure took three years for Mary van der Aa to complete it.

This child took dwelling a properly deserved AGTA Spectrum 2023 Award for Finest Use of Platinum and Colour. You may study extra about this outstanding piece right here, on the designer’s web site.

If this beautiful bracelet seems slightly bit acquainted, it may be as a result of it coordinates with a Jeffrey Bilgore profitable piece from the 2022 AGTA Spectrum Awards, the beautiful yellow diamond ring I featured right here.

I really like this piece’s fashionable Artwork Deco really feel, with its crisp geometry and daring moments of coloration distinction. This bracelet by Jeffrey Bilgore options fancy yellow diamonds, white diamonds, and tsavorite garnet with black ceramic particulars.

One among my favourite issues in regards to the Spectrum Awards is how I all the time see one thing I’ve by no means seen earlier than.

These uncommon and arresting earrings showcase fossilized wooden with chrysocolla accented with purple sapphires and pearls. They’re by Mark Loren Designs, and I’m completely fascinated by the way in which that these components take up house.

Take a look at this lovely weirdo!! This black jade and 14K gold pendant received Editor’s Alternative on the 2023 AGTA Spectrum Awards (a well-deserved honor). It’s a black jade and 14K yellow gold pendant with a 13.88 carat fantasy-cut pink tourmaline with opal inlay.

Isn’t it cool? Each ingredient of it’s so shocking, artistic, and superbly executed. I can’t recover from the opal polka dots so seamlessly inlaid into the curved floor of the jade.

There have been plenty of issues to like on the 2023 AGTA Spectrum Awards, however this ring was my favourite of all the occasion – the piece I most needed to take dwelling with me and put on in my precise life. The colour mixture is simply beautiful, and in addition one other excellent instance of the tone-on-tone development that we’ve seen a number of instances on this put up.

My ring crush right here is by Omi Privé and includes a 1.34 carat tourmaline alongside a 1.60 carat cobalt spinel, accented with tourmaline (0.22 carats), hauyne (0.13 carats), and diamonds (0.35 carats).

Thanks once more to AGTA for inviting me to the 2023 AGTA Spectrum Awards Editor’s preview. I had essentially the most fantastic time! And if you happen to like what you noticed right here, you need to take a look at my AGTA Archive to see treasures from different AGTA occasions I’ve attended.

AGTA generously took care of my journey bills for this journey, however my opinions stay my very own.

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