Mercurius Jewellery: artisanal gemstone alchemy

I’ve been a fan of Mercurius Jewellery’s work for a very long time, however I had by no means met the individuals behind the model or seen their jewellery in particular person till not too long ago. Now that I’ve held these beauties in my fingers, I really like them much more!

Mercurius Jewellery makes a speciality of exquisitely hand crafted jewels that showcase the fantastic thing about the earth. Their designs are as satisfying to the touch as they’re lovely to behold.

Mercurius Jewellery’s creations are, in their very own phrases, “designs are pushed at the start by distinctive supplies that showcase the abundance, mesmerizing patterns, and gorgeous variation of the pure world.

Mercurius is timeless jewellery that invokes a way of magic, so you may transfer by means of the world feeling actually related to air, fireplace, water, earth – and spirit.”

There’s a love story on the coronary heart of Mercurius: husband-and-wife group Alisa and Dave Thorp based Mercurius in 2007, across the similar time that they determined to spend their lives collectively. They’re additionally pleasant and type people who Mr. DitL and I completely loved chatting with throughout quiet moments of NY Now.

I’m just a little obsessive about Mercurius Jewellery’s Intarsia Hoops.

Are you able to blame me? Take a look at these elegant swoops of gold completely fitted with exactly formed interlocking slabs of turquoise. Discover that there are not any prongs securing these gems: it’s the cosy match of the easily completed, gently curved stones holding themselves in place inside that gold setting.

This can be a deceptively easy jewel. If it hasn’t clicked for you but, I need you to take a seat down and picture beginning out with some lumps of turquoise and notice the planning, effort, and ability required to completely form each bit in order that the top result’s this seamless. It boggles the thoughts.

A member of each The Group for Moral Jewellery and the California Inexperienced Enterprise Community, Mercurius Jewellery’s web site doesn’t simply prominently proclaim their dedication to being a accountable jewellery enterprise, it explains in particular element exactly how they honor that dedication:

• By solely utilizing treasured metals which might be Third Occasion Licensed Recycled, Fairmined or recycled in-house
• By solely utilizing recycled, property or lab-grown diamonds or newly mined stones traceable to particular nations with a better commonplace of oversight and regulation than the Kimberly Course of
• By solely property gems or gems bought from sellers dedicated to moral and sustainable mining and manufacturing (extra information right here)
• By prominently proclaiming their dedication to anti-racism
• By publicly supporting marriage equality and the LGBTQ+ neighborhood
• By frequently supporting and spotlighting charities on their Group Care web page

The beautiful talisman necklace above options champagne Mahenge garnet and dumortierite in Fairmined gold.

These are Mercurius Jewellery’s Shadow Stacker rings in 18K Fairmined gold. I’m sporting one lapis set and one turquoise set, however I preferred how they seemed blended collectively.

I need you to look intently at these delicate, ample curves of gold and see how the pillow form of the lapis and turquoise cabochons completely aligns with the settings. It takes a lot ability to make one thing this tough look so easy.

Are you able to guess what these earrings are product of?? I couldn’t, as a result of they characteristic a uncommon mineral I had by no means even heard of. The faceted gems on prime are beautiful peridot, however the polished drops on the backside with the mesmerizing swirls of darkness throughout lush inexperienced are made up of Maw Sit Sit.

So beautiful and so attention-grabbing. I do have a selected weak spot for inexperienced gems, if that wasn’t already apparent, and I feel these are terribly cool.

These are Mercurius Jewellery’s Cloak rings. Each contains a strong band of carved hardstone lined in 18K Fairmined gold and bezel set with a faceted gemstone.

I gave you a peek of those beauties on the prime, however they deserved a re-evaluation. I’m not going to make use of the phrase “deceptively easy” once more however it’s no simple feat to create these excellent rings of polished stone and match the gold components into them like they’ve.

These items really feel so highly effective to me in a timeless means: they take the ageless fantastic thing about our dwelling Earth and make it wearable.

Right here’s one other of a type of beautiful gemstone talisman necklaces. This one options lapis, diamonds, and a zircon and is an homage to the Greek Goddess Iris, which you’ll see most clearly from the imagery on the again.

I completely love the juxtaposition of that peachy pink zircon with the wealthy blue of the lapis.

And if that weren’t sufficient, this piece is a transformer: the lapis factor of the pendant is detachable, so the zircon in gold may be worn alone for a subtler look.

These items demonstrates a aspect of Mercurius Jewellery that I haven’t emphasised as a lot right here: their ability for mechanical engineering and their extraordinary engraving.

The bracelet on the left options two massive black tourmaline spheres, every of which may roll in place in its setting. While you press on the fitting sphere, its setting pops open to disclose a hidden clasp. As if that weren’t sufficient, each hyperlink of that lovely handmade chain contains a tiny black tourmaline sphere caged inside. These little spheres are not connected to something. They’re every free they usually tremble and roll forwards and backwards inside their particular person hyperlinks. It’s extraordinarily cool.

The fantastic thing about the rings on the fitting is self-explanatory.

Sure it’s my fave, the Intarsia hoops once more! I wanted to you to see how beautiful they’re in malachite, with the stone’s pure texture serving as an innate design. Mercurius additionally not too long ago launched an Intarsia necklace of comparable design, which is simply as cool as you’d think about.

An enormous thanks to Alisa and Dave of Mercurius Jewellery for letting me play with all your jewellery! Discover extra from Mercurius on the model’s web site right here and Instagram right here.

See extra from the rising jewellery artists of Curated at Luxurious Life-style right here and in my NY Now archive.

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