formal jewelry

Peruvian designer Tiberio Gonzáles creates this beautiful ring. Crafted of hammered silver, it combines geometric forms to surround an oval of lapis lazuli. Gonzáles achieves a superb equilibrium and harmony with this piece.

.925 Sterling silver

Forming a circle like endless love, blue topaz stones reach toward each other in a sparkling gaze. Alok Jain presents them in sterling silver for an original and beautiful ring. The gems total 2 carats.

.925 Sterling silver

Sweet blue sodalite mingles with gleaming beads in a beautiful hand knotted bracelet. Adding a golden gleam, diminutive brass beads adorn the bracelet and silent bells form the clasp. The design is crafted by Tiraphan Hasub in Thailand to wrap around the wrist.

The nimble hands of the Wakami cooperative of Guatemala weave blue and sea green beads into a classic bracelet, bound by two cords of leather used to form the button clasp. The beads are made of glass and reconstituted turquoise and woven into a kind of checkerboard pattern, with colors and sparkles reminiscent of the ocean.

With inspiration from Mayan art and architecture, Cristobal Ramirez of Guatemala designs a marvelous wrap bracelet. A beautiful array of glass beads in colors of blue and turquoise are carefully strung by hand between two lengths of nylon cord that wrap the wrist, closing with a reconstituted turquoise button. Says the artisan, "Mayan architecture is a precious thing. Combining different forms and sizes, it is something precious to admire. It is incredible to think that our ancestors achieved magnificent works without imagining that today they would be the treasure of our country."