Art Project: Jewelled Garden of Delights

November 18, 2021

2 min read

Photographer and Set Designer – Ksenia Usacheva @ksenia_visual_ // Jewelry Stylist – Katerina Perez

Lorenz Baumer Métamorphose brooch with emeralds, tsavorite garnets, sapphires, spinels, tanzanites, chrysoprases, tourmalines and diamonds in white gold

Vhernier Bruco caterpillar brooches in 18k white gold, white mother of pearl, rock crystal and diamonds and onyx, rock crystal and diamonds

Earth laughs in flowers. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Katerina Perez is surrounded by nature-inspired high jewellery including the Sillam Tulip brooch with emeralds, pink sapphires and diamonds and the Sillam dragonfly brooch, worn as a hair ornament

Chaumet Abeille brooch in white gold set with one aquamarine of 3.12 carats, pink tourmaline and brilliant-cut diamonds (right) and a second Abeille brooch in white gold set with one pear-shaped rhodolite garnet, multi-coloured gemstones and brilliant-cut diamonds

Lydia Courteille Phasme ring with carved jade of 36.7 carats, peridot, emeralds and tsavorites in 18k gold and the Butterfly brooch with rainbow chrysocolla, yellow beryl, garnet, sapphires, tsavorites and fire opal in 18k gold

The flower has no weekday self, dressed as it always is in Sunday clothes. Malcolm de Chazal

Katerina wears a selection of nature-inspired high jewels by Chaumet, Vhernier, Lorenz Baumer and Lydia Courteille

Lydia Courteille Nuevo Mundo cuff bracelet in the shape of two parrots surrounding a 196.40 carat aquamarine, plus sapphires, rubies, tsavorites and brown diamonds in 18k gold

Sillam dragonfly brooch set en tremblant with emeralds and diamonds in platinum

WORDS

Katerina Perez is a jewellery insider, journalist and brand consultant with more than 15 years’ experience in the jewellery sector. Paris-based, Katerina has worked as a freelance journalist and content editor since 2011, writing articles for international publications. To share her jewellery knowledge and expertise, Katerina founded this website and launched her @katerina_perez Instagram in 2013.

BRANDS:

Vhernier Sillam Lydia Courteille Lorenz Baumer

MADE WITH:

Tsavorite Tourmaline Tanzanite Spinel Sapphire Ruby Rock Crystal Onyx Mother of Pearl Emerald Diamonds Chrysoprase Aquamarine

JEWELLERY TYPE:

Cuff Brooch Bracelet

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