Caratell: An Artful Tradition of Handcrafted Jewellery
Singapore is known in the whole world for its extremely successful breakthrough in the economy, international financial companies and fast moving forward. However, this success has bypassed the jewellery industry since Singapore has but few qualified specialists and the cost of jewellery manufacturing is too high. Nevertheless, you can find truly talented jewellers in this Asian country who stop at nothing in order to do the thing they are so passionate about – creating incredible jewellery.
A perfect example of such a jeweller is Michael Koh, who founded his jewellery brand Caratell in 2004. He creates exquisite and elaborate jewels that surpass many European designers and brands in their refined aesthetics. Michael has a special approach to the creation of each piece and works through every small detail of design idea until a beautiful piece of jewellery is born, worthy to become a family heirloom.
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Caratell Orchid necklace with tanzanite, pearls and diamonds
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Katerina Perez With more than 12 years’ experience in the jewellery sector, Katerina Perez’s expert knowledge spans everything from retail sales and management to content creation, including brand building, jewellery writing and styling. Born and raised in St Petersburg, Katerina’s favourite hobby as a child was playing with the treasures in her grandmother's jewellery box, inspiring a lifelong love of jewellery from a very early age. She spent five years in St Petersburg University of Culture and Arts studying not journalism but business studies and languages, and her writing skills have developed as her passion for her favourite subject – jewellery – has grown. This is why her writing comes straight from the heart rather than the pages of a book. Daughter of an entrepreneur mother, Katerina exchanged her retail management job for jewellery writing in 2013 and hasn’t looked back since.
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