The designer's extraordinarily intricate pieces finally have a permanent place to call home.
Cindy Chao at The Art of Jewel Gallery
Chao, whose company name is Cindy Chao The Art Jewel, is the daughter of a sculptor who taught her the techniques and skills used in sculpting, which strongly shaped her style as a jewelry designer. Her work is also influenced by her grandfather, an architect who designed temples across Taiwan. Her designs are inspired by nature and rendered in incredible detail – with undulating petals, furled leaves and budding flowers – and typically set with thousands of gemstones.
Chao’s annual Black Label Masterpiece collection consists of one-of-a-kind pieces that are each named, numbered, and dated. Some of the current collection will be exhibited at the new gallery, including the Caribbean Summer brooch and the Spring Cardamom brooch. Both are typical of Chao’s style, with flowing, undulating lines and gemstones by the thousands.The Caribbean Summer brooch is the star of the show. Designed to resemble the Musa leaves native to the Caribbean, it is set with a 3.
The Spring Cardamom brooch, also made of titanium, is sculpted in the shape of a budding pod, anchored by an 81.11-carat, oval-shaped Colombian emerald cabochon. It is surrounded by 5,356 gemstones, including diamonds, brown diamonds, color-change garnet, demantoid garnet, tsavorite, green sapphires and alexandrite, for a total weight of 235.07 carats. The pod leaves are articulated, allowing them to move slightly with the motion of the wearer.
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