Favorite violet earrings by JAR

www.skinnerinc.com, today 13 March 2012

My idea for a floral necklace

Tzeng Yong Ning, Chinese Contemporary Artist

Xing Danwen

Li Huayi

Ans Westra, Pleasure Garden

Cai Zhisong

Gao Yuan, 12 Moons

Amethyst necklaces: two originals for sale

I have these two original necklaces for sale.
The largest one is pale amethyst, 36cm long. I believe the setting is silver. Two of the stones have occlusions or are fractured inside (see stone #3 on the left from centre), but the stones themselves are whole. $500

The smaller necklace is a darker/brighter amethyst colour and is in a gold coloured setting. $250
Please let me know if you are interested.

Good night Hong Kong

How gorgeous are these 1960's rugs?

A beautiful necklace from 1stDibs, Rebecca Koven

http://jewelry.1stdibs.com/jewelry_search.php?stype=1&sm=HKS&i_keyword=rebecca

A Fascination for Snakes (and patterns in nature) continues

Marian Maguire, fantastic New Zealand printmaker

Beautiful Photo of Water Reflections by William Furniss

What I just bought in the sale at Swedish Hasbeens

Magnetic Clasps! I've been looking for one of these....

I love this magnetic clasp I found - its so easy to put on, with no fiddling about with tiny clasps. The only problem is that apparently you shouldn't wear magnets if you have a pacemaker, or hang out with someone who does. There always seems to be a downside to even the most perfect things these days.....!

I just bought this beautiful New Zealand oil painting

Sandor floral jewellery

My new passion: enamel flower jewelry from the 50's-70's. This one is on sale at www.rubylane.com!

OXFORD JEWEL

In case anyone is interested, on ebay there is a seller called "Oxfordjewel" who often has really nice vintage pieces, for very reasonable prices! Here is something that is on offer right now:

http://vi.ebaydesc.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemDescV4&sd=3&item=130648578909&bv=safari&t=1329423677000&vct=1&nv=2&js=-1&ssid=0&category=164946&ds=0&seller=oxfordjewel&caz.html#

A holiday in NZ, three weddings, two funerals

We have been away for a long time, hence the delays in posting on this blog. I hope a happy new year has been started by all! A lot has happenend while we've been away, but just to say I'm now back in HK and answering emails!

The full moon and then the moon shining on the water in NZ. Also, a hammerhead shark that our neighbours caught. So awful, gruesome, sad and Starwars like to look at.

OK, a slight cheat admitted. This was taken on an iphone through a telescope. It was still an enormous moon to the naked eye however!

A very soft launch...www.duchessajewels.com

In this soft launch testing phase, please email us if there are any problems! www.duchessajewels.com

Pohutukawa - The New Zealand Christmas Tree

A Great Mix

My neck

I thought this photo was quite Hitchcockian and mysterious! What is coming out of the door.....

Georgian / Victorian Coral: longstanding passion

Aquamarine Now In!

These iphoto snaps don't really do the necklaces justice! The aquamarine is really cool: gold for an elegant summery feel; gunmetal for subversive and edgy!

I am actually quite tempted by this

Oil on Velvet by Charles MacPhee, Forthcoming auction, International Art Centre, Auckland New Zealand 

I'm not just saying this but these earrings are really nice

Taken on my iPhone which has made it a bit grainy and green for some reason.

Count the similarities (there's only one!)

My Tiger Mother Childrens Scrap Book project

You don't need to tell me this is ridiculous, but I spent hours on this a few years ago and it hasn't seen the light of day since. So here it is...........a history of Chinese ceramics through the dynasties!
And the good news is that there is also a jewellery one!