Recently, there is a stone that both our craftsmen and I have become obsessed with.
Everyone knows that stone.
It's turquoise. I was just thinking to myself that the first piece of jewelry I ever owned when I was young (really young) was a silver ring with a turquoise inlay.
Unlike ruby, sapphire, and jade, I've never really thought about the value of turquoise as a gemstone, and I've always thought that it's a beautiful color for ornaments.
But for some reason which is offered by our customer, I've recently become very interested in turquoise. I'm starting to get curious.
There is a saying that often appears on YouTube from people who are successful at business ``The way to instantly increase your luck is to make the area around your face shine brightly.'' From the perspective of foreigners, Japanese people's faces are too plain and dark. When I looked back on myself, I realized that this may indeed be the case. Sheen's Japanese customers often express a very modest concern: "Will I be able to wear this jewelry when I return to Japan?" I've never really cared about that, but in Japan people may be worried that wearing flashy jewelry on a daily basis will make them too stand out. Well, it seems like it would be better to "improve your luck" to dress gorgeously.
As with jade, although jade does not shine brightly, I think its presence is outstanding, so it is a gemstone that you would want to wear somewhere around your face, wrist, etc. to improve your luck.
And speaking of stones that don't sparkle but have a strong presence, I'm starting to think that the gorgeous color of turquoise is good for jewelry. Also, this year, gray metals like silver give a refreshing impression, so I would like to create a design that combines such metals with turquoise.
Turquoise is typically produced in Arizona and Iran, those turquoise can be found in shops that sell rough stones in Bangkok where is an area with a large concentration of stones.
However, when I was about to buy one, I found out that there are a lot of different products out there, with different quality and different treatments. We came to the conclusion that in order to make jewelry that we were satisfied with, we had no choice but to purchase rough stones from a trusted vendor and cut them ourselves.
So things started to get complicated again. When you try to create something good that satisfies our customer, nothing comes easy.
The other day, we received a call from a company near our workshop that specializes in trading rough stones, saying, ``We've got some good rough stones!'' So we purchased them and our specialists have started cutting and polishing them on an experimental basis. .
Our cutter said that cutting and polishing was extremely easy compared to jade, which was very nice. .
The sparkling pyrite that appears on stones from Iran is beautiful, so I intentionally made use of it to create a pendant.
This is a one-of-a-kind piece made in 14K.
The stone is quite large and weighs 26 carats. The white part are pearls.
Even if your clothes are plain, this pendant will brighten up your face and give you the feeling of improving your luck.
We created a prototype brooch in "robin's egg blue", which is said to be the ideal color for turquoise.
Just putting a stone on a prototype model creates a harmonious color that makes my heart happier, and I'm just thinking of selling it at the end of November because it's the birthstone of December. If you wear this on the collar of your coat, it will look very glamorous and I think it will give you this year's popular style. I have previously created like this design in yellow gold color by combining aquamarine and pearl, and I really like it and wear it often. I would definitely like to wear this design with turquoise from this fall.
I'm going back to Japan the week after next, and I want to wear this turquoise brooch on my jacket, but I'm worried about whether I'll be able to make it in time.
By the way, I'm returning to Japan this time for the Shop Channel live show on November 29th, and the bracelet I'll be selling at the show is my favorite jade marine chain bracelet, which I've been wearing alternately every other day with the "Sara Soju" bracelet which is almost a part of myself lately.
Today happens to be Sara Soju's bracelet day for me, so I don't wear the jade marine chain bracelet, but I wear it often because it wraps smoothly around my wrist like a watch and feel comfortable.
A jade cabochon is set, but when combined with the silver color, it doesn't have an oriental feel at all. The connection motif is based on the marine chain that connects anchors and ships when they are anchored. The toggle part can be adjusted to 3 levels, so it can be adjusted from small arms like mine to a maximum size that can be worn by male like T chef , so it can be even worn by the whole family.
This will go on sale in Japan at the end of November. The jade is untreated and everything is handmade, so it is a time-consuming process, so I don't think we can do it in large quantities, but if you are interested, please check out the shop channel from 7pm on the 29th for a special price for just one day only. So don't miss out on that day.
We are also planning to release a variety of works with sparkling jade that brighten your face.
Well then!
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