The latest edition arrived this morning, it’s always nice to see what the high-end jewellers are up to and for this I head to the “Tendencias” section or “Trends”. This issue has five main areas: Joyas Ultra-Light/Ultra Light Jewels, Oro Mate/Matt Gold, Esmaltes/Enamels, Joyas para niños/Jewellery for Children and Links.

Joyas Ultra-Light/Ultra Light Jewels

Pieces of extraordinary design and beauty, using high technology. Characterised by curves and lightness like this necklace by Nanis

or this pendant by Vendorafa:

Of course the creation of light jewellery is nothing new, and it certainly doesn’t require new technology; filigree is an technique of combining filaments of metal that has been practiced for thousands of years.

Oro Mate/Matt Gold

Gold is back, but with a new matt finish. I liked the Celtic crosses in these pieces by H.Stern.

Esmaltes/Enamels

Hmmm I’m never all that sure about enamels, at best the shiny bright colours look like icing on a cake, and at worst gaudy! However I quite like these rings by Nouvelle bague.

Joyas para niños/Jewellery for Children

Hmmm again. I grew up in Scotland and jewellery for us was exclusively a grown-up’s domain for many years. We didn’t have much exposure to other cultures and I remember how shocked my sister and I were the first time we saw an Asian baby with pierced ears! Times have changed for some however, with designers now including children in their target audience. Take a look at these tiny shoe necklaces by Aaron Basha:

Links

I didn’t like the big chunky links of recent season, but these new ones using different textures and shapes are easier to live with. I like this one using hammered gold and blue gemstones by Comete: