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Alice Cicolini

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Inspired by the sacred architecture and patterns found along the Silk Road, spanning from Northern China to Turkey, Alice Cicolini incorporates the ancient shapes, rich colors, and traditional motifs into her jewelry collection. Her use of rare and nearly extinct techniques, like Kundan and Meenakari, employed by skilled artisans is a large part of her allure and success. Meenakari, for example, is an antiquated method of carving an intricate design into either gold or silver and then filling it with enamel. Alice Cicolini’s jewelry is truly a magical combination of artistry and craftsmanship at the highest level.

(top to bottom: Silver and Pink Quartz ring $1,900, 22ct Gold & Peridot Kimono ring $5,110, 24ct Gold Lemon-Quartz ring $1,770)

28 Comments

  1. veronica    February 1, 2012

    um.. dream engagement rings! especially the lemon quartz. i’m now obsessed.

  2. Material fixations    February 1, 2012

    These are amazingly cool, love the modern take on this traditionnal prints, the shapes of the rings, the colors and the superbe craftmanishp.

  3. Becca    February 1, 2012

    Oh my gosh! I’ve seen these about a year ago but she wasn’t selling in the US yet! Do you know if she is now? Thanks for sharing these.

  4. Annesanchorage    February 1, 2012

    Ahhhh.. I’ve done some jewelry design and making myself and I can only imagine how complicated she has made it for herself. These are awesome! I only wish I could afford it.. Or even do it myself.

  5. Sonal Goel    October 31, 2012

    These are beautiful, but the art forms are not nearly extinct. Its one of the most popular jewelry techniques in India. Still mainstream, still very much prevalent. To be exact, look up Jaipur and Udaipur jewelry INDIA> :D

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