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A brief history and meaning of the Celtic jewelry

Posted on the May 9th, 2012 under jewelry tips by Bell

What is the symbol for the Celt jewelry? People would love to think about the knot work for knotwork ring and other jewelry pieces. But do you know about the history and meaning of the knot symbol? If not, the paragraph below will give you a short history and meaning of the Celt symbol.

The Celtic jewelry was originated in the area that influence by the Celts culture; mainly in Ireland, Scotland and Wales. If you are really interested in the history of the Celts, you can go to the National Museum of Ireland to learn in details about the Celts community in the past. Their history can be dated back to 700Ad, not just only for the time that the symbol has been presented. They were the group of great people who had to move down and explored the land and left interesting pieces of work for people in this recent time.

The symbol itself is sophisticated with its beauty and simple in its look which can guarantee for the “in-trend” style of all time. The popular design for the Celtic jewelry is of course, the Celtic knot, which is an endless weave that express the idea of no ending, infinity and eternity. The knot can also indicate to spiritual meaning or the expression of enjoy between the two people which is the meaning for using this symbol as the wedding ring. The symbol is very old, and well known since the ancient time, back to the 8^th century. However, with all the meaning that can inspire people feeling, the symbol is always in used like a timeless piece of an art work. Today, the use of this symbol is more popular than ever according to its simple look with attractive meaning for people.

There are many styles of jewelry pieces design based on the Celtic knot. You can find the Celts knot in many jewelry pieces; rings, necklaces, bracelets and pendants. The price of each piece can also vary depend on the material and the design itself. With the high end jewelry design from big brand designer, you will definitely get the high price jewelry pieces. But if you look for the bargain one, you will able to find the piece that match to your request for sure. Keep looking and go for the one that right match to your character.

Organic jewelry – bone, wood, horn and ivory

Posted on the May 8th, 2012 under Wooden jewelry by Bell

The organic jewelry has definition as jewelry made of or derived from living organism. What are they? For this meaning, all jewelry products made by bone, wood, horn and ivory are able to put into this jewelry category without any question.

Bone – bone and horn are classified to the same group of jewelry type. Their general characters are semi-hard, porous and able to crave into different shapes depend on the jewelry maker. The weight for both material types are relatively lightweight which is best for jewelry making, but need to get more attention from the wearer. The color for both bone and horn can come in natural white to black. People do use bone as part of their decoration since the ancient time. Most of the bones jewelries were made from cow bones while for the horn, buffalo horn was more popular in use.

Wood – wood is another plant material that able to use for jewelry pieces. With its light weight, variety in color and hardness, wood can be use for variety of design for many jewelry styles. However, there are some cautions for wood jewelry lovers. Although it is consider as a relatively safe material, but the process for working on wood could still contain toxic substance that can direct contact to your skin. All chemical materials like dyes and other chemicals need to be check before put the piece in touch with your skin.

Ivory – or the elephant tusk for this meaning in the past. For now, elephant tusk is illegal for all over the world. But for ivory, now people do use this term for other animal tusks such as Walrus tusk or Mammoth and Mastodon. If you didn’t feel like using the ivory for your jewelry pieces, you can go with other options but for the person who is falling in love with ivory, the walrus tusk would be a perfect alternative choice for them.

The ivory character is light, durable but can be break if dropped or treated roughly. You need to be quite carful with your ivory jewelry, if you have a piece for yourself.

The other materials that consider as organic jewelry are corals and shells which you can also get the piece of coral or shells jewelry from the jewelry market. Just keep in mind that they are all fragile, as they are natural products, be careful every time you have to handle all these jewelry pieces.

2012 Jewelry trend – inspiration and style

Posted on the May 4th, 2012 under Fashion jewelry by Bell

What is the jewelry trend for this 2012 year? Although it’s now April, but you still need to keep yourself up to date with the fashion trend anyway.

Here are the top 5 jewelry pieces for this year trend that will definitely come in this year. This information is a prediction by the Gem Visions service forecasting. Let’s learn what is really in the trend for this year.

1. Studio – the studio trend is emphasis on neutral color palette and retro color combinations. The trend has focus in the use of pearls, metalwork and vintage design. According to the name, studio trend is named after studio pottery which falls under the heritage class and vintage style.

2. Fantasy – the fantasy trend is defined for jewelry in deep spectrum, intense colors that correspond with various gemstone shades. This trend is included the flora and fauna design as a inspiration of this fashion style.

3. Fiction – the fiction trend is rising from the popularity in used of the sci-fi jewelry by famous person like Lady Gaga. She has become the idol for this fashion style. The jewelry for this trend is a merging of skeletal structure and bones, myths and legends of extra-terrestrial (ET) design. The color for this style is normally in earth tone with orange, red as well as a night sky shades for the blue, black and grey.

4. Luminescence – the luminescence trend is defined for the creation of modernized, industrial jewelry with modern architecture and design. The feature of this trend will be involved with abstract and geometric shapes. The color for this trend is coming as strong, contrast and fluorescent shade with rainbow hues. The target group for this trend would be the youngsters who are more familiar with both color and design.

5. Nouvelle vague – the nouvelle vague trend is rise to preserves the timeless cinema and music jewelry design trend at the period of Film Noir and New Wave. The design is focus on the use of cubic zirconia at the centre and circle around with black and white items. This trend is perfect for the classic dress in the similar way as the use of diamond jewelry for formal event.

This trend are predicted to be inspired by vintage design, cinema, celebrities, nature and fictions which is now your choice to choose for the best one that suit you the most.

Tips of the vintage jewelry

Posted on the May 3rd, 2012 under Fashion jewelry by Bell

If you are in the fashion world, you should now look for the vintage jewelry either for yourself or as a gift for anyone your love. The vintage jewelry is the designed jewelry based on the Victorian era through the 1930s. There can be varied in both jewelry designs and also jewelry qualities which you need to consider by yourself before make your decision to go with it or not.

The vintage jewelry can look not quite new, as it can originate since the Victorian era. If you go with the old piece, don’t expect the complete jewelry pieces for yourself as it will be really difficult to find. However, sometime you can find the good looking jewelry pieces from this period of time in a very good condition. Just go for it as it will not easy to find a perfect piece of this jewelry design in recent time. Get them repair their way otherwise just leave it as it is. You can lower the value of these vintage pieces by sloppy soldering and haphazard stone replacement. Keep in mind that replacement on the jewelry setting should be done by the jewelry expert only, not just by anybody you know.

If you find a bargain price for low quality vintage jewelry, you might just go for it. Although, you may not be able to repair it back to its original quality, but you can fix it for the best look of the pieces. It will worth for both your time and your money on the pieces. Check for the sign of jewelry pieces before make your decision, check at a pronged setting, weight, smooth plating and also all the stone setting in the whole piece. There are many places you can ask for comment and help in repairing process. You just go with the piece and then, let the repair step to the expert. At the end, you will enjoy with your vintage jewelry pieces for sure.

With the vintage jewelry style, you do need to consider for your personality (if you buy the piece for yourself) and other person personality (if you are buying a piece for someone else). Consider for the piece that match to their personality and make it comfortable enough to wear. Check for the size, durability, color and overall style before make your decision.