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HE HAS CELEBRITY
CLIENTS AND HE IS FOUND
IN THE FINEST JEWELRY
STORES THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD IN PLACES LIKE WOR
HONG KONG, DUBAI,
SINGAPORE, TOKYO AND
MATTHEW IT IS NICE TO
MEET YOU.
>>GUEST: IT IS NICE TO
MEET YOU TOO.
>>HOST: YOU HAVE SUCH A
DISTINCT STYLE, IT IS
VERY HARD TO BECOME
DEFINED WITH A CERTAIN
LOOK IN A CERTAIN STYLE
AND YOURS REALLY HAS A
PERSONALITY TO IT UNLIKE
ANYTHING I HAVE EVER
SEEN.
>>GUEST: I APPRECIATE
THAT AND I AM ALL ABOUT
COLOR SO I TRY TO SHOW
THAT.
>>HOST: SO YOU ARE FROM
KENTUCKY BUT YOU DO NOT
HAVE MUCH OF AN ACCIDENT.
>>GUEST:
>>HOST: MY PARENTS ARE
FROM CALIFORNIA BUT I FR
WAS RAISED IN KENTUCKY.
NOW YOU ARE IN THE HOT
BED OF SOME OF THE MAJOR
CITIES WHEN IT COMES TO
HIGH FASHION.
>>HOST: ONE MORE
QUESTION YOU WORK IN
BLACK RHODIUM AND WHY BL
DID YOU CHOOSE TO DO DID
THAT ?
>>GUEST: I FEEL THE
BLACK RHODIUM MAKES THE
STONE STAND OUT MORE AND
IT IS INTENSE AND MAKES
THEM GREAT LOOKING. AND
IT IS A SILVER BASE AND
THE BLACK RHODIUM MAKES
IT SO YOU DO NOT HAVE TO
POLISH IT.
>>HOST:
>>GUEST: IT IS SILVER >
SO IT IS FINISHED WITH
BLACK RHODIUM. ACTUALLY
BLACK RHODIUM IS MORE
EXPENSIVE THAN PLATINUM.
>>HOST: THE FIRST
COLLECTION WE ARE GOING
TO TALK ABOUT IS THIS
WHOLE IDEA OF FLOATING
GEMSTONES. WHERE DO YOU
GET YOUR IN PRORATION ?
IT ALL STARTS IN IT ALL
STERLING SILVER BUT THEN
YOU HAVE BLACK RHODIUM
EVEN ON THE BACK.
ELONGATE IT FLOATING
DROPS WITH SEVERAL
SCROLLS ON THERE AS WELL
YOU HAVE PINK IOLITE, YO
AND RED SAPPHIRES IN
THEIR AND THEN THE
EARRING AT THE TOTAL GEM
WEIGHT OF 7.17 CARAT.
WHAT IS YOUR INSPIRATION
BEHIND THESE DESIGNS ?
>>guest: THESE WERE
INSPIRED BY THE INSPIRED
CLASSICAL GARDEN JUICY C
IN THE CELL. AMERICA. IN
AND WHEN YOU WALK IN THE
COUNTRYSIDE ETC. IT IS A
VERY SOPHISTICATED KIND
OF MODERN TAKE ON THE
TWO.
>>host: I LOVE THAT YOU
HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN
ORNATE STYLE KIND OF YOU
AND TEACH YET NEW LOOK.
>>GUEST: I AM >>GUEST:
INCREDIBLY INFLUENCED BY
ART DECO AND IT COMES AR
OUT OF MY WORK.
>>HOST: THAT WAS THE
TIME OF EXPLORATION AND
A TIME OF STARTING TO A
SEE THAT BEAUTY ASIAN
EMPIRE THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD. SO YOU HAVE WORLD
THINGS BACK FROM THE
ORIENT AND THEY ARE
IMPORTANT IN THE CULTURE.
DIFFERENT AESTHETIC
MOVEMENTS AND THAT IS
WHAT I HAVE DRAWN
INSPIRATION FROM.
>>HOST: IF WE CAN GO
EXTREMELY CLOSE ON THE
CLOSE-UP SHOT YOU ALMOST
HAVE TO DISSECT YOUR
PIECES IN A WAY. YOU
START WITH THE TOP AND S
IT IS ALMOST LIKE A
DAISY. THEN YOU HAVE DAI
THAT STUNNING GEMSTONE T
IN THE CENTER. I LOVE IN
THE CONTRAST IN THE POP
OF COLOR AND YET IT HAS
THAT SEXY DEEP LACK
RHODIUM BACKGROUND THAT
SETS IT APART, IN FACT I
AM GOING TO POP SOME
COLORS BEHIND IT SO YOU
CAN SEE MORE OF THE
DETAIL.
>>GUEST: I SEE >>GUEST:
SOMETHING I LIKE AND SOM
THEN I SKETCH IT OUT AND
THEN I GO BACK AND FORTH
WITH MY ARTISTS AND WE
GET THE FINAL PIECE OVER.
ONLY ABOUT 6 TO 8
MONTHS.
>>HOST:
>> THERE IS THE SKETCH,
THAT IS GREAT. NOW LET T
US TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT YOUR GEMSTONE
SOURCING, HOW DO YOU
QUALIFY THE QUALITY OF
YOUR GEMSTONES ?
>>GUEST: WE ACTUALLY GO
ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR
THE STONES THESE COME
FROM AFRICA, MADAGASCAR
ARE, THERE ARE SOME
BRAZILIAN PIECES IN
THERE, WE SOURCE OUT THE
BEST ROUGH, THE BEST
COLORS AND THE BEST
CLARITY IS IN THE WORLD.
>>HOST: DO YOU WORK
STONE FIRST THEN DESIGN
OR DESIGN FIRST AND THEN
STONE ?
>>GUEST: DESIGN FIRST 156 00:05:19,000 AND THEN STONE.