Andrew Grima, whose jewelry adorned royalty and celebrities, has died, relatives said Saturday. He was 86.
Grima died Wednesday at a hospital in the Swiss mountain resort of Gstaad after contracting pneumonia following a fall earlier this month, his family said.
Born to a Maltese father and an Italian mother in Rome in 1921, Grima came to [...]
There’s a reason diamonds are a last-minute holiday shopper’s best friend, area jewelers say.
The No. 1 holiday choice: diamond earrings.
But there are other jewelry options that may be worth keeping in mind. Among the gemstones that have stolen some of the diamond’s limelight in recent years: tourmaline, which, when finished and mounted, is brilliant red [...]
Jewelry is our current way to decorate ourselves. In ancient times, jewelry was mainly used to represent the status of the wearer, and ultimately, when that person was buried, all the jewels were buried along. The oldest piece of jewelry ever to be found dates back one hundred thousand years ago. The materials used for [...]
Dhyan Sherri exhibits her ancient-inspired treasures at Karats Dec. 21-23
In a jewelry market flooded with mass-produced trinkets from Asia, Dhyan Sherri stands out like a faithful lighthouse.
The artist from Maui does not send drawings of her jewelry designs overseas so natives can manufacture them for cheap. Nor does she create molds of her designs for [...]
Most holiday shoppers aren’t thinking of the investment value of what they are buying.
But William P. from the Boston area figures that as long as he’s shopping for jewelry for his wife — she’ll celebrate her 30th birthday on Christmas Eve, a week before the couple’s fifth wedding anniversary — he might as well keep [...]
No country can claim a jewelry tradition more robustly entrenched than India’s. On the Bollywood red carpet, and at any respectable Indian wedding, it is commonplace to see women staggering beneath lavish burdens of gold -22-karat bangles stacked along their arms, bell-like jhumka ear ornaments weighing down their lobes, chokers strung with gem-set triangles dangling [...]
The Dubai International Jewellery Week, the new format of the country’s largest such exhibition, opened Tuesday. Some 300 exhibitors are showcasing their goods to a crowd consisting of wholesalers, retailers and many consumers.
The show’s new format combines three shows that had run separately in the past: the luxury show Areeq Dubai, the retail show Jewellery [...]
The sale of Burmese gems has become the target of a growing boycott following the violent crackdown of pro-democracy protesters in Burma in September. While Burma’s ruling military government holds another gem auction, the market for those precious stones is getting smaller. As VOA’s Kane Farabaugh reports from New York, more and more jewelry retailers [...]
If this Christmas you plan on buying an engagement ring or a piece of jewelry for the first time, there are a few things you should know before stepping up to a glass-enclosed counter, experts say.
Terri Hurley, owner of Bo’s Jewelry and Pawn Shop in Sikeston, said she’s been showing lots of wedding sets and [...]
1. Cut up those layered gold chains.The trend is moving toward ’statement’ jewelry…that’s one standout necklace. Maybe it’s a dramatic medallion. Or a rich textured chain. Or a thick choker that screams for attention. If you have a long layered necklace, you can clip off some of the chains to turn it into a solitary [...]
