Bracelet by Sam Patania
I’m not sure if I would call this series Modernist, I don’t know what I would call it. I had many stones I bought from Jeff Graham, www.faceters.com , which I bought because I loved them. I had inspiration from the brilliant colors and cuts and wanted to frame them with different colors of gold. These pieces are certainly modern, plain and clean but I have no label for them other than just that, modern.
I made the bracelet out of 18K white gold for the central piece and 18K yellow gold for the sides. The white framed the stones Jeff cut and didn’t interfere with the bright colors. I wanted to bring the richness of yellow gold to compliment the gold tourmalines but, didn’t want it next to the stones. I made bezels for the stones and soldered them underneath the center element so they are underset. This left the top of the piece very clean.
Pendant by Sam Patania
In this pendant I combined several colors starting with the stones, amethyst and peridot. I put them against white 14K gold but bezeled them in 24 K gold to bring that color next to the stones. The yellow gold compliments the stone colors but I didn’t want the whole piece in yellow. The different colors of gold have such different feelings associated with them for me. Yellow is an old world look and white is modern in my mind. Combining them with the color of the stone gave this piece a classic look and hanging it on pearl adds to that idea. This could be worn on a chain of either white or yellow gold for a more everyday look. I photographed it on pearl to make it more formal, to show it can be dressed up or down. I can see this on the neck of a beautiful woman wearing jeans and a button down shirt substituting the pearls with a chain as well as the shawl and dress I had the model wearing in this shot.
Pendant by Sam Patania
This pendant was in all 18K yellow gold with the same colors I used for the pendant above. I really love amethyst and peridot together. This piece is shown on an 18K gold chain and I think it could easily go on pearls to dress it up.
These colors are so strong that I think wearing diamond earrings with them or a small peridot or amethyst earring would be perfect. Anything else would be too much. I see these pieces as a signature piece on a small scale. The color will attract the eye and the gold will give the feeling of substance.
These pieces are all sold. I have more wonderful stones to use so if you are interested in work like this please contact me directly, my contact info is on my ” About Patania” page.
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