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"An ambassador for Canada's natural miracles."
World One Journal, Germany, January 2007
Tip of the Iceberg ring. A wonder of
the Canadian landscape is showcased in this
design: a natural, uncut 2.78ct octahedral diamond from the Ekati
mine in the
Northwest Territories, set in 950 Palladium.
Octahedron diamond crystals are the most desirable shape nature
creates. The
diamond has been selected for its size, colour, shape and natural
triangular surface
facets, called "trigons". The setting itself is innovative:
no claws have been used to
hold the diamond in place, preserving the illusion that it is
floating along a very
still surface.
The cantilevered part has been inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright's
marvel of modern
architecture, Fallingwater. Wright felt the cantilever
could be the most romantic
and free of all structural expressions. To him, it was the essential
expression
of human tenure on earth, the "true earth-line of human life,
indicative of freedom."
950 Palladium, 2.78ct uncut octahedral diamond.
About
Palladium.
'The Nature of Diamonds' at the Royal Ontario Museum, Notable.tv, March 2009.
wmv,
quicktime,
flash
500 Gemstone Jewels. Lark Books, New York, 2010. p. 315.
'The Nature of Diamonds', The Field Museum, Chicago, October 2009.
'ice, ice baby', Brilliant magazine (Houston), May/June 2009.
Houston Press, May 2009.
The Curated Object, May 2009.
‘Diamonds: Not Just Another Pretty Facet!’, Houston Museum of Natural Science, May 2009.
‘Learn more about the exhibition’, Houston Museum of Natural Science, May 2009.
Chicago Field Museum, April 2009.
NEXOS, American Airlines, Abril - Mayo 2009.
Houston Museum of Natural Science, ‘The Nature of Diamonds’ press, March 2009
Art Jewelry, March 2009.
‘Pure Icing’, Solitaire, Asia Pacific edition (Singapore), February - March 2009.
'Diamond Rush',
Jewellery Business, February 2009.
'An illuminating exhibit', Canadian Mining magazine, vol. 3 No. 8, p. 18.
'Ice was not so nice', National Post, weekend edition, December 19-20 2008, Style, WP8.
'Diamonds are forever.' The Varsity, November 2008
Canadian Tourism Commission, November 20 2008.
In
Elle Canada
, November 2008, p. 80.
International Art Treasures Web Magazine, October 2008.
'Favouring Diamonds in the rough'.
Toronto Star
, August 7 2008, L3. Read the text
here
.
'The Nature of Diamonds', Palladium edition included in exhibition,
Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto; Museum of Natural Science, Houston; Field Museum, Chicago,
2008-2010.
Included in the Architecture as Ornament exhibition,
Toronto, June 2007; Oulu, Finland, August 2008.
'THROUGH THESE EYES, Toronto jeweller Niki Kavakonis on nature, architecture and
ready-to-wear sculpture.'
Canadian Diamonds, summer 2007. Read the text
here.
As seen in
Jewellery Business
, 'Putting the wow into that little 'gold' band', February 2007.
As published in
World One Journal
(German), 'news & trends USA/Canada', January 2007.
As in
GZ Art+Design, 'Spots', November 2006.
As seen in
Wish magazine, 'Northern Lights', March 2006 .
As seen in
Modern Jeweler, 'Fashion Forward: Roughing It', February 2006.
Reproduced in Jewellery
Business magazine, October 2005
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