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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."
About
Palladium.
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', included in exhibition (Palladium version),
ROM
Toronto; Museum of Natural Science, Houston; Field Museum, Chicago, 2008-2010.
Included in the Architecture as Ornament exhibition,
June 2007.
'THROUGH THESE EYES, Toronto jeweller Niki Kavakonis on nature, architecture and
ready-to-wear sculpture.'
Canadian Diamonds, summer 2007. Read the text
here.
950 Palladium, 2.78ct uncut octahedral diamond
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