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Tip of the Iceberg ring.
A wonder of the Canadian landscape is showcased in
this design: a natural, uncut 2.02ct octahedral diamond from the Ekati
mine in the
Northwest Territories, set in 18k white gold.
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.
The cantilever, Wright wrote, could be turned into the most romantic and free of all structural principles. It was the essential expression of human tenure on earth, the "true earth-line of human life, indicative of freedom."
Launched at the 'Northern Lights Exhibition featuring Bjorn Weckstrom’,
Design Exchange, Toronto, summer 2005.
Northern Lights
catalogue entry.
Also available in Palladium
· 'The Nature of Diamonds', included in exhibition (Palladium version),
ROM
Toronto; Museum of Natural Science, Houston; Field Museum, Chicago, 2008-2010.
'THROUGH THESE EYES, Toronto jeweller Niki Kavakonis on nature, architecture and ready-to-wear sculpture.'
Canadian Diamonds
magazine, 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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