{"id":26,"date":"2008-04-26T09:46:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-26T14:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fortheloveofjewels.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/2008\/04\/26\/david-heston-designs-bold-and-masculine\/"},"modified":"2008-04-26T09:46:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-26T14:46:00","slug":"david-heston-designs-bold-and-masculine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/fortheloveofjewels\/2008\/04\/26\/david-heston-designs-bold-and-masculine\/","title":{"rendered":"David Heston Designs: Bold and Masculine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_ExLR4o6iRZo\/SBNJkXG9FJI\/AAAAAAAAA8w\/xDTjxdXpo-0\/s1600-h\/HestonHeadShot.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_ExLR4o6iRZo\/SBNJkXG9FJI\/AAAAAAAAA8w\/xDTjxdXpo-0\/s200\/HestonHeadShot.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> David Heston<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_ExLR4o6iRZo\/SBNJbXG9FII\/AAAAAAAAA8o\/QekNnGaT7JE\/s1600-h\/Hestonbracelet.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_ExLR4o6iRZo\/SBNJbXG9FII\/AAAAAAAAA8o\/QekNnGaT7JE\/s200\/Hestonbracelet.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_ExLR4o6iRZo\/SBNJRnG9FGI\/AAAAAAAAA8Y\/CSSsCmg4wjs\/s1600-h\/Hestonrectanglebracelet.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_ExLR4o6iRZo\/SBNJRnG9FGI\/AAAAAAAAA8Y\/CSSsCmg4wjs\/s200\/Hestonrectanglebracelet.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_ExLR4o6iRZo\/SBNJRnG9FHI\/AAAAAAAAA8g\/nfyX4AzWUV4\/s1600-h\/Hestonringscufflinks.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_ExLR4o6iRZo\/SBNJRnG9FHI\/AAAAAAAAA8g\/nfyX4AzWUV4\/s200\/Hestonringscufflinks.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">During my trip to NYC a few months ago, I stopped by the Chelsea jewelry boutique, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvvs.com\/\">DVVS<\/a> where co-owner, James Corry showed me several talented jewelry designers including the work of <a href=\"http:\/\/hestondesigns.com\/index.html\">David Heston<\/a> that they had recently started carrying. I like David&#8217;s work because it is bold and striking. One of his most unusual line uses black diamonds combined with black rubber cord that is particularly sophisticated, strong and masculine.<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><em>My style is best described as contemporary with bold clean lines. Sophisticated with an edge. I approach my work like an architect in respect to forms and space. Paying attention to negative and positive spatial relationships. I continually incorporate new mediums into my work. I actually used rubber cord in my designs over a decade ago.<\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">Like so many other jewelry designers, David comes from a fine arts background, originally trained as a sculpture. In transitioning to jewelry design, he also earned a graduate gemology degree from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gia.edu\/3954\/gia_home_page.cfm\">Gemological Institute of America (GIA)<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><em>GIA provided me a solid understanding of gemology, how gems are formed and cut. I am able to grade diamonds and identify colored stones. I garnered a solid knowledge of the industry from GIA. I decided to pursue jewelry design because its a more lucrative medium. And I felt it was much easier to travel and show jewelry as opposed to large scale sculpture.<\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">In his 18 years in business, David seems to have been particularly successfully marketing his work which has resulted in numerous celebrity clients including Eddie Murphy, John Lithgow, Janet Jackson, Diana Ross, Rene Russo, Cedric the Entertainer and Ken Griffey Jr. <\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><em>I have had success meeting and marketing my designs to celebrities and stylists through a number of my retail outlets. My work is fashion-forward and this garners attention.<\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">And his advice to fledgling designers?<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><em>Find and develop your true style and stick with it. Be true to your original style.<\/em><\/div>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\"> <\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">Aside from DVVS, David&#8217;s work can be found at Neiman Marcus, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bernierobbins.com\/\">Bernie Robbins<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldfarbjeweler.com\/\">Alvin Goldfarb <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.topeo.com\/\">Topeo Gallery<\/a> among others. <\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">Thanks for stopping by!<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">Sally<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">A blog showcasing accomplished jewelry designers.<br \/>\nFor artisan jewelry go to:  www.naked-jewelry.com<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Heston During my trip to NYC a few months ago, I stopped by the Chelsea jewelry boutique, DVVS where co-owner, James Corry showed me several talented jewelry designers including the work of David Heston that they had recently started carrying. I like David&#8217;s work because it is bold and striking. One of his most [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,23,25,42,44,92,145],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/fortheloveofjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/fortheloveofjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/fortheloveofjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/fortheloveofjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/fortheloveofjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/fortheloveofjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/fortheloveofjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/fortheloveofjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/fortheloveofjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}