{"id":2256,"date":"2016-04-27T06:37:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T06:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/?guid=ac1a299cd37a5d84e94fa804997c9b73"},"modified":"2016-04-27T06:40:02","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T06:40:02","slug":"designerspotlight-ornella-iannuzzi-another-industry-recognition-and-its-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/2016\/04\/27\/designerspotlight-ornella-iannuzzi-another-industry-recognition-and-its-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"#DesignerSpotlight – Ornella Iannuzzi – Another Industry Recognition….and it’s GOLD!"},"content":{"rendered":"

via Press Release following the 2016 Goldsmiths\u2019 Craft & Design Council Awards<\/i><\/span>
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Ornella Ianuzzi. a New Award, a New Online Retailer <\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
and the successful launch of her New \u201cKristalik\u201d Collection<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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Ornella Iannuzzi found her true calling after discovering the Art Nouveau jewels of Ren\u00e9 Lalique. At that moment, \u201cI discovered what jewelry could be \u2013 as a work of art and a form of body adornment,\u201d she says. Iannuzzi finds bottomless inspiration from nature and considers her practice an ongoing investigation of the subject, \u201cThere are three different environments, mountain, forest and sea. There\u2019s a lot to do.\u201d <\/span>

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Iannuzzi\u2019s favorite gemstone is the opal. \u201cI have a special thing for opals and discovered Ethiopian opals in 2009. Since that time, I\u2019ve included them in my collection.\u201d In keeping with her sculptural approach, Iannuzzi works directly in the wax rather than from sketch to mold. My jewelry is like little artworks to wear.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

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This blogger met Ornella at the 2015 Couture Show in Las Vegas where she was one of the Designers in Stephen Webster’s Rock Vault.  She was introducing her “Rock It” Collection a fun group of orbs of Ethiopian Opal <\/span>rolling<\/span> around in geodesic frames.  A talented and lovely artist — I expected amazing things and boy has she delivered!<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/i><\/p>\n


Earlier this year Ornella Iannuzzi won another Gold award at the Goldsmiths\u2019 Craft & Design Council Awards – commonly referred to as the \u201cJewellery Oscars\u201d – for her pendant called \u201cL\u2019exceptionnelle Tanzanite\u201d. <\/span>

<\/span>For a complete list (in .pdf form) of the Goldsmiths\u2019 Craft & Design Council Awards 2016 Honorees – CLICK HERE<\/a><\/span>

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Entirely handmade in 18k white gold with a 45 cts natural Tanzanite crystal and diamonds, this pendant is a new addition to her Fine Art Jewellery collection \u201cLes Exceptionnelles\u201d, with which Ornella shares her fascination for geology and mineralogy. <\/span>

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