Rock Paradise.
Rock Paradise.
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At first, Rick Van Streain Low thought it was a spam email. Low, with Malu Byrne, is the cofounder of jewelry line En Studio. He says he was stunned but thrilled when Saks Fifth Avenue asked the pair to send over their creations. “It was very Dickensian,” Low explains. “Somebody saw our Instagram and showed it to someone else…we still don't know who!”
It's the kind of serendipity that young designers dream of. Low and Byrne, who work in an atelier in Catskill, New York, design things like necklaces that balance a rock crystal and a silver knot, and zebra stone earrings that close with the company’s trademark spear. “This is the largest order we have ever produced,” says Byrne. “We were overwhelmed and excited, but it was a nice challenge.”
Their jewelry is wearable and modern (but what contemporary jewelry does not claim that these days?) and features only conflict-free diamonds and fair-mined gold. The work is distinguished by distinct, sometimes borderline-whimsical touches: An artfully carved rock-quartz pinkie ring is enhanced with tiny starry diamonds. (Full disclosure: I own this. It is magical.)
For Saks, they have made special pieces, among them a diamond ear cuff, an ambitious piece that employs gold and Carrara marble, and an earring with hidden diamonds and Tahitian pearls.
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