

Secret Garden
Hawaii Jewelers Association
2020
JEWELRY COMPETITION II (JEWELRY OVER $3,500) CATEGORY
• 2nd Place Winner
This beautiful emerald and diamond pendant evokes nature with its floral flourishes. The five emeralds, 1.62 carat total weight, are delicately arranged like flowers attached to swirling stems and leaves of 14 karat white gold, set with diamonds, 0.77 carat total weight.

Lotus
Hawaii Jewelers Association
2019
JEWELRY COMPETITION I (JEWELRY UNDER $3,500) CATEGORY
• First Place
Shimmering like the morning’s dew on a lotus flower, micro pave diamonds around and behind highlight an exquisite peridot gem. All masterfully crafted in 14 karat white and yellow gold.

My Hawaii
Hawaii Jewelers Association
2017
HAWAII THEMED JEWELRY CATEGORY
• First Place Winner
Diamond Head and a landscape of coconut trees and ocean waves are rendered in 14-karat tri-color gold accented with diamonds.

La Grandeur
Hawaii Jewelers Association
2017
JEWELRY COMPETITION II (JEWELRY OVER $3,500) CATEGORY
• 2nd Place Winner
This necklace is highlighted by seven red Pacific coral gems in hinged pieces of diamond ribbons in 18-karat white and yellow gold.

Iridescent Dream
Hawaii Jewelers Association
2016
JEWELRY COMPETITION I (JEWELRY UNDER $3,500) CATEGORY
• First Place
• Designer of the Year
At the heart of this elegant brooch is a lustrous opal. Cascading ribbons of 14 karat white gold and brilliant diamonds capture the opal’s iridescent beauty.

Treasured Waters
Hawaii Jewelers Association
2015
HAWAII THEMED JEWELRY CATEGORY
• 2nd Place Winner
Inspired by Kauai’s Na Pali Coast with its majestic cliffs and cascading waterfalls, this pendant features precious natural shape red coral from the depths of the ocean. Wave formations in 14 karat white gold shimmering with diamonds evoke Hawaii’s natural waters glittering in the sun – a Hawaiian waterfall or a lapping ocean at the beach. This graceful water motif is repeated on the back of the pendant with an open raindrop pattern crafted of 14 karat white gold.

Royal Bliss
Hawaii Jewelers Association
2015
JEWELRY COMPETITION II (JEWELRY OVER $3,500) CATEGORY
• 2nd Place Winner
At the heart of this fanciful pendant is a stunning 10.48 carat cushion cut tanzanite. At each side, 14 karat yellow gold flourishes set with diamonds beautifully framing the center tanzanite. At the pendant’s base is a 14 karat white gold lotus design offset and complemented by a 14 karat white cold crown at the top of the pendant – both set with brilliant diamonds.

Bai Bao Dai
Hawaii Jewelers Association
2014
AWARD
• People’s Choice
“Bai Bao Dai” meaning Fortune Bag in Chinese is important in the Chinese culture. These fortune bags represent luck, good fortune, and prosperity. This design, named after the popular Chinese tradition, was created by first selecting a naturally shaped red coral piece and decorated using 14 karat white and yellow gold and diamonds.

Lua Pele
Hawaii Jewelers Association
2014
JEWELRY COMPETITION I (JEWELRY UNDER $3,500) CATEGORY
• Second Place
Formed deep within fiery volcanoes, peridot is commonly referred to as Hawaii’s volcanic gemstone. This design, which means volcano in Hawaiian, was handcrafted in 14 karat white and yellow gold and encircled with diamonds in a micro pave setting to reveal the gemstone’s vivid green-gold color.

Tropical Paradise
Hawaii Jewelers Association Competition
2012
AWARD
• Designer of the Year
Inspired by the beauty of the Hawaiian Islands, this design features a stunning red coral pendant handcrafted in 18 karat tricolored gold and diamonds. This piece can be worn in two different ways, displaying the red coral centerpiece encircled in diamonds, or reversed to showcase Hawaii’s most iconic attraction, Diamond Head.

Hidden Beauty
Hawaii Jewelers Association Competition
2012
AWARD
• People’s Choice
“Hidden Beauty” refers to this pendant’s unique turning mechanism which allows multiple ways to wear this exquisite pendant. This design is handcrafted in 18 karat white gold and accented with diamonds to elegantly showcase the Tahitian Pearl centerpiece

Celestial
April 1997
Hawaii Jewelers Association Competition
COLOR GEMS CATEGORY
• First Place
• Popular Award
“The tanzanite is bezel-set in the inner edge of this circular pendant. A row of diamonds are pave-set on the raised barrel tube, which partially covers the top of the pendant. Assorted color diamonds are flash-set in the inner plate. This 18-karat piece can also be worn as a brooch.”

Polynesian Lunar
October 1996
Hawaii Jewelers Association Competition
PEARL CATEGORY
• Second Place
• Popular Award
“18-karat neckpiece with silverfish and black Tahitian pearls set on opposite ends, followed by a string of diamonds.”

Needles of Naiads
October 1996
Hawaii Jewelers Association Competition
DIAMOND CATEGORY
• Second Place
• Popular Award
“18-karat gold earrings accented with a pair of bezel-set diamonds with a thread of yellow gold spiraling around the white gold needles, set with blue diamonds.”

Tropical Memories
October 1994
Hawaii Jewelers Association Competition
PEARL CATEGORY
• Second Place
• Popular Award
“Golden cascades of plumeria blossoms in 14-karat gold, showered with a rainbow of pearls and sparkling dewy drops of diamonds.”

Nebula
April 1994
Hawaii Jewelers Association Competition
COLOR GEM CATEGORY
• Second Place
“Interchangeable ring-pendant-brooch combination, crafted in 14-karat gold and enhanced by a 2.26-carat sapphire and pave-set diamonds.”

Abyss
April 1994
Hawaii Jewelers Association Competition
COLOR GEM CATEGORY
• First Place
• Popular Award
“Arouses the mystic of a bottomless gulf with bezel-set diamonds embedded in a unique quadrilateral black onyx, shadowing an array of pave-set diamonds. To be worn as a brooch or pendant.”
March 1989
Dazzling Scarf
• Diamond Category
• Second Place
Mystic Orbit
• Pearl Category
• First Place