Award-Winning Jewelry

2019 Hawaii Jewelers Association Design Competition: First place in the “Under $3,500” jewelry category

Secret Garden

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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