Emily P. WheelerLos AngelesMs. Wheeler, 37, said she believed that there’s something about wood, in particular, that made for special jewelry. It’s so dense and dark,” she said in a video interview from her home in Los Angeles. For her Belle earrings and cuff set, ($119,000 for the earrings and $116,000 for the cuff), Ms. Wheeler paired the dark wood with diamonds, white enamel and light pink morganite. “These have petrified wood on the outside,” she said, referring to the Painted Desert earrings. ($50,000) “This particular piece I found in Tucson, and it was just so colorful and beautiful.”

Source: International New York Times July 04, 2022 12:09 UTC