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Gemstone Spotlight: Unhada
While Jocelyn Prestia’s journey into gemstones started as a way to learn about them in order to sell antique jewelry, her belief that she could tell their story through jewelry brought her into the design realm.
These 18-karat gold Acrobat earrings, featuring lapis accented with fancy sapphires, diamonds, iolite, and amethysts, are inspired by Chinese acrobats ($4,300).
While Jocelyn Prestia’s journey into gemstones started as a way to learn about them in order to sell antique jewelry, her belief that she could tell their story through jewelry brought her into the design realm.
Prestia, the winner of the 2015 Mort Abelson New Designer of the Year Award, started Unhada while she was living in Bangkok. She creates mostly one-of-a-kind pieces, setting unique stones that she has found on her travels in 18-karat gold.
“I would discover a gem and just envision the world it came from,” Prestia said. “I try to mix up different times and places to create a unique aesthetic while usually focusing on a trifecta of inspirations--my life in Asia, antique jewelry, and fairy tales and fantasy."
Among her collections are the “Dynasty” line, inspired by the Chinese dynasty period; the “Fringe” collection, inspired by the late Victorian period but with a modern-day take; and the “Diadem” collection, blending the old world European tiaras with the architecture and decors of Thailand’s monasteries and temples.
Click through the slideshow to see 10 Unhada pieces. All prices listed are retail.
These 18-karat gold Acrobat earrings, featuring lapis accented with fancy sapphires, diamonds, iolite, and amethysts, are inspired by Chinese acrobats ($4,300).
The Sumac Dynasty necklace features sugilite and fancy sapphires in 18-karat gold ($4,400).
The Double Happiness ring, with a lavender blue sapphire, a flush-set diamond and a chain detail, set in 18-karat gold ($1,275)
Noctiluca Fringe necklace boasting Mexican matrix opals, champagne garnets and Morogoro (Tanzanian) spinel made in 18-karat gold ($5,560)
The 18-karat Good & Evil earrings feature opals, moonstones, color-change garnets, pearls and black diamonds ($1,700).
The Envy Dynasty 18-karat gold necklace boasts a rare quartz with actinolite inside of it accented by color-change garnets, diamonds and sapphires ($4,100).
The First Knight ring has a boulder opal center stone accented with emeralds, blue sapphires and diamonds in 18-karat gold ($3,075).
The Duchess studs are made with pale amethysts set in 18-karat gold ($1,540).
The Ba Li Dynasty necklace features fossilized coral, labradorite and a pear-shaped moonstone set in 18-karat gold ($3,950).
Prestia’s Leopold earrings with lepidolite, purple sapphires, blue sapphires and diamonds in 18-karat gold ($4,000)
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