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Platinum Spotlight: Alex Soldier
If it isn’t noble color, feel and beauty, it’s platinum’s flexibility that makes Alex Solider choose it over other metals for his jewelry.
This platinum ring with diamonds is from the Signature collection ($19,000).
If it isn’t noble color, feel and beauty, it’s platinum’s flexibility that makes Alex Solider choose it over other metals for his jewelry.
The designer released an array of platinum pieces in 2014 across multiple collections, with many boasting pearls, diamonds and other precious gemstones.
Soldier’s favorite of all time? The “Passion” ring that won a Platinum Passion Award from the Platinum Guild International in 1998.
“It has a clean, sculptural dynamic that makes you fall in love with it,” he said.
Snails also are a common motif in Soldier’s work, and one he has employed recently in his platinum pieces; he uses the mollusk as an allegory for slowing down and enjoying life.
Click through this gallery to see some of the designer’s newer platinum pieces, all of which are handmade in New York. Prices listed are retail.
This platinum ring with diamonds is from the Signature collection ($19,000).
From the Astra collection, these limited edition platinum “Astra” flowers can be worn as a brooch, pendant, ring or cuff, and are made with ruby ($49,000) and diamond ($69,000).
From the Swirl collection, this limited edition pendant features black and white diamonds set in the designer’s signature platinum metalwork ($65,000).
This handmade, one-of-a-kind “Sea Snail” ring is platinum with aquamarines, diamonds and peridot ($29,000).
Alex Soldier originally created this design more than a decade ago in colored gemstones, and now has reintroduced the earrings in platinum with diamonds ($29,000).
The limited edition platinum “Great Pearl” ring boasts a Tahitian pearl with diamonds, aquamarines and Soldier’s signature metalwork, which creates the illusion of a diamond inlay ($9,900).
From the Royal collection, these one-of-a-kind platinum earrings feature blue topaz ($19,000).
This platinum and diamond bracelet is from the Vintage Chic collection ($35,000).
This set from the Passion collection includes a ring ($6,900) and earrings ($5,900).
Alex Soldier’s “Trinity Pearl” ring in platinum with diamonds and pearls ($8,900)
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