Experts in colour and renowned for excellence in gemstone innovation, Paul Wild will immerse guests at Baselworld 2017 in a garden of paradise. Inspired by the 1910 oil on canvas, The Dream, by French Post Impressionist painter Henri Rousseau, Paul Wild translates its colours and moods into new design ideas for the season.
“We were looking for an inspiration that expressed nature, romance and desire, when we found this painting,” says Markus Wild, CEO of the Kirschweiler, Germany based lapidary house.
THE PARADISE GARDEN IS A PLACE OF CRAVING, IT CONTAINS THE NATURE AND OPULENCE NOT ONLY FOR COLOURS, BUT ALSO FOR SHAPES AND DESIGN STYLES.
Meticulously matched ear sets and jewellery layouts showcased at Baselworld will bring to life the painting’s tropical blues and lush jungle greens. Poping up vivid orange and deep rose hues in gems like Paraiba and Rubellite Tourmalines, as well as Demantoid and Mandarin Garnets, sometimes even Spinels. Paul Wild is best known for designing one-of-a-kind gem arrangements to inspire jewellers to create exceptional jewellery.
In step with the Pantone fashion colour forecast for 2017, blues and greens dominate the palette with a classic denim-like blue Niagara, deeper Lapis blue, and aqua-inspired Island Paradise, as well rich Kale and verdant Greenery (declared Colour of the Year for 2017). The continued popularity of blues shows that people are still searching for calm and stability, while the trend for refreshing foliage-based greens signals one to take a deep breath and rejuvenate.
WORLDWIDE STARS
In the garden of paradise imagine yourself surrounded by butterflies floating around you. A great spirit-lifter, butterflies are deep and powerful representations of life, symbolizing endurance, change and hope. This stunning, one-of-a-kind jewellery set features nearly 90 carats of elected Paraiba Tourmaline from Brazil in high quality faceted round, oval, and pear shapes cleverly combined with delicate carved butterfly wings. The collar contains 74.12 carats, the ring 12.14 carats, and the ear set 3.71 carats. “We always see the Paraiba Tourmaline as our Worldwide Star, the colour is breathtaking,” hails Markus Wild. “For Baselworld, we especially picked this new design to reflect our inspiration of the garden paradise. The Paraiba is from Brazil, not of new production, but selected over many years. Truely rare natural beauties!”
VERY BEST FROM PAUL WILD’S MINES
As you explore deeper in the garden, you’re likely to get entwined in lush foliage. Picture leafy vines dangling from your ears in lustrous Demantoid garnets totalling 39.63 carats of different shades and round, oval and marquise shapes. Demantoid is one of the most brilliant gemstones on the planet. Diamond-like, Demantoid has extremely high refraction and dispersion resulting in incomparable brilliance and fire. These clear, bright green Demantoids are from a mine in Namibia that has been part of Paul Wild since 2010. It is producing high quality stones, and in bigger sizes than is coming from Russia, cites Markus .
SENSATIONAL SETS
Pinks and purples pop in paradise like a cascade of delicate rosy blossoms or burst of colourful lotus flowers. Dreamy and sweet, Paul Wild assembled an outstanding elegant Morganite set, totalling 112.83 carats of the most beautiful stones from Madagascar. The collar contains 90.28 carats, the ring 8.43 carats, and the ear set 14.12 carats in mixed oval, cushion and pear shapes. “Morganites from Madagascar don’t come consistently, and very good colour is hard to find, especially in matching sizes to create perfect layouts like this one,” describes Markus Wild.
Spinel, too is a rare gem with limited supply and high demand. Lusciously romantic, Paul Wild arranged a flower collar that reveals the wide array of colours available in Spinel from Vietnam — lavenders and violets to purples and dusty blues, in round and marquise shapes of varying sizes, totalling 31.63 carats. Recently very popular among many designers and well suited for Morganite and Spinel would be a Rose Gold mounting.
RISING STARS
Perhaps the perfect cast of sunshine in a dense jungle scene is Pantone’s latest colour Flame, a red-based orange that adds fiery heat to the palette. Like Henri Rousseau’s The Dream, flashing orange fruits in a tree and lions and snakes in the grass, Mandarin Garnet is a dazzling pop colour in jewellery design. From new production in Nigeria, the first in many years to hit the market with outstanding material, stones are available faceted and cabochon, in different shapes and sizes up to 20-carats, and in singles, pairs, sets, and layouts. “Because of the increasing demand for this gem in the last year and its limited supply, we consider Mandarin Garnet our Rising Star,” says Markus Wild. “The dazzling colours and high brilliance of this fiery orange-red spessartite garnet variety, and its rarity on the market make Mandarin Garnet a must-have in distinctive jewellery designs.”
CARVINGS AND CABOCHONS
Symbolising the poetry of paradise, especially in its shapes and lines, Paul Wild created floral magic in a fabulously fluid and graceful Rubellite Tourmaline ear set composed of carvings and domed cabochons totalling 55.67 carats. Arranged with gems collected over time, not of new production, the colour perfectly matches Pantone’s Pink Yarrow hue.
Dreamy and ethereal, like water droplets on a leaf, Paul Will designed a bracelet layout with various blue green colour stones totalling nearly 268 carats, including 99.79 carats of Green Tourmaline, 104.89 carats of Aquamarine, and 62.88-carat Indigolith centre. All from Africa, these gems reflect Pantone colours from Kale and Greenery to Island Paradise in one piece that snugly wraps around the wrist.
