Jeanine Payer Necklace – A special gift for somebody truly special!
By: Churchgate | Posted: 14th February 2008
When you want to gift something special to somebody special, a Jeanine Payer necklace will surely appeal to you. Quite honestly, a Jeanine Payer necklace is unlike any other necklace. A Jeanine Payer necklace is indeed a unique creation, each piece crafted with meticulous attention and etched with immortal words that move and inspire. I gifted one to my wife on Valentine’s Day and she was beside herself with joy. Her first remarks echoed my first thoughts when I laid my eyes on it at a fashion jewelry store, “Wow, it’s beautiful! I’ve never seen such a necklace before!”
You must be wondering what is so special about a Jeanine Payer necklace? More significantly, who is this Jeanine Payer, and could her creations really be worthwhile for a serious dekko?
Jeanine Payer is a San Francisco-based jewelry designer who creates emotionally engaging yet subtle hand inscribed jewelry that the whole world loves. Jeanine's simplicity and originality are evident in her pendants, bracelets and earrings, executed in sterling silver and 18 karat gold, all hand inscribed with poetry in a miniature scale and made to be treasured for years to come. Some of her popular creations bear such pearls of wisdom as "The soul is here for its own joy"; "The journey is the reward"; and "Everything is waiting for you".
There are few things as intimate as wearing poetry against your skin, as many of her clients can acclaim. Her international following includes Jessica Lange, Susan Sarandon, Mick Jagger and Johnny Depp. Payer has also worked closely to design custom pieces for Meg Ryan, Seal, Sheryl Crow and Debra Missing.
Take the Camellia from her collection. It’s an 18k brushed gold hoop pendant with a delicate branch design, accented with a diamond. This beautiful pendant hangs from 18k gold chain of 16” which fastens with an 18k gold ‘s’-hook. The words, “I see the splendor of an infinite beauty which illumines the whole universe”, taken from The Bhagavad Gita, curve along the bottom of the hoop and continue along the back.
Or, look at the exceptionally beautiful Allison necklace, featuring a high polish, sterling silver, curvilinear pendant, accented with two 18k gold jump rings and Longfellow’s immortal line, “The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.” Her stunning collection continues with such sterling creations as the Anais, Anaya, Bowie and more.
One of Payer's first creations was designed as a gift: a tiny book engraved with a beloved poem by Rainer Maria Rilke that only the wearer knew was there. Today, Payer's designs continue to be graced with the words of both contemporary and ancient voices such as Emily Dickinson, Rumi, Lao Tzu, Jane Hirshfield, and Ovid. "Each person brings their own particular meaning to the jewelry, therefore each piece becomes highly endowed," says the designer. "These pieces become talismanic as they are chosen to mark emotional and philosophical moments in each person's life."
Today Payer and her highly-skilled team of fifteen metalsmiths craft these collections a year in a bustling atelier in the historic Phelan Building – San Francisco's original jewelry center. The jewelry is on display in her retail store, located just a few floors below the workshop, as well as in over 250 Specialty Stores worldwide including Fred Segal in Los Angeles, Barney New York and Japan.
Gift a Jeanine Payer necklace to show how much you care. I did, and my wife knew what I wanted to tell her. Feast your eyes on some of her beautiful creations at her website.
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