Rachel Quinn has always embraced whimsy in her work. But the Los Angeles-based jewelry designer's new collaboration with mining company Gemfields is next-level fanciful—full of surreal expressions designed to reflect the dizzying emotions that accompany falling in love.
The Rachel Quinn X Gemfields Crazy Love collection, which drops Jan. 23 (just in time for Valentine's Day), features 10 playful pieces that would feel quite at home in Alice's Wonderland. A red lipstick pendant hangs from a gold necklace, chunky question mark earrings are striped in black enamel, while a tearful eye brooch boasts an iris made from a heart-shaped ruby.
“Falling in love has been described as a form of temporary insanity," Quinn said in a prepared statement. "In this collection, I capture the exhilarating emotional rollercoaster that is uniquely found in the early stages of romantic love: dizzying highs, crushing doubts and uncertainty, equally thrilling and distressing, full of trepidation and hope. But oh, what a glorious ride it is."
The jeweler and goldsmith incorporated Gemfields’ responsibly mined Zambian emeralds and Mozambican rubies into the 18k gold designs, which range in price from $5,600 to $17,200. Gemfields is the operator and 75% owner of both the Kagem emerald mine in Zambia and the Montepuez ruby mine in Mozambique.
The new pieces, Quinn said, each represent "a different emotional facet of burgeoning love: seduction, vulnerability and yearning, to name a few." She added, "These brilliant gemstones not only enhance each design’s beauty, but also deepen the collection’s narrative: rubies, the gemstone of the heart, symbolize passionate love, while emeralds represent loyalty, harmony and new beginnings – all the elements we seek in the first flush of new love."
Top photo: Rachel Quinn X Gemfields Heart Air Balloon earrings, $9,500
All images courtesy of Gemfields
