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Jessica Biales Jewelry Trunk Show at Hu’s Wear

This past Sunday we had the pleasure of meeting Jessica Biales at the Hu’s Wear trunk show for her eponymous jewelry line. A lifelong New Yorker, Jessica initially worked in law (in which she has a degree), before branching out into more creative pursuits after the birth of her first child. Along with jewelry design she also creates custom photo collage stationary and art. Much of her jewelry has an organic look; a deliberate product of the fact that she carves her jewelry moulds from wax with her own hands. The jewelry itself is made from 18K gold and sterling silver, some pieces are set with precious stones such as diamonds, rubies and emeralds. The line as a whole feels deeply personal, an attribute enhanced by the presence of her family including her young children at the event.

Here are our pictures:

Jessica Biales Jewelry

Jessica Biales Jewelry

Jessica Biales Jewelry

Jessica introduces Cameron to her jewelry as her daughter looks on:

Jessica Biales Jewelry

Jessica Biales Jewelry

Uhhh… where do we start? What you see above is 150,000 years old. Yes, from the second to last ice age. This stacked maple wood ring is topped with ivory from the husks of a Blue Wooly Mammoth, you might remember him from your childhood dinosaur books. He is now extinct. This ivory (the rarest and finest of all the fossils) was found buried in the North Sea. If that wasn’t exotic enough, there is also a black diamond embedded in the ivory. And, unlike the composite metal ring you last purchased, this ring will actually appreciate in value due to the scarcity of this ivory, one of the finest in the world. Now available for purchase at Stick & Stones, the digital home to its designers, Stephan Alexander and Benjamin Posin.

Uhhh… where do we start? What you see above is 150,000 years old. Yes, from the second to last ice age. This stacked maple wood ring is topped with ivory from the husks of a Blue Wooly Mammoth, you might remember him from your childhood dinosaur books. He is now extinct. This ivory (the rarest and finest of all the fossils) was found buried in the North Sea. If that wasn’t exotic enough, there is also a black diamond embedded in the ivory. And, unlike the composite metal ring you last purchased, this ring will actually appreciate in value due to the scarcity of this ivory, one of the finest in the world. Now available for purchase at Stick & Stones, the digital home to its designers, Stephan Alexander and Benjamin Posin.