The miner has worked with jewelers such as Liv Luttrell and Stephen Webster to promote its striking green goods.
When miner Fuli Gemstones considered how it might best spread the word about the grass-green peridots it had found in China’s Changbai Mountains, one strategy stood out: designer collaborations.
The first collaboration came in 2020 when Fuli partnered with Liv Luttrell, a London-based creator of sculptural jewels. Luttrell selected an oval-cut, 3.94-carat Fuli peridot to set in one of her Spear Tip rings. The handmade design, which she crafted using lost wax carving, maximizes the brilliance of the stone by setting it in sharp claws above a scooped-out bowl that has a mirror-like polish. Encouraging extra light to flow through the stone in this way enhances peridot’s high double refraction.
This first experiment with designer collaborations went well: The Liv Luttrell ring ended up in the personal collection of jewelry author, podcaster and British Vogue contributor Carol Woolton. As such, Fuli has continued to seek out designers of note for new partnerships.
Rock and roll
At the miner’s behest, UK-based jeweler Zeemou Zeng placed small round beads of peridot in his Melody ring, which has a kinetic element that lets the gems roll and clack within a secure setting. He followed up with a second Fuli collab, setting emerald-cut stones into his The Art of Travel collection.
Annoushka Ducas of Annoushka set step-cut Fuli peridots inside frames of pink sapphires and malachite to create transformable, Art Deco-inspired jewelry. Fellow British designer Stephen Webster requested 178.15 carats of marquise-cut Fuli peridot to make a one-of-a-kind edition of his Magnipheasant necklace.
Other jewelry designers to have used Fuli peridot include Akansha Sethi, Mark Nuell, Hannah Morris and Joy BC, as well as watchmaker Memorigin.
Vying for the honor
Fuli has also engaged with creators through competitions, such as its Cultural Design Celebration contest in China and an initiative it ran with students at the British Academy of Jewellery.
In fact, one of the latest Fuli Gemstones collaborations was the result of a competition. Through the much-respected Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council Awards in Britain, it found Stasia Parker, who entered and won an award that Fuli had sponsored for a 2D illustrative design. Her entry was so wonderfully colorful and ambitious, setting peridot among a rainbow of other gems, that Fuli decided it could not simply remain an idea in a sketchbook. Teaming up with jewelry manufacturer Vipa, the miner brought Parker’s designs to life. The resulting pieces have since been touring the world with Fuli, including making an appearance at the GemGenève fair in Switzerland.
Main image: Jewels by Fuli Gemstones x Stasia Parker x Vipa. (Fuli Gemstones)
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