Three-stone pendant necklace set with ruby, aquamarine and diamond in 22k and platinum.

The African ruby is vivid red, separated by a platinum set diamond, to reach the teardrop Santa Maria aqua.

A three-stone pendant is not uncommon; setting a refined, distinct design is harder.

A longitudinal pendant, ultra skinny in fact, fulfils this distinction. Compact length will magnify the presence of all three stones, here the three fall from the widest ruby.

The color pairing is self evident, pastel with bold, but it is the type of stones used that is unconventional.

Three stone designs cannot suffer from the use of very well cut gems.

Stone and shape decided, we devised a refined form to hold these gems. Crafting the gold work with as if a ‘chrysalis’ liberates us from excess (ie. thinking of other decorative touches).

A chrysalis in nature is three-dimensional.

This ‘chrysalis’ would be three-dimensional, so the prong work must be pretty to look at, beyond just a glove for stones. The wide and full scalloped prongs give the side view an organic, symbolic beauty. Art Nouveau, perhaps?

When we realised a flat pendant could also be dimensional, just from introducing curves, we knew the pendant would be beautiful even at gold work stage (ie. no stones set).

The pendant needn’t drop or articulate; the three fiery stones need not swing to capture light. Movement will come from its wholly ‘soft’ chain necklace, so malleable it is capable of forming a knot as if a string.

The pendant itself stays put. Three magical leaf nodules control this on each side. The pendant is steadfast, the chain dances, there is no overlapping.

All this being the luxury of wearing a deliberate design, not far from Nature.