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The brand’s first high jewelry collection, “Tempest” plays with movement while calling to mind the folklore of the sea.
Zoë Kravitz is wearing a “Tempest” pendant with an 18.35-carat pear-cut Ceylon sapphire on an 18-karat blackened white and yellow gold “Tempest” necklace featuring 70 carats of round brilliant-cut diamonds in a claw setting. Both pieces are price upon request.
London—Jessica McCormack has released her first high jewelry collection, titled “Tempest.”
Taking inspiration from the otherworldly allure of mythical sea creatures, the collection plays with movement to create pieces that have “bold and captivating” energy.
McCormack, the designer of her eponymous brand, looked specifically to Scotland’s folkloric sea spirits, who are said to dance in the moonlight and shapeshift in the shallows, and the ancient sirens who are famed for their irresistible song and legendary beauty.
The movement evoking these sea spirits can be seen in the “Tempest” scale stack chains that feature a series of geometrically arranged setting links that interlock to form a flexible chain.
Its design mimics the rise and fall of a wave, or the smooth slither of a sea snake, while gemstones set in rhodium-blackened 18-karat white gold play with the light.
Taking inspiration from the otherworldly allure of mythical sea creatures, the collection plays with movement to create pieces that have “bold and captivating” energy.
McCormack, the designer of her eponymous brand, looked specifically to Scotland’s folkloric sea spirits, who are said to dance in the moonlight and shapeshift in the shallows, and the ancient sirens who are famed for their irresistible song and legendary beauty.
The movement evoking these sea spirits can be seen in the “Tempest” scale stack chains that feature a series of geometrically arranged setting links that interlock to form a flexible chain.
Its design mimics the rise and fall of a wave, or the smooth slither of a sea snake, while gemstones set in rhodium-blackened 18-karat white gold play with the light.
A “Tempest” pendant featuring a 9.47-carat oval-cut emerald set in 18-karat yellow and blackened white gold on a “Tempest” diamond necklace. Both pieces are price upon request.
The “Tempest” earrings with 20.80 carats of diamonds in a claw setting and two 3.76-carat cabochon sapphires in a rub-over setting suspended from two 1.50-carat round brilliant-cut diamonds in a Georgian style cut-down setting, all set in 18-karat blacked white and yellow gold (price upon request)
A “Tempest” pendant with a 7.13-carat cushion-cut diamond (price upon request) on a narrow “Tempest” necklace with 37 carats of rubies in a claw setting with 18-karat blackened white and yellow gold ($104,000)
The “Tempest” bracelet with 32 carats of round brilliant-cut sapphires set in 18-karat blackened white gold ($84,000)
“The Blush Diamond” pendant featuring a one-of-a-kind fancy pink marquise-cut diamond in an 18-karat blackened white gold Georgian cut-down setting and an 18-karat rose gold bail (price upon request) on a narrow ruby “Tempest” necklace ($104,000)
A “Tempest” pendant with a 22.06-carat cabochon emerald and accented by 1.19 carats of baguette-cut diamonds set in 18-karat yellow gold ($91,000)
“The Bell Diamond” pendant with a 17.11-carat pear-cut diamond in a Georgian style cut-down setting in 18-karat white gold with a yellow gold bail (price upon request) on a “Tempest” diamond necklace (price upon request)
Across the collection’s 20 pieces, McCormack’s “Day Diamond” aesthetic of wearable and versatile designs continues in high jewelry.
Tempest includes matching sets of necklaces and bracelets available in two widths, two earring styles, and a variety of one-of-a-kind solitaire pendants.
The collection was crafted at McCormack’s London workshop in 18-karat gold.
Each necklace uses up to 580 diamonds, emeralds, sapphires, or rubies, with pendants designed to slide to catch the light with every movement.
The pendants range from oval-, cushion-, and pear-cut white diamonds, to an emerald, Ceylon sapphire, and fancy pink diamond.
The Tempest collection retails from $39,000.
It was released on Oct. 6 and is available in-store and on the Jessica McCormack website.
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