Emily Amey | Hudson Valley, New York

A pear-shaped Peruvian opal set sideways across a hammered sterling band, bezeled in gold. The stone reads as the watery mineral green that only Peruvian opal does — closer to the sea than to a meadow. Emily Amey's signature mix: warm gold, cool silver, both shaped by hand.

Emily Amey
Hudson Valley, New York

Emily sculpts in wax before casting — every piece starts malleable and ends permanent. She travels to Jaipur, Marrakech, and Tucson to source stones directly from small-scale miners, and works entirely in recycled metals.