Yasukazu Suwa, Chairman of Suwa & Son Inc., has
recently published a new book, "Diamonds, Rough To
Romance" featuring rough diamonds and co-authored by
Mr. Andrew Coxon, President of De Beers Institute of
Diamonds. The Japanese edition came out earlier this
year and an English version will follow very soon.
To commemorate the coming publication of the new
book, we held a "Rough Diamond Jewelry Design
Contest" in Japan during spring 2010.
There were 117 entries from jewelry designers, students
of GIA Japan, jewelry crafting schools, and art colleges.
Five judges, including Yasukazu Suwa and Mr. Coxon,
chose one Highest Award, three Awards, and ten
Honorable Mentions.
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The Highest Award ;
The winner is a 19-year-old jewelry college student, and it was
her first win in any design competition.
Brooch: The Earth and the Moon. A rough diamond is the
Moon and the orbit line is in platinum. A single line of
colour-less diamonds among pave-set deep blue sapphires in
various shapes for the Earth.
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Exhibition
A one-week exhibition of all design sketches was held at
an art gallery nearby the main office of Suwa & Son Inc.
We would like to thank the gallery for their help in
organizing this event.
Seminar
On the first day of the exhibition, we held a rough
diamond seminar, and provided an opportunity for
members of the public and participants in the competition
to handle and look closely at rough. Mr. Suwa introduced
rough diamonds he has purchased from various mines
from around the world, and showed the differences and
characteristics exhibited by the rough diamonds from
each mine.
In addition, a light-hearted quiz was prepared with
questions such as, which shape do you think these rough
diamonds will be polished into? People took the quiz
quite seriously, but at the same time, seemed to be
enjoying it as they learnt more about rough diamonds.
We received many positive comments from participants
such as:
It was the first time I had seen rough diamonds in my life,
and it was incredible to see each piece was so unique in
shape, texture, transparency, and color.
Each rough diamond is unique and almost like a miracle
that Mother Nature has created.
We were so glad to see people enjoy seeing and touching
rough diamonds.
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Diamonds, Rough To Romance
Yasukazu Suwa's new book, "Diamonds, Rough To Romance" English edition is
published in October 2010 and it promises a new way of looking at diamonds.
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