Silver 14k Gold Sea Urchin Stud Earrings

For acclaimed jewelry designer Kristin Hanson artistic inspiration has no limit. Growing up in a family of artists, Kristin’s creative aspirations were nurtured from an early age. The beauty she found from exploring the vast possibilities of contemporary design led. Kristin to pursue a unique career of jewelry design. Her studies began under the private guidance of master goldsmith Harold O’Connor and later at a small contemporary jewelry school outside of Florence, Italy. Upon her return to the United States, Kristin worked directly with master diamond setters and jewelers in the famed NYC Diamond District. For nearly two decades Kristin has worked to refine her craft of preserving classical European goldsmith techniques, an intricate practice in which each piece is created by hand. Her creative philosophy embodies contemporary signature forms carefully designed to accentuate the innate beauty of rare natural color diamonds, of which she is a specialist. Kristin’s meticulous and thoughtful approach to selecting the diamonds and exotic gems that she features in her designs is unmatched. Her exclusive access to incredibly rare and precious vivid Argyle Pink Diamonds, which are sourced from a conflict-free mine in Australia, makes her work highly sought after by investors and collectors alike. Each piece that Kristin designs and expertly crafts showcases the natural splendor of these precious materials.