Jeweller - September 2018

Bedazzled
beetles
A group of women in Mexico made headlines
this year when they transformed live beetles into
brooches by attaching semi-precious stones to their
shells. Painted in gold and chained to lapels, the
“bejeweled” beetles made the rounds on Facebook
and Twitter, with many calling out the trend for
being “cruel” and “in-humane”.
Nutritious
designs
African jewellery designer, Pamela
has been making delicious jewellery
under her brand Lola Ade. The artist
found unique ways to expand and
engage her social media audience
by swapping out gemstones for
fruit and vegetables. Pamela utilised
blueberries, capsicum lemons in her
photo series titled ‘Raw’. While the
line of jewellery is just for show rather
than sale, it does look scrumptious!
Scented smart rings
Wearable technology engineers at Computex in
Taiwan have figured out a way to combine ‘scratch
and sniff’ with fashionable jewellery. The XRing
operates like a smartwatch, alerting the wearer
of phone notifications, but instead of vibrating to
notify.. It sprays! Still in prototype form, the ring
squirts perfume on the wearer to alert them of
phone calls and texts. The more popular you are,
the more intense you’ll smell! i
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