Hemmerle’s Genius
October 7, 2009 by The Briefer
Filed under Earrings, Features, Jewelry Trends
I encourage you all to visit www.Hemmerle.com, the website of one of Germany’s most exciting jewelry designers. The house of Hemmerle was established in 1904 by brothers Joseph & Anton Hemmerle, who were appointed by the Bavarian Court as Purveyors of Medals and Ornaments. Today the company is in the fourth generation and the designs, as well as the finished pieces, are as simply breath taking as one might imagine they needed to be for a royal appointment.
The unique website takes you from design to execution in a seamless flow of sketches to finished pieces, which combine rare colored gemstones and unusual metals of unique colors, all while listening to music which adds to the intellectual stimulation of the whole experience. Among my favorite pieces are a bangle of purple sapphires, wood and silver, and an stunning tassel necklace composed of tourmalines, sapphires and conch pearls. But, I don’t want to give all the good parts away.
In the age of mass-production-everything, take a virtual trip to Munich and visit a firm which displays old fashioned attention to detail with modern creativity.
