Cleveland-based Todd Pownell won the 2014 Mort Abelson New Designer of the Year Award at the JA New York show in July. Blackened metals, rustic and organic, and reverse-setting are acclaimed features of his brand TAP by Todd Pownell. “The interaction of dark and light metals mixed with fine gold and diamonds combine to evoke a strong sense of mystery and a sublime nature. The diamonds are bead set ‘upside-down’ onto the surface in pavé or scattered across the piece. This reverse setting effectively captures and reflects light in a succession of broad flashes from the oblique angles creating a feeling of twilight,” he told Hong Kong Jewellery.
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