It took about three minutes of chatting on the cellphone for me to understand that Tiina Smith was a kindred spirit.
My curiosity had already been piqued by her store’s website, with its stunning photographs, spotlight on girls makers, and intriguingly attractive curation; however when she informed me that their boutique is about up like a parlor to encourage folks to return in and study, to the touch the jewellery and perceive why it was particular, I knew I wanted to jot down about her.
Tiina Smith: greater than a jewellery retailer.
Tiina Smith makes a speciality of noteworthy jewellery, primarily classic signed items by grasp jewelers of the twentieth and twenty first centuries. After years of analysis and relationship-building as she constructed her personal private assortment of jewellery, Smith started to really feel that there was an open area of interest within the jewellery market that her distinctive information might fill. Ultimately she determined to show private ardour right into a second career and based her eponymous Boston retailer, Tiina Smith Classic & Distinctive Jewellery.
A fast take a look at the Tiina Smith website will persuade you that her method is working like a allure. The gathering is immediately spectacular, full of distinctive designs bursting with colour and power. In my preliminary scroll-though, I opened nearly each itemizing to take a more in-depth look.
Michele della Valle brooch from Tiina Smith
Very similar to yours really, Tiina involves jewellery from an sudden background. Earlier than jewellery, she labored on Wall Avenue. It wasn’t as unusual a leap as you would possibly anticipate. Within the founder’s personal phrases: “Engaged on Wall Avenue, I started to deal with my jewellery amassing the best way I dealt with my portfolios – with in-depth analysis, market perception and a stable understanding of worth.”
Tiina prides herself in being a discerning, well-informed jewellery collector and she or he revels in serving to her prospects turn out to be as educated as she is. She desires jewellery lovers to really perceive what makes a selected piece noteworthy and priceless, what was taking place on the earth when it was made, what makes one thing funding reasonably than only a fairly object – and she or he desires them to know they’ll come to her to supply the items they’ll’t discover wherever else.
Rings from Tiina Smith
Listed here are three extraordinary rings that caught my eye: an Artwork Deco platinum and diamond defend ring, a 16.77 fancy mild brown diamond ring, and a really cool design from Danish modernist Hans Hansen. Every very totally different in fashion, these three rings share a distinctiveness that’s emblematic of Tiina’s assortment.
Consistent with their founder’s perception in jewellery training, the Tiina Smith boutique continuously gives in-store occasions, from enjoyable, informal evenings to artwork occasions to jewellery talks with audio system like Tom Heyman of Oscar Heyman, jewellery historian Ruth Peltason, and Jewellery Curator on the Boston Museum of Superb Arts Emily Stoehrer.
Bulgari earrings from Tiina Smith
However don’t despair, my non-Bostonian jewellery lovers! The shop’s web site has a wealth of gorgeously-illustrated jewellery training which you can absolutely get pleasure from from wherever.
Try the Meet the Maker section to study extra about distinctive designers or learn by way of Tiina’s Takes for the founder’s in-depth ideas on any variety of totally different jewellery matters. The shop additionally sometimes travels for occasions in different cities, bringing elements of their extraordinary assortment on the street.
David Webb bracelet from Tiina Smith
Should you’re a longtime DitL reader, I don’t assume I would like to elucidate to you the way enthusiastically I agree with the thought of encouraging jewellery training. Jewellery training is sweet for all of us – educated collectors know what they need and may make shopping for choices with confidence. The extra you perceive one thing, the extra you may really respect it!
Along with their attractive jewellery assortment, training alternatives, and occasions, Tiina Smith additionally gives quite a lot of jewelry-related services that enable collectors to profit from her experience, together with jewellery styling, appraisal, and extra. She additionally acquires estates and particular person items from collectors wishing to make room for brand spanking new issues of their jewellery packing containers.
Manuel Santelices illustration that includes a Belperron necklace from Tiina Smith
Tiina Smith additionally makes use of her boutique as a leaping off level to discover the intersection of jewellery with different types of artwork. In a latest collaboration with Vogue Illustrator Manuel Santelices, Tiina Smith commissioned the artist to create “A 12 months In Jewels,” a sequence of 12 unique artworks that includes jewellery from the Tiina Smith assortment.
On November 2nd, Tiina Smith and Manuel Santelices are taking their joint mission to NYC for a day of artwork and jewellery that includes some very particular actions for the visitors who attend! The illustrations are totally attractive (see above) and I’m positive the occasion can be fascinating.
Marina B cuff bracelet from Tiina Smith
Tiina Smith’s subsequent jewellery training occasion is developing on October 20-21! The visitor speaker can be Artistic Director of Marina B, Man Bedarida.
Marina B was based by Marina Bulgari, and sure – these Bulgaris. Marina’s grandfather based Bulgari, however household infighting among the many subsequent era led Marina to strike out on her personal as an alternative. The outcome was Marina B, a wildly in style model recognized for its boldness, versatility, and distinctive gemstone cuts.
Should you’re in Boston, go take a look at the October 20-21 event at Tiina Smith to study extra and likewise see extraordinary Marina B items from the Nineteen Seventies and Nineteen Eighties together with their unique jewellery renderings.
Oscar Heyman earrings from Tiina Smith
My goodness, I’ve thrown rather a lot at you right here, haven’t I? However I didn’t need to go away something out! The extraordinary jewellery, the founder’s Wall Avenue background, the tutorial occasions, the artwork connection, and did I point out the jewellery?? It’s every part of what makes Tiina Smith so thrilling as a complete.
What do you assume, my dears? Do you intend to attempt to catch one among Tiina Smith’s upcoming events or cease by her retailer the subsequent time you’re in Boston? I undoubtedly hope to go to IRL sometime.
Classic automobile brooches from Tiina Smith
For now, don’t overlook to go to Tiina Smith’s web site and Instagram account to see extra, and should you’re in Boston or NYC, don’t overlook to take a look at the upcoming Tiina Smith Marina B occasion (Boston, Oct 20/21) and Manuel Santelices illustration occasion (NYC, November 2).
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