When I answer your questions by messaging or email, the composition of the jewelry is often mentioned. And rightly so, because there are so many things on the internet that you can easily be fooled into thinking you are buying a product that is ultimately not the one you expected. Doubt does not spare what I offer in the store, because even during my exhibitions, I am often led to explain the nature of my creations.

It is often thought to be opal, connoisseurs of this stone know that I do not use it, nor mother-of-pearl for that matter. So what makes up our iridescent jewelry, and where does this pearly effect come from?

Our iridescent jewelry is made of lab stones, it is a stone created in the laboratory thanks to a complex process imitating that of opal. It is itself composed of silica and resin which gives it a shapeable property unlike natural stones which risk being damaged with each manipulation.

This stone is then covered with transparent resin to give this spherical and translucent effect, allowing us to perfectly contemplate the interior reliefs of the wood.

Some people may be disappointed that I am mixing a natural material with an "artificial" material, but resin is the only two-component that allows complete protection of the wood without altering it. We could think of glass, but it would have to be heated to a high temperature and this would burn the wood.

The resin and the lab stone allow to protect the essence of wood, to better contemplate it and to avoid breakage through temperature variations or falls. And regarding the environmental impact, I do not think that it is more eco-responsible to use natural stones in view of their origins. The resin is used on very small quantities.

In the end, the lab stone allows me to have a jewel with an exceptional iridescent finish, while being resistant to heat and humidity, with an affordable price unlike the use of a real opal stone.

I will write another article about the different types of resins and give you my opinion about organic resin.