Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Hawaiian Jewelry Manufacturer Launches Its New Hawaiian Petroglyph Jewelry Line


Hawaiian jewelry manufacturer, Designs N Gold, announced today that the company is launching its new Ohana Collection, Hawaiian petroglyph art depicting the family, preserved in gold and silver jewelry. The collection includes pendants, earrings and rings and is being launched in time for the Mother's Day season.

A petroglyph is a stone carving (petro means “stone” and glyph means “carving”). The ancient Hawaiians referred to petroglyphs as ki‘i pōhaku (ki‘i means “image,” and pōhaku means “stone”). Today petroglyphs are virtually the only prehistoric art of the Hawaiian Islands not in museums, private collections, or hidden away in caves. There are circles by the hundreds, and circles within circles. There are figures of humans, animals, sailing canoes, fishhooks, and countless cryptic markings carved into island rocks. These are the petroglyphs of the Hawaiians. Ancient societies all over the world have left carvings on rocks. Worldwide, the oldest known petroglyphs are in European caves and are thought to be more than 10,000 years old. Petroglyph sites in the Hawaiian Islands continue to provide clues to the Islands’ ancient past.

"The Ohana Collection uses the Hawaiian petroglyph depicting the family unit of mother, father and child" explained Colette Aoki, owner of Designs N Gold. Ms. Aoki explained further "the family petroglyph is then surrounded by a diamond cut maile lei in either gold or sterling silver. The pendant can also be set with birthstones to represent each family member's birth month".

The Ohana Collection is now available to order on line at http://www.designsngold.com/ohana.htm

About Designs N Gold - The owner of Designs N Gold, Colette Aoki, has been in the jewelry business in Hawaii since 1976. Over that period she has designed jewelry for thousands of clients in Hawaii as well as worldwide. In 1985 she acquired the jewelry manufacturer, Designs N Gold, which gave her the ability to control the entire jewelry making process from design to finished product. Designs N Gold's expert jewelers and engravers create each piece of Hawaiian jewelry including pendants, earrings, bracelets, and wedding rings. Contact 98-1277 Kaahumanu Street, Suite: 106-339 Aiea,Hawaii 96701 Tel Local: 808-484-2699 Tel Outer Island & Mainland: 800-343-5846Web: http://www.designsngold.com Email: caoki@designsngold.com

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Designs 'N Gold Now Offering Hawaiian Wedding Certifcates by Shayna Baecker Magid


Designs N Gold, a Hawaii based fine Hawaiian jewelry manufacturer and online retailer, announced today that it is now offering to its clientele Hawaiian Wedding Lithograph Certificates by renown Hawaiian island artist, Shayna Baecker Magid.

Shayna Baecker Magid was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. A graduate of Punahou School, and Colorado State University, she taught photography and art at many Hawaii schools including Iolani, Molokai High School, and The Honolulu Academy of Art. Shayna moved to New York in 1989 and soon after began her career in Ketubot the ancient art of the illuminated wedding contract. Inspired by artists Maxfield Parrish and Paul Jacolet, Shayna often produces romantic images in her lithographs that speak of stories from days gone by. Using acrylic paint and combining airbrushing with hand-painting, she fills her compositions with the light and beauty that is Hawaii. Shayna spends her time between New York and her home in Kahaluu on the Windward side of Oahu.

"We are so pleased to be able to offer Shayna's beautiful Hawaiian wedding certificates to our customers in time for the June wedding season" commented Colette Aoki, owner of Designs N Gold. Ms. Aoki further commented "these Hawaiian wedding certificates along with our Designs 'N Gold wedding rings will wonderfully remind couples of that special day in their lives when they became one".

Designs N Gold manufactures in addition to Hawaiian wedding rings, bands and wedding sets, traditional as well as modern designs in Hawaiian bracelets, Hawaiian rings and Hawaiian pendants in gold, sterling silver and platinum. Designs N Gold also offers it clients the newest designs in Hawaiian plumeria flower jewelry, Hawaiian palm tree and Hawaiian slipper jewelry and Designs N Gold is able offer its customers the ability to recycle their old, unused and broken jewelry into new Hawaiian jewelry.

About Designs N Gold - The owner of Designs N Gold, Colette Aoki, has been in the jewelry business in Hawaii since 1976. Over that period she has designed jewelry for thousands of clients in Hawaii as well as worldwide. In 1985 she acquired the jewelry manufacturer, Designs N Gold, which gave her the ability to control the entire jewelry making process from design to finished product. Designs N Gold's expert jewelers and engravers create each piece of Hawaiian jewelry including pendants, earrings, bracelets, and wedding rings. Contact 98-1277 Kaahumanu Street, Suite: 106-339 Aiea,Hawaii 96701 Tel Local: 808-484-2699 Tel Outer Island & Mainland: 800-343-5846Web: http://www.designsngold.com Email: caoki@designsngold.com