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Marissa Collections to Host Tony Duquette Jewelry Trunk Show

21/04/2025Miko Gunawan

Marissa Collections Palm Beach will host legendary designer Hutton Wilkinson for an exclusive Tony Duquette jewelry trunk show and book signing March 25-27. Marissa Collections in The Royal Poinciana Plaza in Palm Beach will host legendary designer Hutton Wilkinson for an exclusive Tony Duquette Jewelry trunk show and book signing March 25-27. At age eighteen, Wilkinson apprenticed under the great American design icon, Tony Duquette. Wilkinson worked for Duquette as a volunteer apprentice for two years and then as a paid assistant designer for three years before starting his own interior design firm. Wilkinson continued his professional association with Duquette,…Continue Reading

Cindy Chao And French Jewelry Students Create Floral Wax Sculpture

10/04/2025Miko Gunawan

Cindy Chao teaches her signature lost wax technique to students at Haute École de Joaillerie Cindy Chao High jewelry artist, Cindy Chao, conducted a week-long workshop with 28 students from Haute École de Joaillerie (HEJ), the esteemed French jewelry school based in Paris. The workshop focused on Chao’s Cire Perdue(lost wax) technique, which she is widely known. With Chao’s guidance, the students completed a four-foot-high floral wax sculpture that was unveiled on February 2 at the Louvre Museum. The completed wax sculpture Cindy Chao Chao not only shared her practical knowledge and expertise but also demonstrated her avant-garde designs that…Continue Reading