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Getty Museum Selects Evocateur for Unique Collection

They wanted Evocateur to create custom jewelry designs for one of their paintings – Irises by Vincent Van Gogh.

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4 years ago

December 18, 2021

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Iris cuff

(PRESS RELEASE) A few months ago, The Getty Museum contacted Barbara Ross-Innamortii, founder and creative director of Evocateur, with a special request. They wanted her to create custom jewelry designs for one of their paintings – Irises by Vincent Van Gogh.

“We were thrilled,” says Ross-Innamorati. “Not only were we honored to have been chosen by The Getty but even more excited about working with such an iconic piece of art.” Evocateur designed eight pieces — four earrings, two necklaces, one cuff and one bangle that elegantly combine the Van Gogh art with 22k gold leaf. Like all Evocateur jewelry each piece took up to seven days to create and was handcrafted in the Company’s CT studio.

These pieces are sold in the museum’s gift store and have had excellent sell-through “The Getty museum store also sells two designs we created from artwork by Georg Hoefnagel, a 16th century Flemish painter,” adds Ross-Innamorati “our Dragonfly Garden cuff necklace and earrings and our Pink Tulip cuff.”

Evocateur jewelry is truly a colorful celebration of art and fashion.

For more information please visit evocateurstyle.com or email [email protected].

Honoring a Legacy: How Smith & Son Jewelers Exceeded Every Goal With Wilkerson

When Andrew Smith decided to close the Springfield, Massachusetts location of Smith & Son Jewelers, the decision came down to family. His father was retiring after 72 years in the business, and Andrew wanted to spend more time with his children and soon-to-arrive grandchildren. For this fourth-generation jeweler whose great-grandfather founded the company in 1918, closing the 107-year-old Springfield location required the right partner. Smith chose Wilkerson, and the experience exceeded expectations from start to finish. "Everything they told me was 100% true," Smith says. "The ease and use of all their tools was wonderful." The consultants' knowledge and expertise proved invaluable. Smith and his father set their own financial goal, but Wilkerson proposed three more ambitious targets. "We thought we would never make it," Smith explains. "We were dead wrong. We hit our first goal, second goal and third goal. It was amazing." Smith's recommendation is emphatic: "I would never be able to do what they did by myself."