Expressive matrix gemstones for one-of-a-kind stone collectors.
Nicknamed the “Gem Whisperer”, Daria de Koning is a Los-Angeles based jewelry designer and gemologist. She creates art meant to be worn and treasured as pieces of a vast collection of beauty. Her one-of-a-kind jewelry reflects femininity, confidence, and spiritedness. Daria’s designs never begin in a sketchbook, but in the inner world of matrix-rich gemstones that speak to her. She is a matchmaker of colors and shapes that were destined to be together.
Daria de Koning has the eye of someone who genuinely likes gemstones, not merely perfect gemstones. Matrix, unusual inclusions, unexpected colour relationships and expressive natural material are allowed to become the design rather than problems that need hiding. Anyone who has spent enough time around stones knows this feeling. The technically “better” gem is not always the one you keep picking up. Daria builds around that instinct. We love the resulting individuality because the jewel begins with something nature has already made impossible to reproduce exactly.
Gemstones are my canvas and jewelry is my art.
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