Lingjun Sun’s 10 years working as an Opal cutter in Australia forms the backbone and supplies the material richness to the ‘Crosscut Cabouchon’ collection. His inside knowledge reshapes the value of the parent rock in which most boulder opals are found, the opal itself forming a liquid skin across th

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e surface of the rugged bespoke ironstone cuts he has devised.

Within the carefully designed and boldly coloured settings, Sun matches the opal with new vocabularies of materials, Corian and anodized aluminium meet gold and silver to offer a stark contrast with the characteristics of the stone. The unusual material palette and setting techniques allow Sun opportunities to play with scale and proportion.

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Type

High & Fine jewellery

Materials

Metal

Stones

Australian Opals

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