I’m often a fan of intricate, detailed jewelry – especially from years gone by – but sometimes I come across a modern collection that uses simplicity to such great effect that it just blows my mind. Rachel Atherley’s Peacock Collection is a perfect example of this kind of streamlined artistic brilliance.
I first saw this collection on Rachel Atherley’s Instagram quiiiite a while ago and I’ve been low key obsessed with it ever since.
Do you see what I mean by by brilliant simplicity? Large, faceted gemstone spears set carefully into a golden half-circle that is delicately suspended from another precisely shaped gold element and earring surmount. You can tell how much thought went into this design just be looking at it.
That remarkable multi-hued gemstone is fluorite. It is beautifully calming and lovely.
The collection offers a few different earring and necklace styles in both fluorite, like above, and in pretty blue kyanite, like this necklace on the right. Like the earrings, the necklaces in the Rachel Atherley Peacock collection emanate an effortless feeling of accidental perfection.
The kyanite pieces don’t have that incredible stripe effect that I love so much in the fluorite, but the variations in the gorgeous blue gemstone are just as alluring in its own way. The kyanite is a beautiful neutral and would go with absolutely everything. It’s also alluringly translucent. as you can see in this video from Meeka Fine Jewelry’s Instagram.
That video also reveals that those magnificent gems actually move slightly, rather that being completely static. That hint of movement adds an exciting new dimension to the whole collection.
I’ve never met these particular jewels in person, but I thoroughly enjoy gazing at them from afar.
If you’d like to see more by Rachel Atherley (which I recommend – she has a lot of beautiful designs!) you can find her website here and her Instagram here.
Photos c/o Rachel Atherley.
Kicking things off with the Lulu and Shay fan pendant! An adorable, delightfully kinetic piece that is articulated to move like a real fan.
Here we have the Dream disc swivel ring. This Lulu and Shay design uses the concept of 
And finally we have the Lulu and Shay Garden necklace! I think this is the first piece of Lulu and Shay jewelry that ever caught my eye.
Each piece of 
Each Heavenly Vices jewel is a palimpsest, a piece of currency turned secret message turned artifact turned adornment. The love tokens are set in precious metal and wreathed in diamonds.
Many of the Heavenly Vices love tokens are very simple, but others are exquisitely elaborate. These two beauties fall into that second category: similar to the “Doll” above but even fancier, with swirling, elaborate monograms in multiple colors of gold with coordinating gold or rose gold settings and chains.
One of my very favorite things about the Heavenly Vices designs is that the back of the pendant is left open. The vast majority of the love tokens still look like a coin on the reverse, although a few special pieces have double-sided engravings.