The brooch also speaks to the natural metamorphosis each gemstone undergoes. “Every gemstone,” says Post, “including this butterfly, starts out as a mineral crystal that forms, and only the ...

DIY wire jewelry I rarely watch the tutorial of others, I often search for ideas on Pinterest, not only from wire jewelry, from other forms of handicrafts, from the drawings and from everything around ...

The Smithsonian Institute National Museum of Natural History will add to its celebrated gem collection with Masterpiece Royal Butterfly by jewelry artisan Cindy Chao. The brooch will be the first ...

In 2008 Cindy Chao made her first butterfly brooch. At the time of its creation the high jewelry artist was struggling with her self-funded business and she thought that it might be the last jewel ...

There's a massive, 45-foot-long 2,300-pound North Atlantic Right Whale hanging in the Ocean Hall of the Smithsonian, but it was Cindy Chao's 2009 royal butterfly that stole the show at the D.C ...

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of her “Life is Like a Butterfly” album, the country music legend teamed up with Kendra Scott on a limited-edition jewelry collection filled with sentimental ...

Despite saying some important things, it was the brooch below her left shoulder that caught everyone’s eye; a diamond and ruby butterfly which was gifted to her upon her engagement to Prince ...