{"id":34204,"date":"2016-09-23T17:59:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T21:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=34204"},"modified":"2016-09-23T17:59:07","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T21:59:07","slug":"i-agree-with-pantone-lets-do-lapis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/i-agree-with-pantone-lets-do-lapis\/","title":{"rendered":"I Agree With Pantone: Let&#8217;s Do Lapis!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, the color experts at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pantone.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pantone<\/a> released <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/pantone-top-10-spring-colors-2017-how-wear-new-colors-fall-2016-2419402\" target=\"_blank\">its picks for the 10 top colors for spring 2017<\/a>. I&#8217;m most excited about Lapis Blue, because <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lapis_lazuli\" target=\"_blank\">lapis lazuli<\/a> is one of my favorite gems.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve loved lapis ever since I went to see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/saturday-night-live\/video\/king-tut\/n8663\" target=\"_blank\">blockbuster<\/a> King Tut museum exhibition in the 1970s and saw Tut&#8217;s solid-gold death mask in person. (That&#8217;s lapis lazuli on the eyes and eyebrows; the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.touregypt.net\/museum\/tutl18.htm\" target=\"_blank\">stripes in the headdress are glass colored to look like lapis<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/468379158\" target=\"_blank\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.498316% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/468379158?et=6CE4hBiBRRJvb2ciuklI1A&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=mX7P87iZMokmYXdjkUL06oup7HvbU5wvJg7Xbscv8pE=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"395\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I still have the souvenir book I got at the exhibit. I used to flip through this all the time when I was a kid.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34205\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/book.jpg\" alt=\"book\" width=\"498\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/book.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/book-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/book-300x327.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I credit the exhibit and book with nurturing my passion for gold too. Look at how gold endures for millennia! In fact, it gets more beautiful over time.<\/p>\n<p>Decades later, when I designed a ring in honor of the famously beautiful Egyptian queen Nefertiti, I naturally created it in 18K yellow gold and lapis lazuli.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34206\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Nefertiti-Poison-Ring\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34206\" class=\"wp-image-34206 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Nefertiti_Poison_Ring_M__24713_std.jpg\" alt=\"nefertiti_poison_ring_m__24713_std\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Nefertiti_Poison_Ring_M__24713_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Nefertiti_Poison_Ring_M__24713_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Nefertiti_Poison_Ring_M__24713_std-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Nefertiti_Poison_Ring_M__24713_std-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to shop.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I had the lapis custom cut in the oval shape of a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cartouche\" target=\"_blank\">cartouche<\/a>, which I then set horizontally instead of vertically. I&#8217;m a <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/wendy-brandes-rebel-jewelry-on-jck-online\/\" target=\"_blank\">rebel<\/a> like that. Because a queen needs protection &#8212; sometimes in the form of a little <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmjnyc.com\/blogs\/blog\/15704084-macabre-jewelry-modern-poison-rings-by-wendy-brandes\" target=\"_blank\">poison<\/a> &#8212; I gave the Nefertiti ring a secret compartment.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34207\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"Nefertiti_Poison_Ring_A1__12712_std.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34207\" class=\"wp-image-34207 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Nefertiti_Poison_Ring_A1__12712_std.jpg\" alt=\"nefertiti_poison_ring_a1__12712_std\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Nefertiti_Poison_Ring_A1__12712_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Nefertiti_Poison_Ring_A1__12712_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Nefertiti_Poison_Ring_A1__12712_std-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Nefertiti_Poison_Ring_A1__12712_std-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nefertiti shown open.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I only created one Nefertiti ring in gold. Right now, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Nefertiti-Poison-Ring\" target=\"_blank\">it is specially priced<\/a> to celebrate the Pantone news. Get it while you can.<\/p>\n<p>I prefer lapis combined with yellow gold, like the Egyptians did it, but I&#8217;ve done a few one-off pieces in\u00a0 silver and lapis. A friend persuaded me to make a Nefertiti ring in silver, just for her.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34208\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34208\" class=\"wp-image-34208 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SILVERNefertiti_Poison_Ring_M__87631_std.jpg\" alt=\"silvernefertiti_poison_ring_m__87631_std\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SILVERNefertiti_Poison_Ring_M__87631_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SILVERNefertiti_Poison_Ring_M__87631_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SILVERNefertiti_Poison_Ring_M__87631_std-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SILVERNefertiti_Poison_Ring_M__87631_std-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-34208\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of a kind. Made for Elizabeth.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I even did it as a poison ring, though I normally don&#8217;t make my poison rings in silver.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34209\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34209\" class=\"wp-image-34209 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SILVERNefertiti_Poison_Ring_A1__20584_std.jpg\" alt=\"silvernefertiti_poison_ring_a1__20584_std\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SILVERNefertiti_Poison_Ring_A1__20584_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SILVERNefertiti_Poison_Ring_A1__20584_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SILVERNefertiti_Poison_Ring_A1__20584_std-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SILVERNefertiti_Poison_Ring_A1__20584_std-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-34209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Silver Nefertiti ring shown open.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Several years ago, gorgeous blogger <a href=\"http:\/\/sheilaephemera.blogspot.com\/2012\/02\/feb-29th-outfit-26-last-day-crazy-cats.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sheila of Ephemera<\/a> snagged another silver-and-lapis ring. <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34210\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/sheila-and-her-wendy-brandes-ring\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34210\" class=\"wp-image-34210\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sheila2-1024x932-1024x932.jpg\" alt=\"sheila2-1024x932\" width=\"498\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sheila2-1024x932.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sheila2-1024x932-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sheila2-1024x932-768x699.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Right now, the only other lapis piece I have in stock is my famous Empress Wu dragon ring, with the revolving lapis globe clamped in her jaws.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34211\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Empress-Wu-Dragon-Ring\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34211\" class=\"wp-image-34211 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Empress-Wu-Dragon_M__96883_std.jpg\" alt=\"empress-wu-dragon_m__96883_std\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Empress-Wu-Dragon_M__96883_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Empress-Wu-Dragon_M__96883_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Empress-Wu-Dragon_M__96883_std-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Empress-Wu-Dragon_M__96883_std-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Price upon request. Email info at wendybrandes dot com to inquire.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Watch it go!<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"7\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC\/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5\/P8\/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo\/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI\/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf\/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/zTApxJDZao\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">We&#39;re #reposting this video of the #WendyBrandes Empress Wu ring for the #ChineseNewYear! The dragon is 18K yellow gold with diamond eyes. In her mouth, she is holding a spinning lapis lazuli globe. The ring was inspired by Empress Wu, who is the only female ruler of China to refer to herself as &#34;emperor&#34; during her reign (625-705 AD). #HappyChineseNewYear #LoveGold #repost #regram<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A video posted by Wendy Brandes Jewelry PR (@wendybrandesjewelry) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2015-02-19T20:59:24+00:00\">Feb 19, 2015 at 12:59pm PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I do have some lapis lazuli stud earrings in the works, so if you&#8217;re interested, holla at me at info at wendybrandes dot com so I can reserve a pair for you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, the color experts at Pantone released its picks for the 10 top colors for spring 2017. 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