NEW YORK—“Originally I was trained to make it so you couldn’t see the underside of crowns and tiaras,” said jeweler Ray Griffiths. “And then somebody said to me, ‘Why don’t you make it so that you can see it?’”
That was the eureka moment when he realized the potential of crown work.
The New York jewelry designer who hails from Melbourne, Australia, has become known throughout the United States for his distinctive style that grew out of his love of architecture, history, and his solid training in restoring Victorian jewelry.
Looking at his necklaces and new collection of Regency-period inspired rings, it’s easy to see just how aesthetically suited his grid-patterned crown work is to modern taste.
A Brand Is Born
The style of Griffiths’s work is so unique that he has been able to patent it and, as of last year, his crown work is trademarked.
