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Sabrina Loomis 2000-2012
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"There are three criteria we have for designers. The jewelry should be contemporary rather than antique; there should be some redeeming factor, or thought behind the design and, finally, the execution of the actual pieces should be excellent. Sabrina had a good idea and she was willing to put out the money to get first rate goldsmith[s]."
Stuart Moore in WWD
Gemscope was an idea of Arthur M. Young who tossed it out at supper as casually as asking to have the peas passed. The inventor of the Bell 47 (M*A*S*H) helicopter had found a muse in astrology and thought horoscopes in gems and gold would make a good business. Since Arthur made things that worked, I listened to him. My college Fine Arts award, stint as a professional ... con't below
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photographer and healing through an emerald gemstone all helped me kick off a unusual enterprise. When I brought an heirloom for repair to New York City's famed diamond district, the medieval cast of the street charmed me so much I found contractors and put together a small manufacturing team. My engraver boasts commissions from the late Pope John Paul and is so sought after he requires an introduction. My caster out of pity did me the favor, since the first engraving on our signature piece kept vanishing by final polish. The jeweler for our Prism and Autumn Embers necklaces was a commissioned Vietnamese naval officer and among the last people evacuated after the war. His extraordinary talent put four daughters through college.
When a customer asked me for a miniature replica of her birth chart, an inevitable but fearsome request since the job was sure to be difficult, the Astro Talisman Medallion was born. Other requests led to Light-Hearted Fine Jewelry. and pieces to support the Medallions. The Robb Report graciously wrote about us, as did WWD, Bridal Guide and others. See Press. In the beginning small New Yorker ads told people about us. We showed in high-end boutiques like Jerry Grant's A Joy Forever, at the former Plaza Hotel and Henri Bendel on Fifth Avenue and Jennifer Kaufmann in Los Angeles. Several years ago we went online.
Then Arthur's wife, Ruth Forbes Young invited me to help insure the original mission of an international peace academy she founded. The opportunity was irresistible, so I shifted my focus to her pioneering effort in mid-level training for diplomats and the military in mediation, negotiation and conflict resolution. Attending symposia in Vienna, Cairo and New York, I sat in on closed doors discussion about the fiery mix of religion, ethnic rivalry, climate change and seeds of runaway capitalism that has come to threaten peace and security, and just as clearly a universal yearning for a better way....
Arthur had been unveiling the dissolving stage where all life dramas, large and small are occurring as a new age takes hold. Some call it Aquarius, some a shift to a 5th dimensional frequency and others a planetary ascension. Ruth used to say she worked to keep the peace, so there would be time to find the Theory of Process and make needed changes. In any case, Arthur viewed astrology as "wisdom of the ancients" and as vital now as it was long ago, for it tells of the soul and the myriad cycles of action through which consciousness and the cosmos evolve. Gemscope's intention is to help us know that while providing fine jewelry to delight the "basic self."
Georgge Kuntz's Lore of Precious Gems has information on planetary gems..
Ruth and General Indar Jit Rikhye, United Nations military adviser and IPA president.
... a Joy Forever, Gramercy Park, New York .
In Vienna with Major Griendel at the Hofberg Palace for a United Nations 50th and IPA 25th anniversary celebration.
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