The Jew­el­ers of Amer­ica show at the Jacob Jav­its Cen­ter in Man­hat­tan is always a col­lage of influ­ences and a patch­work of pur­poses. It is in equal mea­sure bazaar, trade show, and parade of designer goods wait­ing for orders or edi­to­r­ial — whichever comes first. But some­times you dis­cover a dia­mond in the rough too.

Ring by Jes­sic Ricci of www.raw-Jewelry.com

There was there was one lovely and alone young woman stand­ing behind what looked like a trea­sure box filled to the brim with black river rocks and bold jew­els in a rain­bow of nat­ural hues. Her name was Jes­sica Ricci and she is the cre­ator of Raw-Jewelry and Market2Market.

Her pieces have a roughly-hewn feel and a warm vibrancy that reflects the designer’s enthu­si­asm for her work. Ricci’s cock­tail rings, pre­sented in finger-flattering octagon-, round– and oval-cuts, are made from gem­stones that are not tra­di­tion­ally faceted — a tech­nique that makes obvi­ous their nat­ural inclu­sions (imper­fec­tions) and their wild charm. Mounted in ster­ling sil­ver or fourteen-carat gold, the claw set­tings and broad shanks make for easy work-wear and tran­si­tion effort­lessly for din­ner out.

14-karat gold pen­dant by Jes­sica Ricci for www.market2market.com

Ricci’s pen­dants are rem­nants cast from objects dis­cov­ered in her trav­els to out­door mar­kets around the world. The neck­lace above was inspired by a frag­ment of antique lace. The designer is a trea­sure seeker — not unlike this writer — and she expresses her love of the hunt through jew­elry; hers is a lyri­cal view of objects trans­formed by the tat­ter­ing nature of time.

I dis­cov­ered new design­ers at this year’s show, so there will be more to come. Please return on Mon­day when I will present an in-depth look at the baubles sec­tion on 1stdibs.com — it is a reveal­ing story with some heavy hit­ters in the indus­try offer­ing up rare insight into the world of estate and antique jew­elry online. Find out who’s sell­ing what, how they do it, and where you can find it…

Until then, have a fan­tas­tic weekend.