A chance encounter with Ronald Winston, the son of the legendary jeweler Harry Winston, changed the professional path of Alexander Laut. “Being acquainted with the house of Harry Winston is where my desire to create big, bold and one-of-a-kind pieces comes from,” says the designer, who currently resides in Lisbon, Portugal. Laut emigrated from his homeland to Hawaii in the early 1990s and embarked on a variety of jobs before taking Winston’s advice and dedicating himself to a full-time career in jewelry design. Informally- trained, the jeweler expresses himself outside of the realm of traditional design rules to create unconventional pieces set with extraordinary gemstones.
Alexander’s unique style and creative solutions involve an emphasis on rare natural stones which are chosen by the designer himself. Alexander focuses on large, rare and unusual collectible stones like colored diamonds, rubies, sapphires, spinel, alexandrites, and rare turmalines. Another notable signature involves a collection of natural sea pearls combined with precious stones. Not long ago he completed the necklace called “Cleopatra” that has a 26 mm perfectly round Australian pearl, which nowadays is impossible to find. He likes to work with large rare pearls from the South Sea as he likes the mystery of “organic” gems.
As a consequence of his long-term collaboration with the Jewelry House of Harry Winston, Alexander’s works exemplify high quality with an intense attention to detail and still have a unique style and that is why most of his designs tend to be “classical” and conservative. At the same time the creations of Fulco di Verdure, who set standards and visions for many contemporary jewelers, influenced Alexander’s works to a great extent. He tries to avoid mass-trends and concentrate on individual needs. The accent in Alexander’s works is always on large and visible Cocktail Rings. He says: “In my opinion, wearing jewelry, as sets can be boring and costly. You can achieve the same effect with one substantial piece of jewelry. Among his favorite pieces is the “Enternal Kiss” ring that highlights the centerpiece stone with the diamond from inside. The Ruby Strawberry is another one. His priority is to work with the impact of sublime artistry and rarity. Each item of “ALEXANDER LAUT JEWELRY” is unique, has its own ID-number and author’s stamp. His jewelry is all manufactured by hand, one piece at a time by Japanese known for their attention to quality and detail.
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