Gabriella Kiss
Biography
In Gabriella Kiss’s work master craftsmanship blends with a poetic imagination in jewelry that draws people into the small scale. The results are finely detailed art pieces. Gabriella has always been compelled to create work that represents the underlying layers in our world. This harkens back to a vivid memory from grade school, watching Charles and Ray Eames’ film, The Power of Ten. The nine-minute documentary would provide lifelong inspiration.
The daughter of a physicist, Gabriella studied sculpture at Pratt Institute, where she learned the ancient process of lost-wax casting. Carving in wax lets her capture the intricate details her designs command. Collectors of Gabriella Kiss’s jewelry are intrigued and enthralled by the various layers and range of her work. Earlier designs in her collection are influenced by anatomy. Hand carvings in pins, earrings and rings reference art history, as well as symbolic gestures. The “Love Token” series was inspired by the 19th-century tradition of giving a painted eye to a loved one. Gabriella extended this idea with bas-relief carvings of the five senses coupled with Latin inscriptions. More recently, she has taken inspiration from the delicate and nurturing nature of birds, as well as fruit, snakes and insects. Gabriella Kiss and her husband, furniture designer Chris Lehrecke, live and work out of their respective studios in upstate New York.
Works
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Winged insect necklace -
Queens royal necklace
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One-off small multi-shape scallops with spinel necklace
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One-off round scallop necklace
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Large hammered scallop necklace
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Euphorbia necklace with black diamonds
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9 dendrite necklace with 8 Persian turquoise
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Grey bunny clasp pearl necklace
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4 dendrites bracelet
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3 dendrites bracelet
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6 dendrites bracelet
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One-off giant pierced scallop bracelet
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Almond necklace with silver chain
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Burmese ruby necklace
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Large kite shape watermelon tourmaline necklace
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Long oval moonstone necklace
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Pale emerald necklace
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Pyrite and star ruby necklace
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River stone necklace with gold pebbles
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Freshwater pearl swan necklace
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Pine needle necklace
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Large crystal lens pendant
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Purple beryl slab necklace
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Small mouse bone necklace
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Spectacular slab diamond earrings
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Rutilated quartz bracelet
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Ceylon moonstone snake necklace
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Grey basque freshwater pearls earrings with sapphire tops
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Medium ivy leaves with sapphire drops
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Diamond slab pendant
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Raccoon ribcage earrings
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Snake brooch
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Moth brooch
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Scalloped green moss agate slab necklace
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Mushroom cluster brooch
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Flying birds with pearl earrings
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Butterfly earrings with labradorite drops
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Gold buckwheat drop earrings
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Gold buckwheat earrings
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Rock crystal scallop earrings
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Wasps in honeycomb earrings
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Olive quartz earrings
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Hammered scallop earrings with ruby drops
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Oval rubellite earrings
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Almandine garnet lens earrings
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Rutilated quartz lens earrings
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Pear snowy moss agate earrings
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Pear labradorite earrings
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Moth turquoise brooch
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Articulated wasp earrings
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Blue chalcedony earrings
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Fly studs
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Large snake hoops
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Medium shelf mushroom posts with sapphires
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Nose studs
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Pear tourmaline earrings
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Red jasper bead necklace with slugs
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Ruby gem bug studs
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Slug studs
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Small ebony pinecone earrings
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Tiny mushroom studs
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Medium bud branch earrings
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Garnet pendant necklace
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Amethyst chinese lantern earrings
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Antler tiara bracelet with Tahitian pearls
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Ants on large herkimer crystal earrings
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Aqua pebble earrings with diamonds
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Articulated wasp earrings
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Banded agate wings with tourmaline earrings
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Black jade bean earrings
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Canoe earrings with kyanite drops
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Carnelian bean earrings
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Carnelian hickory nut necklace
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Carnelian scallop earrings
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Carved stick bug
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Claw pin holding fine emerald crystal
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Clipper ships earrings
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Crinkled gooseberry with orange agate earrings
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Cushion cut black diamond studs
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Cushion peridot earrings
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Cushion salt and pepper rose cut diamond studs
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Emerald cut watermelon tourmaline earrings
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Euphorbia brooch with diamonds
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Euphorbia earrings with opals and diamonds
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Faceted moon aqua earrings
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Fish earrings with sapphires
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Giant scallop earrings with salt and pepper diamonds
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Hand carved banded agate earrings
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Hand carved shell cameo brooch with moss aquamarine drop
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Lapis cloud earrings
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Large damselfly pin
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Large gooseberry with orange agate earrings
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Long blue green tourmaline earrings
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Long bud branch earrings with sapphires
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Long rectangular dendrite earrings with green tourmalines
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Lovers eye brooch with pink pearls
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Maki-e tahitian pearl earrings
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Maki-e tahitian pearl earrings
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Maki-e tahitian pearl earrings
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Medium gooseberry with Tahitian pearls earrings
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Mother of pearl black jade ghost ship earrings
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Mother of pearl ghost ship earrings
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Mouse bone necklace
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Nephrite chinese lantern earrings
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Nephrite cloud earrings
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One off bug brooch with amethyst and diamonds
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One off bug brooch with yellow sapphires
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One off damselfly brooch with banded agate
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One-off 11 sapphire bracelet
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Orange square dendrite earrings with ruby
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Oval link chain bracelet
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Oval rose cut salt and pepper diamond earrings
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Oval rubelite salt and pepper diamond earrings
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Oval scallop earrings
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Praying mantis brooch
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Rectangular scallop earrings
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Rock crystal bean on still cord
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Rock crystal chinese lantern earrings
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Round scallop earrings
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Small pointed euphorbia earrings with blue sapphires
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Small square scallop earrings
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Smoky quartz hickory nut necklace
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Snake chain bracelet with diamond eyes
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Snowflake scallops with Persian turquoise earrings
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Spectacular green moonstone with oval links bracelet
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Spider with grey moonstone and diamond web
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Spiral snake earrings
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Spiral snakes around south sea pearl earrings
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Square dendrite earrings with amethyst
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Tiny round euphorbia earrings with diamonds and sapphires
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Tumbled emerald pebble necklace
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Pear green tourmaline ring
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