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AWARDS

JUST IN: In October 2002, Collette won the First Place Award in Jewelry at the prestigious Belgravia Court Section of the St. James Court Art Show in Louisville, KY for the THIRD straight year. That is her FIFTH AWARD in her first two years showing her Ceiba Tree Jewelry. In June, 2002, Ms. Collette Fortin won Honorable Mention at the Art in the Park Show in Huntington, NY. In the Fall of 2001, she won the Best New Entrant in Crafts Award at the prestigious Gallery North show on Long Island. To see the photos, click HERE.

Collette's 2003 Show Schedule.

Collette Fortin crafts this fine jewelry by hand from gold, sterling silver, brass and copper. Each of the designs is cut out of the metal with her goldsmith's saw. Collette uses precious and semiprecious gemstones to accentuate the character of the metals and the original design of each unique piece. She mounts each gemstone into the work herself. Each of the pieces of sterling silver and gold jewelry shown here is personally handmade by Collette in her studios in Ridge, NY and in the Tribecca district of Manhattan, NY. Each piece of Collette's jewelry can be custom made to your own wishes, incorporating your own individual choice of gemstones.

Here are just a few samples of Collette's award-winning jewelry. Please explore this site by clicking on the pictures of the jewelry pieces, and on the buttons at the bottom of each page.

Collette's professional résume.			Collette's Awards for Jewelry.

A wonderful world of new, beautiful creations awaits you.

MAYA JEWELRY

(click on picture to enlarge image)		Collette makes several distinct lines of exquisite jewelry. This bracelet shows a date in the Maya calendar, in silver and brass, accentuated by three beautiful slices of rhodochrosite and freshwater pearls. Collette's Maya glyph jewelry can be especially designed by her to commemorate a special date in your life such as a birthday or an anniversary. Or Collette could translate someone's name into Maya.
(click on picture to enlarge image)		This intricate neckpiece features an unbelievablely beautiful teardrop-shaped watermelon tourmaline gemstone beneath a tour-de-force of hand-pierced cutwork in Copper and Brass. Other gemstones include Peridot, Citrene & Garnet. Tourmaline, Garnet and Citrene beads surround your neck as you wear this unique piece of Maya-inspired jewelry.

POLYPOD JEWELRY

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Collette's other principal line of jewelry, called the POLYPOD series, incorporates unusual metal treatments and brilliant gemstones into fanciful shapes. In this series, Collette's creative genius shines through. The brass on silver shapes, created by hand by Collette using a technique called "marriage of metals," produce a true work of art. This particular example incorporates three different colors of 14 carat Gold - red, yellow and white into a masterpiece of the custom jeweler's art.

LIMITED EDITION SERIES

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VISION SERPENT CUFF BRACELET

This prize-winning, one-of-a-kind cuff bracelet in Sterling Silver and copper features a Mexican fire opal central gemstone and many other beautiful gemstones such as the rhodochrosite below the fire opal.

The bracelet, cut by hand by Collette, shows the Vision Serpent from the Maya pyramid site at Palenque.

Only twenty-five examples will be made, each signed and numbered by Collette on the inside.

COLLETTE'S MUSEUM SHOW:
Collette's Limited Edition Vision Serpent cuff bracelet, shown above, was selected to be shown as a Sculpture in the "Obsession" Show, the 47th Annual Long Island Artists Exhibition of the Art League of Long Island which was held from May 18 to June 16, 2002 at the Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, NY. CLICK HERE for PHOTOS from the opening night reception.

COLLETTE TEACHES CLASS:
If you are interested in learning jewelry techniques and design from Ms. Collette Fortin and live on Long Island, she will again be teaching a five-week long course in jewelry at the Art League of Long Island in Huntington, NY. The first class will begin on the evening of January 14, 2003. You should contact the Art League at 631-368-0018 for further information.

GUARANTEE: Each piece of Collette's jewelry comes with a lifetime guarantee on workwomanship as well as materials.


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Ceiba Tree Jewelry
118 Gull Dip Road
Ridge, NY 11961
Phone: (631) 924-9420 FAX: (801) 340-4648

This site is maintained by: Bill Watson

Last revision: December 19, 2002