Russian Jewellers: 10 Names that You Need to Know

June 20, 2018

By Katerina Perez

11 min read

How well do you know Russian jewellery? When I mention my native land, the image of a Fabergé Egg is usually what pops into people’s minds and, often, that’s all! However, in today’s Russia there are jewellers and designers whose ingenuity impresses even the toughest of critics, with their ability to create remarkable masterpieces that bring something new, mysterious and original to the art of high jewellery.

Today I want to tell you about 10 expert jewellers whose work has already become popular amongst collectors – and not only those in Russia, but aficionados the whole world over. Who are they? If you don’t know already, this article is definitely for you.

Ilgiz Fazulyanov

An artist and a jeweller known in professional circles as the ‘King of enamel’. Ever since mastering enamel techniques over 20 years ago, the colourful material has become an integral part of his pieces. IlgizF. creations combine the unusual qualities of being expressive, vivid and unique simultaneously – no other enamel maestro in the world can imitate the spectrum of colours Ilgiz delivers!

Ilgiz Fazulyanov vitrous enamel necklace

Ilgiz Fazulyanov vitrous enamel necklace

 Ilgiz Fazulyanov 'Dragonflies' earrings in enamel, tanzanite and diamonds

Ilgiz Fazulyanov 'Dragonflies' earrings in enamel, tanzanite and diamonds

 Ilgiz Fazulyanov 'Seagulls' pendant with enamel, aquamarine and diamonds

Ilgiz Fazulyanov 'Seagulls' pendant with enamel, aquamarine and diamonds

 Ilgiz Fazulyanov swan brooch with black diamonds and hot renamel

Ilgiz Fazulyanov swan brooch with black diamonds and hot renamel

 Ilgiz Fazulyanov 'Burdock' earrings with enamel, conch pearl, quartz and diamonds

Ilgiz Fazulyanov 'Burdock' earrings with enamel, conch pearl, quartz and diamonds

 Ilgiz Fazulyanov earrings with pearls and enamel

Ilgiz Fazulyanov earrings with pearls and enamel

Ichien Ballaga

Ichien Ballaga, founder of the inspirational Ichien jewellery brand, creates his pieces three times over: the first in his imagination; the second on paper; and finally, in jewelled form. This gradual process allows him to weave together designs that are multifaceted. All of his pieces – whether one-offs or part of a collection – are voluminous and multidimensional, just like life itself.

Ichien 'Bullfinches' ring in colourless and black diamonds, rubies, blue and pink sapphires, blue topaz

Ichien 'Bullfinches' ring in colourless and black diamonds, rubies, blue and pink sapphires, blue topaz

 Ichien engagement ring with sapphire and diamonds

Ichien engagement ring with sapphire and diamonds

 Ichien earrings with citrine drops and diamonds

Ichien earrings with citrine drops and diamonds

 Ichien ring with topaz, enamel and diamonds

Ichien ring with topaz, enamel and diamonds

 Ichien ring in yellow gold with diamonds and enamel

Ichien ring in yellow gold with diamonds and enamel

Chamovskikh

Russian jewellery house Chamovskikh produces modern, technologically advanced and often transformable jewellery, which captivates the eye at first glance with its luxurious, extravagant, unique gemstones. Only after this initial impression do the pieces truly reveal themselves before already admiring eyes, literally and figuratively speaking. They have it all: volume, lightness, an attractive combination of materials in all shades – pearls, stones, gold, nothing in their design is superfluous. 

Chamovskikh 'Sophia' transformable ring with central 3.03ct pear cut diamond and diamond ring 'jacket'

Chamovskikh 'Sophia' transformable ring with central 3.03ct pear cut diamond and diamond ring 'jacket'

 Chamovskikh 'Sophia' transformable ring with central 3.03ct pear cut diamond and diamond ring 'jacket'

Chamovskikh 'Sophia' transformable ring with central 3.03ct pear cut diamond and diamond ring 'jacket'

 Chamovskikh 'Sophia' transformable ring with central 3.03ct pear cut diamond and diamond ring 'jacket'

Chamovskikh 'Sophia' transformable ring with central 3.03ct pear cut diamond and diamond ring 'jacket'

 Chamovskikh 'Singapore' ring with rubellite and diamonds

Chamovskikh 'Singapore' ring with rubellite and diamonds

 Chamovskikh 'Singapore' bracelet with rubellite and diamonds

Chamovskikh 'Singapore' bracelet with rubellite and diamonds

Liza Borzaya

Liza Borzaya is the founder and designer of a very unique and brand of modern jewellery. Her first piece attracted public attention and introduced her brand to the jewellery industry – an exclusive transformable bracelet. In thrilling and unpredictable ways, her design intertwines with the exceptional standards of high jewellery art, for the pieces are both complex but wearable, at once convenient but humorous and charming, and always original and audacious!

Liza Borzaya 'Swallows' palm bracelet in enamel and diamonds

Liza Borzaya 'Swallows' palm bracelet in enamel and diamonds

 Liza Borzaya 'Rebel' earrings in enamel, diamond and ruby

Liza Borzaya 'Rebel' earrings in enamel, diamond and ruby

 Liza Borzaya 'Rebel' ring enamel, diamond and ruby

Liza Borzaya 'Rebel' ring enamel, diamond and ruby

 Liza Borzaya one-of-a-kind diamond earrings

Liza Borzaya one-of-a-kind diamond earrings

 Liza Borzaya sautoir with diamonds and hexagonal emerald

Liza Borzaya sautoir with diamonds and hexagonal emerald

Vladimir Markin

Vladimir Markin knows everything about his pieces – literally, right up to the very last screw. “High quality gold can afford provocation, and real diamonds are pure levity,” declares one apostle of Markin Fine Jewellery. Vladimir’s style is original and easy to recognise, not least because it is inextricably linked with perfect, detailed, jewelled mechanisms. This harmony is often incredibly dynamic: touch it, and hitherto secret surfaces will blossom before your eyes.

Vladimir Markin 'Stones' necklace with multicoloured sapphires

Vladimir Markin 'Stones' necklace with multicoloured sapphires

 Vladimir Markin earrings in pavé diamonds and sapphires

Vladimir Markin earrings in pavé diamonds and sapphires

 Vladimir Markin opening ring

Vladimir Markin opening ring

 Vladimir Markin 'Drops' earrings in pavé diamonds and sapphires

Vladimir Markin 'Drops' earrings in pavé diamonds and sapphires

 Vladimir Markin 'Aperture II' ring in white gold with diamonds

Vladimir Markin 'Aperture II' ring in white gold with diamonds

Ekaterina Kostrigina

“Petersburg Classics” – this is how people are describing jewellery by Russian designer Ekaterina Kostrigina, and what an accurate description it is! Her calling card? A harmonious combination of tradition and old techniques with modern ideas. This visionary jeweller from St. Petersburg works with all the usual materials, with a special interest is using black gold in her designs.

Ekaterina Kostrigina tsavorite and diamond choker

Ekaterina Kostrigina tsavorite and diamond choker

 Ekaterina Kostrigina cat earrings in gold with diamonds, jade and onyx

Ekaterina Kostrigina cat earrings in gold with diamonds, jade and onyx

 Ekaterina Kostrigina dragonfly brooch

Ekaterina Kostrigina dragonfly brooch

 Ekaterina Kostrigina snail brooch with baroque pearl, diamonds, sapphires and tsavorites

Ekaterina Kostrigina snail brooch with baroque pearl, diamonds, sapphires and tsavorites

 Ekaterina Kostrigina brooch with tourmalines and diamonds

Ekaterina Kostrigina brooch with tourmalines and diamonds

 Ekaterina Kostrigina dragon pendant in gold with diamonds, sapphires, opal and plique-a-jour enamel

Ekaterina Kostrigina dragon pendant in gold with diamonds, sapphires, opal and plique-a-jour enamel

Podnebesnaya and Podnebesny

Unique gemstones or the finest pearls? If you have ever been faced with this decision, you will certainly appreciate what jewellery company ‘Podnebesnaya and Podnebesny’are creating. You do not have to choose between the finest of each within your jewellery design; Ksenia Podnebesnaya creates jewellery blending pearls’ delicate palettes with all types of gemstones, from pastel toned gems to others in vivid hues tones. Ksenia promotes wearing pearls regularly and informally, affectionately referring to them as “grains of perfection”, but her brother and business partner Ilya prefers natural, untreated, coloured gemstones and diamonds with vibrant characteristics. 

Podnebesnaya and Podnebesny Colombian emerald and diamond ring

Podnebesnaya and Podnebesny Colombian emerald and diamond ring

 Podnebesnaya and Podnebesny Akoya pearl and diamond bracelet

Podnebesnaya and Podnebesny Akoya pearl and diamond bracelet

 Podnebesnaya and Podnebesny 'Spheres' ring in Tahitian pearl, Malaia garnets and diamonds

Podnebesnaya and Podnebesny 'Spheres' ring in Tahitian pearl, Malaia garnets and diamonds

 Podnebesnaya and Podnebesny ring and earrings in pearl, sapphire and diamonds

Podnebesnaya and Podnebesny ring and earrings in pearl, sapphire and diamonds

 Podnebesnaya and Podnebesny earrings in Tahitian pearl, Malaia garnets and diamonds

Podnebesnaya and Podnebesny earrings in Tahitian pearl, Malaia garnets and diamonds

Yaroslav Argentov

Yaroslav Argentov and his jewellery house ARGENTOV have been offering clients varied stylistic jewellery solutions for over 20 years. The modus operandi of Argentov is to design and manufacture their pieces in a manner which maximises the beauty of the gemstone. To achieve this, the company’s jewellers use modern technologies hand-in-hand with manual production, and they also employ the lost art of intaglio – a unique stone-carving technology.

Argentov intaglio beryl and diamond pendant with intaglio morganite and diamond ring

Argentov intaglio beryl and diamond pendant with intaglio morganite and diamond ring

 Argentov diamond brooch

Argentov diamond brooch

 Argentov intaglio aquamarine

Argentov intaglio aquamarine

Ilya Klyuev

Ilya Klyuev, founder and originator of the CLUEV jewellery brand, sets himself highly ambitious goals: innovating attitudes to jewellery itself, establishing new trends and unravelling the unknown. He achieves this by creating unique jewellery with incredible gemstones, which he personally selects for each of his pieces. His jewellery cannot be imitated, because it is simply impossible to find gemstones of the calibre he chooses!

Ilya Klyuev necklace

Ilya Klyuev necklace

 Ilya Klyuev earrings

Ilya Klyuev earrings

 Ilya Klyuev ring

Ilya Klyuev ring

 Ilya Klyuev earrings

Ilya Klyuev earrings

 Ilya Klyuev earrings

Ilya Klyuev earrings

 Ilya Klyuev earrings

Ilya Klyuev earrings

 Ilya Klyuev ring

Ilya Klyuev ring

 Ilya Klyuev earrings

Ilya Klyuev earrings

Vlad Glynin

Vlad Glynin is a private jeweller and designer whose works are exhibited across both museum and private collections all around the world. The unexpected and powerful design of his jewellery creates dynamic illusions which cannot be replicated – each of his pieces is one-of-a-kind. 

Vlad Glynin

Vlad Glynin

 Vlad Glynin

Vlad Glynin

 Vlad Glynin

Vlad Glynin

 Vlad Glynin

Vlad Glynin

 Vlad Glynin

Vlad Glynin

 Vlad Glynin

Vlad Glynin

 Vlad Glynin

Vlad Glynin

The talents of these jewellers and designers are in no way inferior to their global counterparts in their artistic scope. Expand your geographical boundaries in your quest for fine jewellery and you may be pleasantly surprised!

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