From Studio to Stone: A Maker’s Eye: Choosing the Gems

Not all stones are created equal.

In Mikkel Brøgger’s hands, gemstone selection becomes an intuitive art form, one rooted not in uniformity, but in presence. He does not search for the most perfect specimen, but rather the one that speaks.

A pale amethyst may hold the hush of twilight, while a smoky quartz scatters light like a memory. Lapis, dense and celestial, evokes distant skies. Moonstone shimmers with the soft glow of the unseen. These are not stones chosen to dazzle, but to resonate.

This week, we turn our gaze to the materials themselves, Fluorite, Ceylon Moonstone, and  Lapis Lazuli. Their natural beauty, subtle imperfections, and inner glow shape not only the mood of the earrings, but the quiet power they carry when worn.

A Common Thread: Light, Depth, and Memory

What binds these three is their conversation with light. Lapis carries its own night sky—ultramarine shot through with golden pyrite like constellations. Fluorite holds shifting veils of color—bands and currents that move from sea-green to violet as you turn it in your hand. Moonstone answers with a quiet lunar glow, that silken flash that seems to rise from within.

Each invites you to look deeper: stars suspended in blue, tides of color, a whisper of moonlight. Set as drops, the stones are free to move and catch the light from every angle—revealing stories layered over centuries of geology and craft. Together they form a refined palette—color, depth, and glow—chosen not by trend but by phenomenon. Elegant, exclusive, and unmistakably personal.