Early summer with a special kind of light. One of the subtle glories of Summer is how the sunlight stretches across surfaces and finds partners in unexpected places. We make jewelry that tells a story and for us, there's nothing like silver to explain summer.
Early summer light is clearer, sharper, and more revealing than the golden haze of August or the muted tones of autumn. There is a crystalline clarity. Jewelry is all about light: the iridescence of pearls, the shimmer of metals, the prism colors of diamonds, and each is different. The light from diamonds throws sparks. Gold absorbs and radiates warmth. Pearls have a layer-upon-layer iridescence.
Silver has its own thing and performs alchemy with light. Metallurgists know the reason. Silver has unique optical properties, reflecting back 95% of the visible light spectrum, more than any other metal. It captures light and returns it with a cool brilliance that feels perfect for summer.
Silver has a perfect gleam against sun-kissed skin, unlike the more ostentatious cousin gold. Silver compliments. Gold commands. The clear, unbothered luminosity of silver is the perfect visual echo of a summer moonrise or the pure glint of sunlight on the water.
The look of silver changes over a summer day. In the morning it's crisp and clear. By midday silver becomes almost a mirror-like, reflecting the world around it with honest exactness. By dusk, the light thrown by silver softens to an almost ethereal quality. This is moondance time that perfectly captures the mystic hours between day and night that seems to stretch forever in the long sunlight of June and July.
Silver is versatile. It is inexpensive and available. You don’t have to be terrified of losing silver jewelry. Silversmithing out of New England has a long American pedigree. Silver accepts its surroundings without competing with them. It is a carefree adornment perfect for the summer season.
We love silver because it offers a perfect metaphor for the Roseate brand, accessibility without compromise. The jewelry we choose to wear and give has origin stories: about the hands that carry it and manufacture it, and about the journey to market. We know our sources and visit the people in the family of our jewelry's creation. This larger story comes with every one of our pieces.
People in the world are emerging from a long winter of blind mass consumption. What we use matters. The spring of awakening turns into a summer of awareness. In a world of mass consumption, the most radical act might be choosing fewer things, but choosing them with complete awareness. Revel in your summer and your silver. Choose the light that you reflect back into the world.
