About Us

RAVE  was founded 4 years ago with the aim to project and promote exquisite Indian craftsmanship -the core of RAVE’s  business.

                                                                                                                                                              

The jewellery ,handcrafted and designed in India, keeps in mind modern trends. Crafted with signature Indian workmanship, the jewellery is styled using  time-honoured techniques and uses a wide array of semi-precious and precious gemstones, uncut diamonds, pearls and more.

Through collaboration with manufacturers and artisans we ensure that the selections are exclusive and reflect the rich and varied cultural heritage of India.

The product line:

Kundan and Polki (uncut/sliced diamond) jewellery:

Reminiscent  of royalty in the Mughal era.Each piece set in 22 and 24 carat gold with precious stone and uncut diamond with designs inspired from jewels of a bygone period.Opulent and elegant, integrating traditional elements with a modern astesthic.Pure fine jewellery which exudes all the grandeur of Mughal times.
Fine quality  92.5% silver jewellery  with gemstones:

Superb in quality and finish the work is intricate and delicate, and the polished gemstones are without a flaw. The beaded collection is made of the finest gems-each  necklace is either strung on super strong and flexible nylon-coated steel cable or is hand-knotted on silk thread. We use the entire range of semiprecious gemstones, freshwater pearls, silver beads and more. Expect to find pretty jewellery enhanced with  pearls, crystals, and briolettes and more.

Colour gemstones and rose cut diamonds
A melange of colour gemstones, silver, gold and rose cut diamonds.
Introducing bespoke jewellery for the bride ,and jewellery for bridal and baby showers.

A note on the jewellery:

All artisans have great pride in their work, and construct their pieces with the highest quality materials. Pieces will be  priced according to the types of materials used.

Each one-of-a-kind piece is designed by a fine young team of designers and handcrafted by skilled artisans-a different one for each type of jewellery. Each piece is unique. RAVE will; however, take special requests and custom orders. So if you have a design in mind, please e-mail us for possibilities of crafting it for you.

RAVE ‘s main aim is to showcase to the world India’s finest.RAVE has had successful shows in Omaha,Chicago,Sacramento, San Francisco, Portland, Orlando, Ottawa and India.

RAVE is a member of the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council of India.

Understanding Polki and Kundan Jewellery

The jewellery of the Maharajas-kundan and polki.With subtle Persian influences in design and French techniques of engraving and enamelling( Champlevé).
Kundan Jewellery is created by setting carefully shaped, cut and polished multi-coloured gemstones and uncut diamonds or polished glass into an exquisitely designed pure gold base. The elaborate process, begins with first skeletal framework into which the lac or the wax is poured and moulded according to the design. In the following  process, fitting of stones or the uncut gems is done into the framework. Often Kundan work is combined with enamelling, Meenakari, so that a piece of jewellery has two equally beautiful surfaces, enamel at the back end and Kundan set gems in the front. Meenakari involves the fusion of colored minerals, such as cobalt oxide for blue, copper oxide for green with powdered glass.The metal is engraved or chased in such a way as to provide depressions within which the colors can be embedded. The colors are applied in order of the hardness those requiring more heat first and those requiring less heat later .In the next  step, gold foils that hold the gems onto the framework are soldered and finally the gems are polished.

Polki jewellery from the Deccan (South India)

Uncut diamonds are set in a similar way in 22 carat gold.In addition rose cut diamonds are used for finishing the edges, and are set in a mixture of gold and silver. Enamelling is done usually in black, and the reverse of the ornament does not have  an enamelled pattern on it.

Terminology:

Meena or Meenakaari: The art of enamelling.
Kundan: Purest form of gold made into thin foil by hammering and heating  several times.It is used to set a gemstone or diamond into a metal cavity and hold it in place.
Jadai: A special method of studding gemstones using Kundan,an art that is special to India.
Puwai: The art of binding beads with thread, golden or silver wire.
Polki: The flat cut of table cut diamond where the flakes of diamond are polished and facets are made on it for brilliance.
Dank: The silver put on the lower surface of diamond or gemstone to give it brilliance or shine.
Talaf: Thin or flat cut coloured gemstones generally rubies set edge to edge without any kundan in between.