About the artist

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Art jewelry, designer jewelry by artist Gregory Pyra Piro and the Piro Group has been a long multi generation tradition in the family.  Piro art jewelry is made in a unique way and is formed into a unique form.  Every jewelry piece is a work of art, created entirely in free form.  Unlike most jewelry today, which is made in either casting or is stamped, Piro art jewelry is made by hand and the free forms are made with a torch with careful precision soldering, which is something that takes a long time and a lot of skilled talent to master.  Therefore, each piece, even if based on a similar or even the same design will come out a bit different, unlike it would in cast pieces, and each piece is one of a kind even if based on a particular design.  The Piro art jewelry is made in sterling silver and 14 karat or 18 karat gold, and sometimes all gold.  The designs for center stones often have facet cut gem stones such as:  amethyst, blue topaz, citrine, garnet, iolite, peridot, green tourmaline, pink tourmaline, or any other different colors of tourmaline.  Alternately sometimes cabochons of moonstone and opal are used.  Side stones, which sometimes are also major parts of the design pieces can include:  ammonite, Baltic amber, glass, sea glass, drusy, mother pearl, and Australian opal.  Pearls, opal, moonstone, can be placed either as center or side gem stones.  The center gem stones in many Piro design jewelry pieces frequently come in such combinations as:  amethyst and blue topaz, amethyst and garnet, blue topaz and peridot, citrine and garnet, citrine and peridot, and tourmaline can come with another color gem stones.  Sometimes gem stones can double up as two amethyst stones or two blue topaz stones, for example.  And simpler pieces may have a single gem stone.  Piro art jewelry includes combination pieces such as ring pendants, and some unique creative pieces such as the stack rings.