The Lotus TiaRa, designed by Kayla Rimmon, received the gold award at 2023's Goldsmith’s Craft & Design Council Awards for Fuli Gemstones’ 2D Peridot Jewellery Design category. The brief was to design a tiara in celebration of King Charles III’s coronation back in May 2023. Since winning, Aril Jewels has worked closely with Fuli Gemstones to bring Kayla's gouache design to life. 

To make the tiara more wearable for modern women, and in keeping with tradition, the tiara also converts into a necklace, providing the opportunity to wear it at less formal occasions and giving the diadem another lease of life. 

The Lotus TiaRa has the sun gem, peridot, at its heart. Peridot is especially connected with ancient Egypt, as Egyptians worshipped the gem, believing peridots fell from the sky and referring to them as the “gems of the sun”.  Ra, the Egyptian sun god, was the king of all the deities, associated with not only the sun, but also heaven, power, and light. For this reason, peridots have been often found in raiment and religious artifacts worshipping Ra.  This tiara uses Egyptian lotus flowers known as Sesen as the main motif. Sesen were depicted extensively in ancient Egyptian art as powerful symbols of Ra and the sun, but also, life, death, rebirth, creation, healing and Egypt itself. Lotuses were associated with the sun because they close and sink below the water every evening before reappearing and blooming at daybreak. The water is depicted in the zig-zag motif, which in hieroglyphics means water. 

PRODUCT DETAILS:

• 20 Fuli Gemstones Peridot 17.03cts total
• 2 half-moon aquamarines 1ct total
• 2 half-moon amethysts 0.40cts total
• 2 half-moon pink tourmalines 1ct total
• 2 half-moon diamonds 0.53cts total
• 257 diamonds 6.03cts total
• Made in platinum & 18k gold including the tiara frame
• There are two additional diamond set sections to convert the tiara into a necklace
• All diamonds are of E colour and VVS/VS clarity