Rainbow Sapphire Tennis Bracelet

A rainbow built from rough 🌈🪨

A lot of what I create begins with trying to bring something to life that practically doesn’t exist. This bracelet is one of those pieces.

It began with an idea that sounded simple at first: create an all-natural rainbow sapphire bracelet from stones I selected and cut myself. Not from commercial calibrated sapphires. Not from treated material made to fit a color chart. From natural sapphire rough, chosen for the color it already carried.

Most of the bracelet was built from Umba Valley sapphires, known for their vivid natural range of pinks, yellows, greens, blues, champagne, and lavender tones. Madagascar sapphires were added for deeper royal blues, teal flashes, and sea-green contrast. Songea sapphires completed the spectrum with smoky gray-violet and sunset amber tones.

Together, they create a full spectrum of some of the world’s most sought-after sapphire colors.

More than 60 sapphires were cut along the way. Some were too small. Some carried more inclusions than I wanted. Some were beautiful on their own, but did not belong in the final sequence. Only 39 made the final cut.

A full stone-by-stone booklet is included with the piece, documenting the sapphires, origins, sequence, stone details, and story behind the bracelet.

Details:

39 natural, untreated sapphires

20.75 total carats

Approx. 4.5 mm stones (.53ct average each stone)

18k yellow gold

16.5 grams of gold

7 inches / approx. 18 cm

Origins: Umba Valley (TZ), Madagascar, and Songea (TZ)