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Jewelry's Independent Women

This year marks Solange Azagury-Partridges 25th anniversary as a designer. Known for her colorful gems and playful, conceptual approach, the London jeweler celebrated the occasion with the Everything collection, which she describes as a little bit more of everything Ive ever done.From spinning diamond cogs and fantastical creatures to rings that tell a story in precious stones and colored enamel, Ms. Azagury-Partridges jewelry is not mere decoration but wearable art that provokes thought, and frequently a smile.The former Boucheron creative director is a veteran among a growing group of independent female designers who have turned their passion for jewelry into successful businesses, creating the heirlooms of tomorrow.Unlike their male counterparts who until recently dominated the independent market, these female jewelers have the advantage of understanding from personal experience what women want to wear.Lisa Hubbard, chairman of North and South America for Sothebys international jewelry division, says that their progress coincides with more female jewelry buyers than ever before. Given that more and more women today have independent means and are vying for jewelry for themselves, it makes sense that women would successfully design jewels that other women want to wear, she said.Ms. Azagury-Partridge, after being burnt in the past by investment partnerships gone awry, is determined to develop her business on her own terms. I want to get as small as I can, and I want to work in my own way. With independence comes freedom, she said.Aside from her exuberantly decorated Mayfair flagship store, which the designer and friend Tom Dixon describes as a magic kingdom, she has just two other stores now, one in New York and one in Paris. She has closed several other stores and is looking for alternative ways to expand, without the expense of new stores.In October, she released her second collaboration with Amazons British website. The e-commerce giant is offering an exclusive sterling silver and lacquered version of her signature Hotlips ring design for 69 pounds, or about $104. The original gold and enamel version, first designed in 2005, and which sells for more than $2,300, is one of the jewelers best sellers.The designer said the Amazon version, available in six colors, is selling well and may soon appear on Amazons American site. The seasonal changes demanded by online jewelry sales are at odds with the long lead time needed for her precious jewelry collection, so the rings sales are a way for me to do wholesaling and to make my jewelry available to a much wider audience, she said.Carolina Bucci is another jewelry designer experimenting with ways to expand her business. Fifteen years after starting her self-named 18-karat gold collection, the jeweler, who was raised in Italy and is based in London, is planning to introduce Caro, a silver jewelry brand, in the latter half of 2016.Catering to a younger, fashion-focused customer, it will have seasonal collections and is expected to sell for prices between $150 and $2,500. (Her fine jewelry ranges from $950 to $100,000).Caro, which uses Ms. Buccis nickname, will have the same spirit as her original brand but will be built on a different business model. I dont want more than four or five Carolina Bucci stores, as I want to retain that sense of exclusivity, but Caro is a brand I envisage having lots of different stores and retailers, she said.Wearability will remain the key issue, though. Born into a family of Florentine jewelers, Ms. Bucci says she was never allowed to wear costume jewelry growing up, and found that the fine jewelry she could wear was too traditional for her tastes. I wanted to make fine jewelry that was true to my family heritage, yet also fun and relevant to my own life, she said.For her, designing jewelry is a personal endeavor. Unlike the elaborate jewels she remembers her mother wearing when she was a child, her concept is to create easy but luxury pieces that can be worn all day, whether dealing with work, children or an evening out. Our lives are so different these days, she said.A turning point for the designer came when she opened her own store in the Belgravia area of London in 2007. Until that point Id never actually met my clients really, she said. The business definitely grew after opening the store.The store allowed her to display her entire range, and she became inspired by the women who came in and became loyal customers who are now evolving with me, she said.Irene Neuwirth agrees that opening her own store on Melrose Place in Los Angeles last year has been pivotal to her companys development. Our business has increased everywhere because of the store. Its an incredible branding tool, she said.Having been among Barney New Yorks top-selling jewelry designers since introducing her colorful, feminine collection in 2003, Ms. Neuwirth says it is her relationships with the store owners who sell her jewels, and with the female customers who collect them, that has fueled her success.Ive built my business by building amazing friendships, she said. I feel thats a very specific way women have of doing business, which, in the personal world of jewelry, gives them an advantage.Ms. Neuwirths clients frequently buy a piece after seeing the designer wearing it. Acting as a billboard for ones own jewelry is not something so easily achieved by a male designer, and Suzanne Syz believes that female designers also have the advantage of understanding what feels good.We know what fits. I wear my designs to see if theyre comfortable. Weve all had jewelry in the past that was too heavy, the Swiss designer said.Ms. Syzs colorful, one-of-a-kind haute jewelry is frequently inspired by art and marries fine craftsmanship with whimsy. Her tiny atelier in Geneva only produces around 25 pieces a year, and in New York last month, she announced her first watch.Called Her Ben, this limited-edition, bejeweled mystery watch was inspired by Big Ben in London, and took two years to complete. The watch has two faces, both realized in diamonds and a choice of rose or white gold or black titanium. Time literally stands still on the outside cover face, while the one inside is the real watch. The inscription opposite reminds the wearer: You may delay, but time will not.Ms. Syz says her select clients, primarily in Europe and the United States, many of whom are art collectors like herself, find traditional jewelry too staid and appreciate her mix of haute jewelry and tongue-in-cheek style.Cindy Chao also approaches jewelry as art, and the wonders of nature are her chief inspiration. She carves her miniature sculptures in wax, then has them realized in gold, titanium and precious stones at her workshops in Geneva, Paris and Lyon, France. She produces only 12 to 20 pieces a year.Her Black Label Masterpiece No. II Fish brooch took three years to complete. It is a large, glowing emerald representing the cheek of a puffer fish, and the surface is covered with more than 5,000 diamonds and sapphires. (Some pieces from the collection sell for $10 million.)The Taiwanese designer says her business now is roughly 65 percent in Asia, 20 percent in the Middle East and 15 percent in the United States and Europe. She opened a luxurious Hong Kong showroom this past spring, and is transferring her headquarters there from Taipei in an effort to establish herself in an international finance center with a more promising customer base.Despite the continued downturn in the Chinese economy, which has led many international luxury brands to close stores in the city, she believes serious jewelry collectors passing through Hong Kong are always looking for something unique. There is still great demand from the real collectors if they see investment value, she said.For Ms. Chao, the first Taiwanese jeweler to have her work become part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institutions National Museum of Natural History, growing her business is important but should not come at the expense of creating the perfect jewel: Product is key. Scale doesnt matter.I sometimes ask myself: Is this a business? Is this art? Is it for myself? Ms. Chao said. I need to focus on making the best jewelry I can, on surprising people and making them see how jewelry can be art.THE DESIGNERSSOLANGE AZAGURY-PARTRIDGELondonSolange Azagury-Partridge was working at a 20th century antique dealer in London when, disappointed by the engagement ring choices available, she designed her own. The resulting ring was so admired by friends and acquaintances that she introduced her own brand in 1990. In 2002 she was selected by Tom Ford to become creative director at Boucheron in Paris, an experience she describes as like attending the Oxbridge of jewelry design. Known for her jewelrys combination of color, sensuality and wit, she is in discussions with a London museum to curate a 2017 exhibition that will raise jewelrys profile as a serious art form.CAROLINA BUCCILondonIn 1885, Carolina Buccis great-grandfather opened a store repairing pocket watches in Florence. The family business evolved to become a manufacturer of fine gold jewelry, and now its workshops produce all of Ms. Buccis collections. Mixing traditional techniques with modern designs such as her signature woven-gold and silk thread friendship bracelets, the designer spends her time in London, Italy and New York, where her mother was born and where she started her business. With celebrity clients such as Victoria Beckham and Gwyneth Paltrow, she has developed an international following for luxurious jewels that are distinctive yet easy to layer with other pieces.CINDY CHAOHong KongCindy Chao grew up in Taiwan surrounded by creativity, the daughter of a sculptor and granddaughter of a famous architect. She launched Cindy Chao The Art Jewel in 2004 and has always approached her jewelry as miniature 3-D sculptures with minuscule detailing and a sense of light and balance. With a less-is-more philosophy of production, she only creates one of her signature butterflies every year and they have quickly become collectors items. The Ballerina Butterfly brooch, designed with Sarah Jessica Parker, was sold at Sothebys in October 2014 for $1.2 million, with $300,000 of the proceeds benefiting the New York City Ballet.IRENE NEUWIRTHLos AngelesIrene Neuwirths bold, luxurious statement pieces in a rainbow of gems including opal, turquoise and tourmaline are a red carpet favorite, worn by the likes of Reese Witherspoon, Naomi Watts and Lena Dunham. Known for the interior design of her home in the Venice section and her store at Melrose Place in Los Angeles, she has been approached to become a lifestyle brand but is determined to focus on jewelry. I want to be a household name, and to have my jewelry passed down from generation to generation, said Ms. Neuwirth, who won the 2014 CFDA Swarovski Award for Accessory Design. As her boyfriend, the Lego Movie director Phil Lord, decamping to London in 2016 for his next project, Ms. Neuwirth said she is looking forward to an opportunity to grow her international profile.SUZANNE SYZGenevaSuzanne Syz started creating her own pieces after finding traditional haute jewelry too outdated for her tastes. An avid modern art collector, her work was influenced by her friends Andy Warhol and Jean Michel Basquiat, whom she met while living in New York in the 1980s. Now based in Geneva, her perfectionist approach to her creations meant it took five years to complete her first collection and she continues to produce a very limited number of pieces. Her latest creation and first watch, Her Ben, took two years to complete and, unusually for a jewelry watch (they are normally quartz-powered), it has a mechanical movement from by Vaucher, one of haute horlogeries finest manufacturers.

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Jewelry's Independent Women

This year marks Solange Azagury-Partridges 25th anniversary as a designer. Known for her colorful gems and playful, conceptual approach, the London jeweler celebrated the occasion with the Everything collection, which she describes as a little bit more of everything Ive ever done.From spinning diamond cogs and fantastical creatures to rings that tell a story in precious stones and colored enamel, Ms. Azagury-Partridges jewelry is not mere decoration but wearable art that provokes thought, and frequently a smile.The former Boucheron creative director is a veteran among a growing group of independent female designers who have turned their passion for jewelry into successful businesses, creating the heirlooms of tomorrow.Unlike their male counterparts who until recently dominated the independent market, these female jewelers have the advantage of understanding from personal experience what women want to wear.Lisa Hubbard, chairman of North and South America for Sothebys international jewelry division, says that their progress coincides with more female jewelry buyers than ever before. Given that more and more women today have independent means and are vying for jewelry for themselves, it makes sense that women would successfully design jewels that other women want to wear, she said.Ms. Azagury-Partridge, after being burnt in the past by investment partnerships gone awry, is determined to develop her business on her own terms. I want to get as small as I can, and I want to work in my own way. With independence comes freedom, she said.Aside from her exuberantly decorated Mayfair flagship store, which the designer and friend Tom Dixon describes as a magic kingdom, she has just two other stores now, one in New York and one in Paris. She has closed several other stores and is looking for alternative ways to expand, without the expense of new stores.In October, she released her second collaboration with Amazons British website. The e-commerce giant is offering an exclusive sterling silver and lacquered version of her signature Hotlips ring design for 69 pounds, or about $104. The original gold and enamel version, first designed in 2005, and which sells for more than $2,300, is one of the jewelers best sellers.The designer said the Amazon version, available in six colors, is selling well and may soon appear on Amazons American site. The seasonal changes demanded by online jewelry sales are at odds with the long lead time needed for her precious jewelry collection, so the rings sales are a way for me to do wholesaling and to make my jewelry available to a much wider audience, she said.Carolina Bucci is another jewelry designer experimenting with ways to expand her business. Fifteen years after starting her self-named 18-karat gold collection, the jeweler, who was raised in Italy and is based in London, is planning to introduce Caro, a silver jewelry brand, in the latter half of 2016.Catering to a younger, fashion-focused customer, it will have seasonal collections and is expected to sell for prices between $150 and $2,500. (Her fine jewelry ranges from $950 to $100,000).Caro, which uses Ms. Buccis nickname, will have the same spirit as her original brand but will be built on a different business model. I dont want more than four or five Carolina Bucci stores, as I want to retain that sense of exclusivity, but Caro is a brand I envisage having lots of different stores and retailers, she said.Wearability will remain the key issue, though. Born into a family of Florentine jewelers, Ms. Bucci says she was never allowed to wear costume jewelry growing up, and found that the fine jewelry she could wear was too traditional for her tastes. I wanted to make fine jewelry that was true to my family heritage, yet also fun and relevant to my own life, she said.For her, designing jewelry is a personal endeavor. Unlike the elaborate jewels she remembers her mother wearing when she was a child, her concept is to create easy but luxury pieces that can be worn all day, whether dealing with work, children or an evening out. Our lives are so different these days, she said.A turning point for the designer came when she opened her own store in the Belgravia area of London in 2007. Until that point Id never actually met my clients really, she said. The business definitely grew after opening the store.The store allowed her to display her entire range, and she became inspired by the women who came in and became loyal customers who are now evolving with me, she said.Irene Neuwirth agrees that opening her own store on Melrose Place in Los Angeles last year has been pivotal to her companys development. Our business has increased everywhere because of the store. Its an incredible branding tool, she said.Having been among Barney New Yorks top-selling jewelry designers since introducing her colorful, feminine collection in 2003, Ms. Neuwirth says it is her relationships with the store owners who sell her jewels, and with the female customers who collect them, that has fueled her success.Ive built my business by building amazing friendships, she said. I feel thats a very specific way women have of doing business, which, in the personal world of jewelry, gives them an advantage.Ms. Neuwirths clients frequently buy a piece after seeing the designer wearing it. Acting as a billboard for ones own jewelry is not something so easily achieved by a male designer, and Suzanne Syz believes that female designers also have the advantage of understanding what feels good.We know what fits. I wear my designs to see if theyre comfortable. Weve all had jewelry in the past that was too heavy, the Swiss designer said.Ms. Syzs colorful, one-of-a-kind haute jewelry is frequently inspired by art and marries fine craftsmanship with whimsy. Her tiny atelier in Geneva only produces around 25 pieces a year, and in New York last month, she announced her first watch.Called Her Ben, this limited-edition, bejeweled mystery watch was inspired by Big Ben in London, and took two years to complete. The watch has two faces, both realized in diamonds and a choice of rose or white gold or black titanium. Time literally stands still on the outside cover face, while the one inside is the real watch. The inscription opposite reminds the wearer: You may delay, but time will not.Ms. Syz says her select clients, primarily in Europe and the United States, many of whom are art collectors like herself, find traditional jewelry too staid and appreciate her mix of haute jewelry and tongue-in-cheek style.Cindy Chao also approaches jewelry as art, and the wonders of nature are her chief inspiration. She carves her miniature sculptures in wax, then has them realized in gold, titanium and precious stones at her workshops in Geneva, Paris and Lyon, France. She produces only 12 to 20 pieces a year.Her Black Label Masterpiece No. II Fish brooch took three years to complete. It is a large, glowing emerald representing the cheek of a puffer fish, and the surface is covered with more than 5,000 diamonds and sapphires. (Some pieces from the collection sell for $10 million.)The Taiwanese designer says her business now is roughly 65 percent in Asia, 20 percent in the Middle East and 15 percent in the United States and Europe. She opened a luxurious Hong Kong showroom this past spring, and is transferring her headquarters there from Taipei in an effort to establish herself in an international finance center with a more promising customer base.Despite the continued downturn in the Chinese economy, which has led many international luxury brands to close stores in the city, she believes serious jewelry collectors passing through Hong Kong are always looking for something unique. There is still great demand from the real collectors if they see investment value, she said.For Ms. Chao, the first Taiwanese jeweler to have her work become part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institutions National Museum of Natural History, growing her business is important but should not come at the expense of creating the perfect jewel: Product is key. Scale doesnt matter.I sometimes ask myself: Is this a business? Is this art? Is it for myself? Ms. Chao said. I need to focus on making the best jewelry I can, on surprising people and making them see how jewelry can be art.THE DESIGNERSSOLANGE AZAGURY-PARTRIDGELondonSolange Azagury-Partridge was working at a 20th century antique dealer in London when, disappointed by the engagement ring choices available, she designed her own. The resulting ring was so admired by friends and acquaintances that she introduced her own brand in 1990. In 2002 she was selected by Tom Ford to become creative director at Boucheron in Paris, an experience she describes as like attending the Oxbridge of jewelry design. Known for her jewelrys combination of color, sensuality and wit, she is in discussions with a London museum to curate a 2017 exhibition that will raise jewelrys profile as a serious art form.CAROLINA BUCCILondonIn 1885, Carolina Buccis great-grandfather opened a store repairing pocket watches in Florence. The family business evolved to become a manufacturer of fine gold jewelry, and now its workshops produce all of Ms. Buccis collections. Mixing traditional techniques with modern designs such as her signature woven-gold and silk thread friendship bracelets, the designer spends her time in London, Italy and New York, where her mother was born and where she started her business. With celebrity clients such as Victoria Beckham and Gwyneth Paltrow, she has developed an international following for luxurious jewels that are distinctive yet easy to layer with other pieces.CINDY CHAOHong KongCindy Chao grew up in Taiwan surrounded by creativity, the daughter of a sculptor and granddaughter of a famous architect. She launched Cindy Chao The Art Jewel in 2004 and has always approached her jewelry as miniature 3-D sculptures with minuscule detailing and a sense of light and balance. With a less-is-more philosophy of production, she only creates one of her signature butterflies every year and they have quickly become collectors items. The Ballerina Butterfly brooch, designed with Sarah Jessica Parker, was sold at Sothebys in October 2014 for $1.2 million, with $300,000 of the proceeds benefiting the New York City Ballet.IRENE NEUWIRTHLos AngelesIrene Neuwirths bold, luxurious statement pieces in a rainbow of gems including opal, turquoise and tourmaline are a red carpet favorite, worn by the likes of Reese Witherspoon, Naomi Watts and Lena Dunham. Known for the interior design of her home in the Venice section and her store at Melrose Place in Los Angeles, she has been approached to become a lifestyle brand but is determined to focus on jewelry. I want to be a household name, and to have my jewelry passed down from generation to generation, said Ms. Neuwirth, who won the 2014 CFDA Swarovski Award for Accessory Design. As her boyfriend, the Lego Movie director Phil Lord, decamping to London in 2016 for his next project, Ms. Neuwirth said she is looking forward to an opportunity to grow her international profile.SUZANNE SYZGenevaSuzanne Syz started creating her own pieces after finding traditional haute jewelry too outdated for her tastes. An avid modern art collector, her work was influenced by her friends Andy Warhol and Jean Michel Basquiat, whom she met while living in New York in the 1980s. Now based in Geneva, her perfectionist approach to her creations meant it took five years to complete her first collection and she continues to produce a very limited number of pieces. Her latest creation and first watch, Her Ben, took two years to complete and, unusually for a jewelry watch (they are normally quartz-powered), it has a mechanical movement from by Vaucher, one of haute horlogeries finest manufacturers.

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Jewelry's Independent Women

This year marks Solange Azagury-Partridges 25th anniversary as a designer. Known for her colorful gems and playful, conceptual approach, the London jeweler celebrated the occasion with the Everything collection, which she describes as a little bit more of everything Ive ever done.From spinning diamond cogs and fantastical creatures to rings that tell a story in precious stones and colored enamel, Ms. Azagury-Partridges jewelry is not mere decoration but wearable art that provokes thought, and frequently a smile.The former Boucheron creative director is a veteran among a growing group of independent female designers who have turned their passion for jewelry into successful businesses, creating the heirlooms of tomorrow.Unlike their male counterparts who until recently dominated the independent market, these female jewelers have the advantage of understanding from personal experience what women want to wear.Lisa Hubbard, chairman of North and South America for Sothebys international jewelry division, says that their progress coincides with more female jewelry buyers than ever before. Given that more and more women today have independent means and are vying for jewelry for themselves, it makes sense that women would successfully design jewels that other women want to wear, she said.Ms. Azagury-Partridge, after being burnt in the past by investment partnerships gone awry, is determined to develop her business on her own terms. I want to get as small as I can, and I want to work in my own way. With independence comes freedom, she said.Aside from her exuberantly decorated Mayfair flagship store, which the designer and friend Tom Dixon describes as a magic kingdom, she has just two other stores now, one in New York and one in Paris. She has closed several other stores and is looking for alternative ways to expand, without the expense of new stores.In October, she released her second collaboration with Amazons British website. The e-commerce giant is offering an exclusive sterling silver and lacquered version of her signature Hotlips ring design for 69 pounds, or about $104. The original gold and enamel version, first designed in 2005, and which sells for more than $2,300, is one of the jewelers best sellers.The designer said the Amazon version, available in six colors, is selling well and may soon appear on Amazons American site. The seasonal changes demanded by online jewelry sales are at odds with the long lead time needed for her precious jewelry collection, so the rings sales are a way for me to do wholesaling and to make my jewelry available to a much wider audience, she said.Carolina Bucci is another jewelry designer experimenting with ways to expand her business. Fifteen years after starting her self-named 18-karat gold collection, the jeweler, who was raised in Italy and is based in London, is planning to introduce Caro, a silver jewelry brand, in the latter half of 2016.Catering to a younger, fashion-focused customer, it will have seasonal collections and is expected to sell for prices between $150 and $2,500. (Her fine jewelry ranges from $950 to $100,000).Caro, which uses Ms. Buccis nickname, will have the same spirit as her original brand but will be built on a different business model. I dont want more than four or five Carolina Bucci stores, as I want to retain that sense of exclusivity, but Caro is a brand I envisage having lots of different stores and retailers, she said.Wearability will remain the key issue, though. Born into a family of Florentine jewelers, Ms. Bucci says she was never allowed to wear costume jewelry growing up, and found that the fine jewelry she could wear was too traditional for her tastes. I wanted to make fine jewelry that was true to my family heritage, yet also fun and relevant to my own life, she said.For her, designing jewelry is a personal endeavor. Unlike the elaborate jewels she remembers her mother wearing when she was a child, her concept is to create easy but luxury pieces that can be worn all day, whether dealing with work, children or an evening out. Our lives are so different these days, she said.A turning point for the designer came when she opened her own store in the Belgravia area of London in 2007. Until that point Id never actually met my clients really, she said. The business definitely grew after opening the store.The store allowed her to display her entire range, and she became inspired by the women who came in and became loyal customers who are now evolving with me, she said.Irene Neuwirth agrees that opening her own store on Melrose Place in Los Angeles last year has been pivotal to her companys development. Our business has increased everywhere because of the store. Its an incredible branding tool, she said.Having been among Barney New Yorks top-selling jewelry designers since introducing her colorful, feminine collection in 2003, Ms. Neuwirth says it is her relationships with the store owners who sell her jewels, and with the female customers who collect them, that has fueled her success.Ive built my business by building amazing friendships, she said. I feel thats a very specific way women have of doing business, which, in the personal world of jewelry, gives them an advantage.Ms. Neuwirths clients frequently buy a piece after seeing the designer wearing it. Acting as a billboard for ones own jewelry is not something so easily achieved by a male designer, and Suzanne Syz believes that female designers also have the advantage of understanding what feels good.We know what fits. I wear my designs to see if theyre comfortable. Weve all had jewelry in the past that was too heavy, the Swiss designer said.Ms. Syzs colorful, one-of-a-kind haute jewelry is frequently inspired by art and marries fine craftsmanship with whimsy. Her tiny atelier in Geneva only produces around 25 pieces a year, and in New York last month, she announced her first watch.Called Her Ben, this limited-edition, bejeweled mystery watch was inspired by Big Ben in London, and took two years to complete. The watch has two faces, both realized in diamonds and a choice of rose or white gold or black titanium. Time literally stands still on the outside cover face, while the one inside is the real watch. The inscription opposite reminds the wearer: You may delay, but time will not.Ms. Syz says her select clients, primarily in Europe and the United States, many of whom are art collectors like herself, find traditional jewelry too staid and appreciate her mix of haute jewelry and tongue-in-cheek style.Cindy Chao also approaches jewelry as art, and the wonders of nature are her chief inspiration. She carves her miniature sculptures in wax, then has them realized in gold, titanium and precious stones at her workshops in Geneva, Paris and Lyon, France. She produces only 12 to 20 pieces a year.Her Black Label Masterpiece No. II Fish brooch took three years to complete. It is a large, glowing emerald representing the cheek of a puffer fish, and the surface is covered with more than 5,000 diamonds and sapphires. (Some pieces from the collection sell for $10 million.)The Taiwanese designer says her business now is roughly 65 percent in Asia, 20 percent in the Middle East and 15 percent in the United States and Europe. She opened a luxurious Hong Kong showroom this past spring, and is transferring her headquarters there from Taipei in an effort to establish herself in an international finance center with a more promising customer base.Despite the continued downturn in the Chinese economy, which has led many international luxury brands to close stores in the city, she believes serious jewelry collectors passing through Hong Kong are always looking for something unique. There is still great demand from the real collectors if they see investment value, she said.For Ms. Chao, the first Taiwanese jeweler to have her work become part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institutions National Museum of Natural History, growing her business is important but should not come at the expense of creating the perfect jewel: Product is key. Scale doesnt matter.I sometimes ask myself: Is this a business? Is this art? Is it for myself? Ms. Chao said. I need to focus on making the best jewelry I can, on surprising people and making them see how jewelry can be art.THE DESIGNERSSOLANGE AZAGURY-PARTRIDGELondonSolange Azagury-Partridge was working at a 20th century antique dealer in London when, disappointed by the engagement ring choices available, she designed her own. The resulting ring was so admired by friends and acquaintances that she introduced her own brand in 1990. In 2002 she was selected by Tom Ford to become creative director at Boucheron in Paris, an experience she describes as like attending the Oxbridge of jewelry design. Known for her jewelrys combination of color, sensuality and wit, she is in discussions with a London museum to curate a 2017 exhibition that will raise jewelrys profile as a serious art form.CAROLINA BUCCILondonIn 1885, Carolina Buccis great-grandfather opened a store repairing pocket watches in Florence. The family business evolved to become a manufacturer of fine gold jewelry, and now its workshops produce all of Ms. Buccis collections. Mixing traditional techniques with modern designs such as her signature woven-gold and silk thread friendship bracelets, the designer spends her time in London, Italy and New York, where her mother was born and where she started her business. With celebrity clients such as Victoria Beckham and Gwyneth Paltrow, she has developed an international following for luxurious jewels that are distinctive yet easy to layer with other pieces.CINDY CHAOHong KongCindy Chao grew up in Taiwan surrounded by creativity, the daughter of a sculptor and granddaughter of a famous architect. She launched Cindy Chao The Art Jewel in 2004 and has always approached her jewelry as miniature 3-D sculptures with minuscule detailing and a sense of light and balance. With a less-is-more philosophy of production, she only creates one of her signature butterflies every year and they have quickly become collectors items. The Ballerina Butterfly brooch, designed with Sarah Jessica Parker, was sold at Sothebys in October 2014 for $1.2 million, with $300,000 of the proceeds benefiting the New York City Ballet.IRENE NEUWIRTHLos AngelesIrene Neuwirths bold, luxurious statement pieces in a rainbow of gems including opal, turquoise and tourmaline are a red carpet favorite, worn by the likes of Reese Witherspoon, Naomi Watts and Lena Dunham. Known for the interior design of her home in the Venice section and her store at Melrose Place in Los Angeles, she has been approached to become a lifestyle brand but is determined to focus on jewelry. I want to be a household name, and to have my jewelry passed down from generation to generation, said Ms. Neuwirth, who won the 2014 CFDA Swarovski Award for Accessory Design. As her boyfriend, the Lego Movie director Phil Lord, decamping to London in 2016 for his next project, Ms. Neuwirth said she is looking forward to an opportunity to grow her international profile.SUZANNE SYZGenevaSuzanne Syz started creating her own pieces after finding traditional haute jewelry too outdated for her tastes. An avid modern art collector, her work was influenced by her friends Andy Warhol and Jean Michel Basquiat, whom she met while living in New York in the 1980s. Now based in Geneva, her perfectionist approach to her creations meant it took five years to complete her first collection and she continues to produce a very limited number of pieces. Her latest creation and first watch, Her Ben, took two years to complete and, unusually for a jewelry watch (they are normally quartz-powered), it has a mechanical movement from by Vaucher, one of haute horlogeries finest manufacturers.

[lightdreamer24]

Jewelry's Independent Women

This year marks Solange Azagury-Partridges 25th anniversary as a designer. Known for her colorful gems and playful, conceptual approach, the London jeweler celebrated the occasion with the Everything collection, which she describes as a little bit more of everything Ive ever done.From spinning diamond cogs and fantastical creatures to rings that tell a story in precious stones and colored enamel, Ms. Azagury-Partridges jewelry is not mere decoration but wearable art that provokes thought, and frequently a smile.The former Boucheron creative director is a veteran among a growing group of independent female designers who have turned their passion for jewelry into successful businesses, creating the heirlooms of tomorrow.Unlike their male counterparts who until recently dominated the independent market, these female jewelers have the advantage of understanding from personal experience what women want to wear.Lisa Hubbard, chairman of North and South America for Sothebys international jewelry division, says that their progress coincides with more female jewelry buyers than ever before. Given that more and more women today have independent means and are vying for jewelry for themselves, it makes sense that women would successfully design jewels that other women want to wear, she said.Ms. Azagury-Partridge, after being burnt in the past by investment partnerships gone awry, is determined to develop her business on her own terms. I want to get as small as I can, and I want to work in my own way. With independence comes freedom, she said.Aside from her exuberantly decorated Mayfair flagship store, which the designer and friend Tom Dixon describes as a magic kingdom, she has just two other stores now, one in New York and one in Paris. She has closed several other stores and is looking for alternative ways to expand, without the expense of new stores.In October, she released her second collaboration with Amazons British website. The e-commerce giant is offering an exclusive sterling silver and lacquered version of her signature Hotlips ring design for 69 pounds, or about $104. The original gold and enamel version, first designed in 2005, and which sells for more than $2,300, is one of the jewelers best sellers.The designer said the Amazon version, available in six colors, is selling well and may soon appear on Amazons American site. The seasonal changes demanded by online jewelry sales are at odds with the long lead time needed for her precious jewelry collection, so the rings sales are a way for me to do wholesaling and to make my jewelry available to a much wider audience, she said.Carolina Bucci is another jewelry designer experimenting with ways to expand her business. Fifteen years after starting her self-named 18-karat gold collection, the jeweler, who was raised in Italy and is based in London, is planning to introduce Caro, a silver jewelry brand, in the latter half of 2016.Catering to a younger, fashion-focused customer, it will have seasonal collections and is expected to sell for prices between $150 and $2,500. (Her fine jewelry ranges from $950 to $100,000).Caro, which uses Ms. Buccis nickname, will have the same spirit as her original brand but will be built on a different business model. I dont want more than four or five Carolina Bucci stores, as I want to retain that sense of exclusivity, but Caro is a brand I envisage having lots of different stores and retailers, she said.Wearability will remain the key issue, though. Born into a family of Florentine jewelers, Ms. Bucci says she was never allowed to wear costume jewelry growing up, and found that the fine jewelry she could wear was too traditional for her tastes. I wanted to make fine jewelry that was true to my family heritage, yet also fun and relevant to my own life, she said.For her, designing jewelry is a personal endeavor. Unlike the elaborate jewels she remembers her mother wearing when she was a child, her concept is to create easy but luxury pieces that can be worn all day, whether dealing with work, children or an evening out. Our lives are so different these days, she said.A turning point for the designer came when she opened her own store in the Belgravia area of London in 2007. Until that point Id never actually met my clients really, she said. The business definitely grew after opening the store.The store allowed her to display her entire range, and she became inspired by the women who came in and became loyal customers who are now evolving with me, she said.Irene Neuwirth agrees that opening her own store on Melrose Place in Los Angeles last year has been pivotal to her companys development. Our business has increased everywhere because of the store. Its an incredible branding tool, she said.Having been among Barney New Yorks top-selling jewelry designers since introducing her colorful, feminine collection in 2003, Ms. Neuwirth says it is her relationships with the store owners who sell her jewels, and with the female customers who collect them, that has fueled her success.Ive built my business by building amazing friendships, she said. I feel thats a very specific way women have of doing business, which, in the personal world of jewelry, gives them an advantage.Ms. Neuwirths clients frequently buy a piece after seeing the designer wearing it. Acting as a billboard for ones own jewelry is not something so easily achieved by a male designer, and Suzanne Syz believes that female designers also have the advantage of understanding what feels good.We know what fits. I wear my designs to see if theyre comfortable. Weve all had jewelry in the past that was too heavy, the Swiss designer said.Ms. Syzs colorful, one-of-a-kind haute jewelry is frequently inspired by art and marries fine craftsmanship with whimsy. Her tiny atelier in Geneva only produces around 25 pieces a year, and in New York last month, she announced her first watch.Called Her Ben, this limited-edition, bejeweled mystery watch was inspired by Big Ben in London, and took two years to complete. The watch has two faces, both realized in diamonds and a choice of rose or white gold or black titanium. Time literally stands still on the outside cover face, while the one inside is the real watch. The inscription opposite reminds the wearer: You may delay, but time will not.Ms. Syz says her select clients, primarily in Europe and the United States, many of whom are art collectors like herself, find traditional jewelry too staid and appreciate her mix of haute jewelry and tongue-in-cheek style.Cindy Chao also approaches jewelry as art, and the wonders of nature are her chief inspiration. She carves her miniature sculptures in wax, then has them realized in gold, titanium and precious stones at her workshops in Geneva, Paris and Lyon, France. She produces only 12 to 20 pieces a year.Her Black Label Masterpiece No. II Fish brooch took three years to complete. It is a large, glowing emerald representing the cheek of a puffer fish, and the surface is covered with more than 5,000 diamonds and sapphires. (Some pieces from the collection sell for $10 million.)The Taiwanese designer says her business now is roughly 65 percent in Asia, 20 percent in the Middle East and 15 percent in the United States and Europe. She opened a luxurious Hong Kong showroom this past spring, and is transferring her headquarters there from Taipei in an effort to establish herself in an international finance center with a more promising customer base.Despite the continued downturn in the Chinese economy, which has led many international luxury brands to close stores in the city, she believes serious jewelry collectors passing through Hong Kong are always looking for something unique. There is still great demand from the real collectors if they see investment value, she said.For Ms. Chao, the first Taiwanese jeweler to have her work become part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institutions National Museum of Natural History, growing her business is important but should not come at the expense of creating the perfect jewel: Product is key. Scale doesnt matter.I sometimes ask myself: Is this a business? Is this art? Is it for myself? Ms. Chao said. I need to focus on making the best jewelry I can, on surprising people and making them see how jewelry can be art.THE DESIGNERSSOLANGE AZAGURY-PARTRIDGELondonSolange Azagury-Partridge was working at a 20th century antique dealer in London when, disappointed by the engagement ring choices available, she designed her own. The resulting ring was so admired by friends and acquaintances that she introduced her own brand in 1990. In 2002 she was selected by Tom Ford to become creative director at Boucheron in Paris, an experience she describes as like attending the Oxbridge of jewelry design. Known for her jewelrys combination of color, sensuality and wit, she is in discussions with a London museum to curate a 2017 exhibition that will raise jewelrys profile as a serious art form.CAROLINA BUCCILondonIn 1885, Carolina Buccis great-grandfather opened a store repairing pocket watches in Florence. The family business evolved to become a manufacturer of fine gold jewelry, and now its workshops produce all of Ms. Buccis collections. Mixing traditional techniques with modern designs such as her signature woven-gold and silk thread friendship bracelets, the designer spends her time in London, Italy and New York, where her mother was born and where she started her business. With celebrity clients such as Victoria Beckham and Gwyneth Paltrow, she has developed an international following for luxurious jewels that are distinctive yet easy to layer with other pieces.CINDY CHAOHong KongCindy Chao grew up in Taiwan surrounded by creativity, the daughter of a sculptor and granddaughter of a famous architect. She launched Cindy Chao The Art Jewel in 2004 and has always approached her jewelry as miniature 3-D sculptures with minuscule detailing and a sense of light and balance. With a less-is-more philosophy of production, she only creates one of her signature butterflies every year and they have quickly become collectors items. The Ballerina Butterfly brooch, designed with Sarah Jessica Parker, was sold at Sothebys in October 2014 for $1.2 million, with $300,000 of the proceeds benefiting the New York City Ballet.IRENE NEUWIRTHLos AngelesIrene Neuwirths bold, luxurious statement pieces in a rainbow of gems including opal, turquoise and tourmaline are a red carpet favorite, worn by the likes of Reese Witherspoon, Naomi Watts and Lena Dunham. Known for the interior design of her home in the Venice section and her store at Melrose Place in Los Angeles, she has been approached to become a lifestyle brand but is determined to focus on jewelry. I want to be a household name, and to have my jewelry passed down from generation to generation, said Ms. Neuwirth, who won the 2014 CFDA Swarovski Award for Accessory Design. As her boyfriend, the Lego Movie director Phil Lord, decamping to London in 2016 for his next project, Ms. Neuwirth said she is looking forward to an opportunity to grow her international profile.SUZANNE SYZGenevaSuzanne Syz started creating her own pieces after finding traditional haute jewelry too outdated for her tastes. An avid modern art collector, her work was influenced by her friends Andy Warhol and Jean Michel Basquiat, whom she met while living in New York in the 1980s. Now based in Geneva, her perfectionist approach to her creations meant it took five years to complete her first collection and she continues to produce a very limited number of pieces. Her latest creation and first watch, Her Ben, took two years to complete and, unusually for a jewelry watch (they are normally quartz-powered), it has a mechanical movement from by Vaucher, one of haute horlogeries finest manufacturers.

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DLAA best price led fog light bulb directly sale for car

This product features a thorough drying effect. Equipped with an automatic fan, it works better with thermal circulation, which helps the hot-air penetrate through the food evenly.

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DLAA best price led fog light bulb directly sale for car

This product features a thorough drying effect. Equipped with an automatic fan, it works better with thermal circulation, which helps the hot-air penetrate through the food evenly.

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LED Downlights In Airport Waiting Rooms

The waiting room is one of the important areas in the airport terminal. The waiting area is the last area where passengers stay at the airport before boarding, where passengers can relax and move around freely.

In this area where the pace is obviously slowing down, passengers may have to wait for a long time, and the lighting emphasizes the emotional soothing function of the light to the passengers. Therefore, the amount of light and color temperature must be adjusted appropriately, and the lighting level must be richer and more delicate. It is necessary to have basic lighting that meets the general functional requirements and to portray some details.

The appearance and selection of led downlights should be unified and coherent with other large spaces. It is necessary to set up LED downlights to ensure sufficient illumination, but not to cause glare. For areas with higher floor heights, high-power surface-mounted LED downlights can be used. While for areas with lower floor heights, the recessed led downlight luminaires are used as the main lighting, but in any case, ensure that the lighting has around 300lx on the ground. Pro.lighting's Start series and Dome series downlights are very suitable for airport lighting design, and have a good anti-glare effect, allowing passengers to feel a comfortable lighting atmosphere.

No matter how different the airport style is, the common point is the same. From lighting design to interior decoration, we are committed to allowing passengers to enjoy additional lighting comfort. Pro.lighting lighting led fixture is really good to use for airport projects by good design, high quality led chip, housing and drivers. We are able to provide professional airport lighting solution, welcome to get in touch with us for more specific information:https://www.prolighting-plx.com/

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How To Choose Led Hotel Downlights ?

With the continuous progress of LED technology, people's requirements for lighting are getting higher and higher. Pro.lighting is a professional hotel lighting solution provider, producing all range of led downlight, spotlight, ceiling lights for hotel lighting application.There are some issues we need to pay attention to as followed:

1. The size of hotel lighting fixtures. First confirm the size of the lamp and whether it can be installed in the position on the interior design drawing. For example, whether the recessed ceiling lamp can be installed in the ceiling, and whether there is enough space to install the lamp.

2. The appearance and color of hotel lighting fixtures. What needs to be considered is whether the appearance, shape and color of the lamps are suitable for the overall space matching requirements. Generally speaking, European-style rooms are not suitable for installing Chinese-style lamps, and the surface color of the lamps should be consistent with the color of the ceiling.

3. Illumination of hotel lighting fixtures. Illumination plays a pivotal role in hotel lighting. When choosing lamps, it is necessary to consider whether the illuminance can meet the space requirements. Every different place and every detail is closely related to the illuminance. For example, hotel conference rooms need sufficient illumination; guest rooms need warm and relaxing low illumination to create a comfortable lighting atmosphere.

4. The color temperature of hotel lighting fixtures. Color temperature is a very important consideration in hotel lighting. The first feeling of guests is often reflected by color temperature. What kind of atmosphere is created and contrasted is dominated by color temperature.

5. The quality of the light. When designing and selecting lamps and lanterns, Pro.lighting will check whether the light output of the hotel lighting lamps is uniform, whether there are spots of different sizes, whether the light is broken, etc. Good lighting quality directly affects the level of the hotel.

6. The color rendering index of the lamp. The more advanced the hotel, the more attention is paid to the color rendering index. Products with high color rendering index can improve the quality of the hotel and restore the true colors of the products.

7. Glare. According to the space environment and human visual characteristics, Pro.lighting has specially designed the Start series of products for hotel lighting, which can solve the space glare problem and make people feel comfortable and not dazzling.For more led lighting options for hotels, welcome to visit our website for more details: https://www.prolighting-plx.com/

Various in styles, PRO.LIGHTING's ledtracklight can meet the needs of different customers.Good materials, advanced production technology, and fine manufacturing techniques are used in the production of track lighting systems. It is of fine workmanship and good quality and is well sold in the domestic market.

For more than 20 years, Pro.Lighting has focused on R&D, production and sales of lighting fixtures, as well as OEM and ODM services. 

In order to enhance the competitiveness of Pro.Lighting, the company has set up a strong technical R&D team, formed a reliable technical system and is constantly launching new products to ensure that Pro.Lighting keeps the leading position in the market.

Pro.Lighting major product series: commercial lighting, office lighting, hotel lighting and home lighting, including LED down lights, track lights, pendant lights, spotlights, wall washers, grill lights, linear lights, etc.

Not only focusing on quality, Pro.Lighting is the perfect service practitioner. Relying on a distinguished overseas platform and excellent technical strategy, the company is based in China and focused on customers overseas. We are eager to listen to our customers’ voices in order to respond more efficiently and solve any conflicts for our customers in a professional manner.

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LED solar street lamp manufacturers failure should be how to solve?

LED solar street light with energy conservation and environmental protection as the main selling point, is increasingly widely used in modern life, LED solar street light is known by more and more people, some LED solar street light manufacturers do not pay attention to quality, leading to LED solar street light failure when do not know how to solve. In the following, SRS Solar Street Light Manufacturer will introduce the troubleshooting methods of LED Solar Street lamps.

LED solar street lamp manufacturers to solve the problem

1. look at the length of LED solar street lighting time

If the lighting time is short, it shows that the configuration of LED solar street light has a problem, or the power generation of the panel is not enough, the reason may be the unreasonable configuration of the small configuration, but also may be the panel attached to a layer of thick dust. The lamps and lanterns in the winter lighting time is short, the occurrence of such a situation to clean the battery board is OK.

2. see whether the LED solar street light is not bright

LED solar street light is not the main reason for the controller is broken or the battery is broken, LED lamp cap damage is less, the damage of the panel is less, if the controller has a problem.

Screening method: With voltage meter measure first led solar street light panels, voltage and battery voltage, if there is a sun in the daytime of panels more than 12 v voltage panels, there is no problem, if the battery voltage is explained in more than 10 v battery is normal, then we can consider to change a new controller to see, With the replacement of the lamp after 1 or 2 natural days of lighting indicates that the controller is a problem. Generally, the battery and the battery are not bright normally. If we measure the voltage of the battery in the daytime is lower than 10V, then we need to check whether the wire of the battery is well connected. If the wiring is intact, and the battery is still low, it may be that there is a problem with the battery. But this is a rare occurrence.

What are the problems that LED solar street lamp manufacturers are prone to?

LED solar street lamp manufacturer is an integrated power generation and electricity system, its structure is very complex, many spare parts, LED solar street lamp manufacturer's parts are mainly solar panels, batteries, light sources, etc. In addition, LED solar street lamp manufacturers are outdoors, so prone to a variety of problems.

1. LED solar street lamp manufacturer light flashing, brightness is not stable, this reason, the first to replace the lamp, if the replacement of the lamp is still flashing, you can rule out the problem of the lamp, this time to check the line, it is likely to be the line interface contact is poor.

2. LED solar street lamp manufacturers can only adhere to a rainy day for one or two days. There are two main reasons for this. Solar battery charging dissatisfaction, solar battery charging dissatisfaction is the reason for solar charging, first of all to observe the recent weather conditions, whether can ensure that the daily charging 5- 7 hours or so, if the charging is only up to 2- 3 hours this situation is normal, please rest assured that the use of. Also check whether the battery is aging, the normal working condition of the battery life is 4- 5 years.

3. Try not to block the solar panels of LED solar street lamps during installation to achieve illumination effect. Carry out regular maintenance and cleaning, especially on dusty roads to be cleaned once a year. Dust is relatively small roads and communities, parks, three years to clean up the work, so as not to affect the charging effect.

The above is a detailed introduction of the problems that LED solar street lamp manufacturers are prone to. For some ordinary people, LED solar street lamp manufacturers may rarely pay attention to them in their daily life, but for the whole society, the market development prospect of LED solar street lamp manufacturers is particularly broad. For more information about Solar lamps, contact SRS Solar Street Light Manufacturer.

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How much does a solar street lamp cost?

Rural solar street lamps prices actually does not have a specific standard, because of the different parts of the sunshine time is different, and customer demand for street lamps and other source is also different, so the requirements of each customer quote manufacturer of solar street lamp is different, the resulting price also have high low, prices vary, depends on what kind of solar street lamps depends on your requirements, such as: how high the pole, how big the wattage, light source configuration, the size of the battery and photovoltaic module, etc. In general, the price of solar street lamps installed in rural areas will be affected by the number of installation, installation configuration, lamp poles and other factors.

The price of solar street lamps

Some rural use mains before street lamp, for example, now want to change the solar street lamp, street lamp light pole is still in good condition before, suggest customers don't need to buy a set of street lamp, also a waste of money and resources, can choose one more solar street lamps, installed directly on the old street lamp light pole can not only realize lighting also can save cost and resources waste, kill two birds with one stone.

The height, caliber, wall thickness of the lamp pole, the size of the light source, the solar panel is divided into single crystal and polycrystal, and the battery is divided into lead battery and lithium battery. These configuration requirements will affect the price of solar street lamps. So if we want to figure out the price of rural solar street lamps, we should first clarify our own needs, and then we can contact the regular manufacturers, so that the manufacturers will give a reasonable price according to the different needs of each customer.

Advantages of solar street lamps

1.Solar street lamps is a greener option, an environmentally friendly option that actually reduces your carbon footprint.

2. Most of them do not require a standard power supply, but some require that the lights be connected to the grid even when there is no sunlight as sufficient weather

3. to power the floodlight, or the storage in the battery is low.

4. They can be installed anywhere with sufficient sunlight.

5. Solar lamps emit soft LED lights, which work more efficiently (12VDC instead of AC power).

6. Many grants and tax incentives are available to help reduce the cost of solar power.

7. Each solar lamp works independently of another lamp (except signs, billboards, etc.)

8. Low-voltage energy provided by solar panels can be safely used.

9. Solar LED lights with directional lighting can provide more light where it is needed and less light where it is not.

10. There are many styles and options available for different users and purposes.

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What Problems Exist In The Use Of Ultraviolet Sterilizing Lamp

Ultraviolet sterilizing lamp has strong sterilizing ability. It is suitable for sterilization in health, medical treatment, biological research, pharmaceutical industry and food industry. It can also be used for photochemical reaction and air disinfection in food storage and room. This product is convenient to use, simple to operate, long life and reliable effect, but the use of ultraviolet sterilization lamp still has the following problems:

1.Special technology, difficult manufacturing and high price. Due to the special nature of quartz glass, the production of sterilizing lamp cannot be large-scale, which leads to the high cost of quartz sterilizing lamp, which hinders its further popularization and application.

2. Light decay is large, not long life. The ultraviolet ray sterilization lamp that general manufacturer produces is ignited after hundreds of hours, its ultraviolet light intensity is attenuated very quickly, highest achieve 30%, sterilization effect is greatly weakened. In addition, the cathode damage during processing also affects the life of ultraviolet sterilizing lamp. Due to the different mechanism between ultraviolet sterilizing lamp and fluorescent lamp, this problem needs to be solved by all parties. 

3. Because the filament and cathode material is different, and T8, T5 fluorescent lamp with the same power of UV lamp, can not use the same ballast drive.

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What Problems Exist In The Use Of Ultraviolet Sterilizing Lamp

Ultraviolet sterilizing lamp has strong sterilizing ability. It is suitable for sterilization in health, medical treatment, biological research, pharmaceutical industry and food industry. It can also be used for photochemical reaction and air disinfection in food storage and room. This product is convenient to use, simple to operate, long life and reliable effect, but the use of ultraviolet sterilization lamp still has the following problems:

1.Special technology, difficult manufacturing and high price. Due to the special nature of quartz glass, the production of sterilizing lamp cannot be large-scale, which leads to the high cost of quartz sterilizing lamp, which hinders its further popularization and application.

2. Light decay is large, not long life. The ultraviolet ray sterilization lamp that general manufacturer produces is ignited after hundreds of hours, its ultraviolet light intensity is attenuated very quickly, highest achieve 30%, sterilization effect is greatly weakened. In addition, the cathode damage during processing also affects the life of ultraviolet sterilizing lamp. Due to the different mechanism between ultraviolet sterilizing lamp and fluorescent lamp, this problem needs to be solved by all parties. 

3. Because the filament and cathode material is different, and T8, T5 fluorescent lamp with the same power of UV lamp, can not use the same ballast drive.

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What Problems Exist In The Use Of Ultraviolet Sterilizing Lamp

Ultraviolet sterilizing lamp has strong sterilizing ability. It is suitable for sterilization in health, medical treatment, biological research, pharmaceutical industry and food industry. It can also be used for photochemical reaction and air disinfection in food storage and room. This product is convenient to use, simple to operate, long life and reliable effect, but the use of ultraviolet sterilization lamp still has the following problems:

1.Special technology, difficult manufacturing and high price. Due to the special nature of quartz glass, the production of sterilizing lamp cannot be large-scale, which leads to the high cost of quartz sterilizing lamp, which hinders its further popularization and application.

2. Light decay is large, not long life. The ultraviolet ray sterilization lamp that general manufacturer produces is ignited after hundreds of hours, its ultraviolet light intensity is attenuated very quickly, highest achieve 30%, sterilization effect is greatly weakened. In addition, the cathode damage during processing also affects the life of ultraviolet sterilizing lamp. Due to the different mechanism between ultraviolet sterilizing lamp and fluorescent lamp, this problem needs to be solved by all parties. 

3. Because the filament and cathode material is different, and T8, T5 fluorescent lamp with the same power of UV lamp, can not use the same ballast drive.

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What Problems Exist In The Use Of Ultraviolet Sterilizing Lamp

Ultraviolet sterilizing lamp has strong sterilizing ability. It is suitable for sterilization in health, medical treatment, biological research, pharmaceutical industry and food industry. It can also be used for photochemical reaction and air disinfection in food storage and room. This product is convenient to use, simple to operate, long life and reliable effect, but the use of ultraviolet sterilization lamp still has the following problems:

1.Special technology, difficult manufacturing and high price. Due to the special nature of quartz glass, the production of sterilizing lamp cannot be large-scale, which leads to the high cost of quartz sterilizing lamp, which hinders its further popularization and application.

2. Light decay is large, not long life. The ultraviolet ray sterilization lamp that general manufacturer produces is ignited after hundreds of hours, its ultraviolet light intensity is attenuated very quickly, highest achieve 30%, sterilization effect is greatly weakened. In addition, the cathode damage during processing also affects the life of ultraviolet sterilizing lamp. Due to the different mechanism between ultraviolet sterilizing lamp and fluorescent lamp, this problem needs to be solved by all parties. 

3. Because the filament and cathode material is different, and T8, T5 fluorescent lamp with the same power of UV lamp, can not use the same ballast drive.

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What Problems Exist In The Use Of Ultraviolet Sterilizing Lamp

Ultraviolet sterilizing lamp has strong sterilizing ability. It is suitable for sterilization in health, medical treatment, biological research, pharmaceutical industry and food industry. It can also be used for photochemical reaction and air disinfection in food storage and room. This product is convenient to use, simple to operate, long life and reliable effect, but the use of ultraviolet sterilization lamp still has the following problems:

1.Special technology, difficult manufacturing and high price. Due to the special nature of quartz glass, the production of sterilizing lamp cannot be large-scale, which leads to the high cost of quartz sterilizing lamp, which hinders its further popularization and application.

2. Light decay is large, not long life. The ultraviolet ray sterilization lamp that general manufacturer produces is ignited after hundreds of hours, its ultraviolet light intensity is attenuated very quickly, highest achieve 30%, sterilization effect is greatly weakened. In addition, the cathode damage during processing also affects the life of ultraviolet sterilizing lamp. Due to the different mechanism between ultraviolet sterilizing lamp and fluorescent lamp, this problem needs to be solved by all parties. 

3. Because the filament and cathode material is different, and T8, T5 fluorescent lamp with the same power of UV lamp, can not use the same ballast drive.

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What are the advantages of LED lights?

LED lamps have many advantages over traditional bulbs. They build on the best parts of previous generation bulbs, while being inefficient. The following by MYLIGHT Indoor Lighting Suppliers to introduce several advantages of LED lights:

Advantages of LED lights

1. Life is long

The components of LED lights and how they glow greatly extend the life of these bulbs. While other bulbs can be shortened by correct or incorrect use, LED lights bulbs' low caloric levels, durability and high energy efficiency make it possible to last thousands of hours longer than other types of bulbs.

Often, important parts of the bulb (such as the filament) weaken over time, causing the bulb to burn out. However, LED lights don't burn out like other bulbs do. Instead, the amount of light they produce gradually decreases, known as lumen depreciation. The life of an LED lights depends on how long it takes for the bulb's lumen output to be reduced to 30%, so if you don't mind or don't want to, it may last longer than the average rated life hours listed on the box. I didn't notice the drop in illumination.

Some cheaper LED bulbs only last about 5,000 hours, which is still 4,000-3,000 hours longer than the average incandescent rated life, but many brands are rated to last more than 25,000 hours.

2. Energy efficiency

With each watt of high-lumen output, LEDs are able to convert about 70 percent of their energy into light. That makes them more efficient than other bulbs, which waste a lot of energy by converting it into heat. Just six-watt LED lights bulbs can produce as much light as 40-watt incandescent bulbs, and their lower temperatures also make them safer to operate. Incandescent bulbs, by contrast, can become so hot that they should be kept out of reach of children who may burn themselves, and they have been known to cause fires if they come into contact with flammable materials (for example, curtains).

Replacing a single 60-watt light bulb with an LED reduces carbon dioxide emissions by about 160kg per year. If you replace 10 lights in your home with LED lights, you will reduce your CO2 emissions by 1,599kg per year

3. High brightness and high intensity

LED lightscan emit extremely high brightness. As a result, wattage is no longer a viable measure of brightness -- instead, check the lumen output of a bulb when switching to LED lights or other energy efficient lighting. Consider how LED lights compare to incandescent and CFL bulbs:

4. Excellent color range

Incandescent bulbs require gels or filters to produce different colors and shadows. LED lights, on the other hand, offer a variety of colors and color temperatures without the use of gels or filters, which burn or fade over time. For LED lights, the changed actual diode (or its phosphorus coating) changes the color of the light it emits, so you can rest assured that it will remain the same shade until the end of its useful life.

5. Low radiation heat

While incandescent bulbs work by heating their filaments to the temperature to produce light, LED lights bulbs emit electromagnetic energy as light when charged. By converting energy into light rather than heat (rather than using heat to produce light), LED lights are able to operate at much lower temperatures than other types of bulbs.

LED lights generate very little heat, which is dissipated by special radiators designed to absorb any heat and safely disperse it out of the diode. While the actual fixture or base would feel warm to the touch, the LED itself doesn't emit infrared radiation in the beam, meaning it's not warm. This makes them the best choice for thermal sensitive areas, such as displaying artwork, as they do not cause discoloration or other thermal damage to paint or dyes.

6. Reliability

LED lights are a very durable and reliable way of lighting -- they operate safely at lower temperatures, and because they don't have filaments or other fragile parts, they can withstand more shock and vibration than other bulbs. This stability makes it ideal for use in areas with fluctuating temperatures, inclement weather and noise, such as outdoors or in ceiling fan installations.

7. Instantaneous lighting

Does this sound familiar? You turn on the light to look for something, but you have to wait a while to see anything, or you have already found it, not even reaching the maximum light output of the bulb. Unlike CFLs, which take some time to warm up, LED lights operate at full brightness from the moment the switch is pressed.

8. Directional lighting

By design, LED lights glow in one direction rather than the whole direction. This helps to reduce energy consumption because no light is wasted or captured in the reflector and diffuser, thus preventing more than half of the generated light from escaping from the bulb. The directional characteristics of their output make LED lights ideal for applications such as task lighting and recessed downlights.

For more information about LED lights, please contact MYLIGHT Indoor LED Lights Suppliers.

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How to repair solar street lamp?

Nowadays, solar energy application technology is becoming more and more mature, and the use of solar street lamp is becoming more and more extensive. It is inevitable that there will be faults when using solar street lamp. If there are faults, they should be repaired. Check out how to repair solar street lamp with SRS solar street lamp manufacturers.

One, the solar street lamp maintenance common fault

1. Battery problems. If the light time is short, battery energy storage decline, resulting in rainy weather, light time is short, that is the battery problem, should replace the battery.

2. LED light source problem. Solar street lamp beads are not completely bright, in addition to the quality of LED light source itself, is the welding problem, should to replace the lamp beads in time or weld them firmly or replace the lamp caps more directly.

3. Installation site problem. solar street lamp installation sites, the sun light is insufficient, can not give the battery storage is also a big problem. Should be find out the solar street lamp system suitable for this kind of place to meet the lighting requirements.

4. Line problems. Poor line connection, battery feed, energy storage decline, will cause lights flashing. The wires should be replaced or repaired in time the road touches a bad place.

What would be the problem if the whole light didn't work? First, check whether the controller is filled with water. If it is not the problem of the controller, measure the electricity whether the pool has voltage, whether the voltage is lower than 10.8v, if not, then check whether the panel has voltage, if there is no voltage, change the battery plate.

Two, the solar street lamp fault solution

The light is not bright possible faulty components: LED light source, solar controller, battery, solar panel.

Solutions:

1. Check whether the wiring terminals of the lamps are loose. 

2. Remove the LED light source and connect it to the battery or DC12v power supply to see if the light works normally do, pay attention to the positive and negative electrode, the light does not light is the LED lamp fault, need to replace the LED lamp, the light on the controller or battery fault. 

3. Measure storage

If the battery power is lower than 11v, it means the controller is in the protective state, and the lamp can be fully charged before use. If it is higher than 11v, it indicates that the controller fails.

The controller needs to be replaced.

LED lights have short working hours

Possible faulty parts: solar controller, solar panel

Solution: 

1. The setting of solar controller is wrong, please reset it with professional knowledge.

2.there is dust on the solar panel, clean the dust.The dust makes it efficient for generating electricity. 

3. the rainy weather more than 3 days, such as sunny weather can return to normal.

The LED light is not bright enough

Possible faulty parts: lamp shade, LED lamp

Solution:

1. clean the lamp shade, make it clean.

2.clean the positive:light contact with the spring leaf area of dirt, make its conductive unimpeded.

If the solar street lamp has other faults, please ask the professional to check and repair!

solar street lamp maintenance

3. Matters needing attention

1. Whether the solar controller is flooded or not

2. Whether the panel has current

3. Whether the battery voltage is higher than 10.8v

Solar street lamp controller selection

The operation of the solar street lamp is controlled by the controller. Most of the controllers realize intelligent control. The controller shall have the following functions:

1. Street lamp control

Light control, time control, temperature control and other functions for choice. With dimming (or midnight light) function.

2. Battery management limits the charging and discharging conditions of the battery to extend its service life:

1) anti-reverse charging control:

2) overcharge control:

3) anti-overdischarge control;

4) temperature compensation.

3. Automatic protection

Solar battery reverse connection protection, battery reverse connection protection, battery open circuit protection, night anti-reverse charge protection, output short circuit protection, etc.

4. Digital display

Display solar street lamp main reference: battery voltage, solar photovoltaic voltage, etc.

5. Controller voltage

Controller voltage = battery voltage.

Advantages of solar street lamp

1. The solar street lamps in the energy enough to keep for a long time under the condition of street lamp open, solar panels and solar street lamp carries has a very good saving solar effect, can by the transformation of the complex technology to convert solar energy into electricity, which is now solar street lamp manufacturers gradually occupy the important position in the market one of the reasons.

2. The solar street lamp as a very popular street lamp equipment now, actually, the price is not expensive, not only is very cheap relative to other street light equipment, and street lamp resilience is very good for the environment, and whether it is rainy or cloudy day to be able to normal use will not have any problem, and there is no line of short circuit under the influence of water problems, so everyone can normal use of the equipment, and of course to use normal solar street lamp manufacturers of equipment to just go oh.

3. The only energy is solar energy solar street lamp, so even a few days to cloudy rainy day is it doesn't matter, can work normally, will not have any problems, solar lamp manufacturers ensure still can ensure normal light use, even in the case of wind rain also can resist interfere with the normal use, there will not be blown to or the problem such as scratch, offers the development of the society stable.