goldsmiths • jewelers • gemologists

 


Michael Corneau


 

 

Michael Corneau grew up in the blue-collar town of Corning, NY, surrounded by the sprawl of glass factories and questionable taverns which catered to the over-worked grunts who bent and broke their backs in the service of Corning Inc.

The son of a brick layer and later a fire-brick mason working the Corning Company’s glass tanks, he developed his appreciation of architecture, and after graduating high school attended Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), concentrating on the study of Interior and Architectural Design. As a student he was awarded “Most Outstanding Designer” in both his junior and senior years. He was elected “Student President of the Design Department.

A fortuitous accident in 1997 introduced him to the basics of goldsmithing and he has never looked back. He has honed his craft with the assistance of goldsmiths from Laos, Russia, Syria, Poland and the U.S.

Architecture, in particular the post-modern movement and the work of Philip Johnson, Frank Gehry and Richard Meier has had a major influence on Michael’s design vocabulary. The hallmark of his design style is his ability to successfully scale down large, muscular architectural elements and, retaining their strengths, adapt them for small scale use in jewelry.

Michael is presently chief goldsmith and workshop supervisor at R. W. Wise, Goldsmiths and is pursuing his Graduate Gemology Degree at The Gemological Institute of America.

Come see the work of our designer/goldsmith Michael Corneau and many other fine artist/craftsmen at R. W. Wise our gallery/workshop has been located in Lenox for 30 years and pride ourselves on being the Berkshires premier jewelers, gemologists and designer goldsmiths. We are open daily in summer and Tuesday Through Saturday the rest of the year round.



Pieces By Michael Corneau
18K Earrings with Hand Chased Leaves & Grossular Garnets
18K Three-Stone Diamond Ring
18K Yellow & White Gold Sunstone Pendant
22K Red Spinel Ring with Rose Cut Diamond accents
Platinum 3 Stone Ring with Tanzanite Center & Diamond Trillions
18K Marquis Shaped Pendant with Diamonds
18K Modernist Pendant with Trillion Spessartite Garnet & Diamonds
18K Ring with Ruby Cabochon & Diamond Accents
18K Modernist Brooch with Emerald & Diamond Trillions
18K Bypass Ring with Tanzanian Sapphire
18K Bypass Ring with Blue Sapphire
18K Spessartite & Pink Sapphire Ring
18K Sunstone Sunflower Pin Pendant
18K Ring with Bezel Set Mint Green Tourmaline
18K Triple Wire Earrings with Diamonds
18K Earrings with Rutilated Quartz, Onyx and Diamonds
Palladium Modernist Earrings with Diamonds
18K Ring with Bezel Set Mint Green Tourmaline
18K Earrings with Diamonds
18K & Stainless Sandblasted Pendant with Diamonds
18K Gypsy Set Sapphire Ring with Florentine Finish & Flush Mount Diamonds
18K Nugget Ring with Diamond Melee
18K Ruby Stackable Ring A
18K Emerald Stackable Ring B
18K Blue Sapphire Stackable Ring B
18K Aquamarine Stackable Ring C
18K Purple Sapphire Stackable Ring A
18K Ruby Stackable Ring C
18K Pinkish Purple Sapphire Stackable Ring B
18K Blue Sapphire Stackable Ring A
18K Yellow Sapphire Bypass Ring with Diamonds
18K Ruby Ring with Diamonds (remount)
18K Large Signet Ring Set with Roman Carnelian Seal Stone (1st - 2nd Cent. A. D.)
18K Ring with Sapphire & Diamonds
18K Flat Band Ring with Diamonds
18K Earrings with Onyx & Diamonds
18K Earrings w/White Baroque Freshwater Pearls & Diamonds
18K Blue Tourmaline & Diamond Earrings
18K Spessartite Garnet & Pink Tourmaline Ring
18k Pin/Pendant w/Tom Munsteiner Gem Sculpture
18k Quartz/Onyx Gem Sculpture Pendant
18k Spessartite and Diamond Earrings
18K/Platinum Lotus Sapphire & Diamond 3-Stone Ring
18K Blue Chalcedony & Diamond Earrings
18k Ancient Roman Seal in Roman Style Ring
18k Gold Southsea Pearl Pendant
22k Ancient Roman Sealstone Set in Ancient Style Ring