Pavé Heart Pendant with Zirconia in 18K Gold

A pavé heart in 18K gold, fully set with zirconia — the form, in continuous brilliance.

Pavé setting — from the French for _paved_ — fills a surface with stones placed close enough that the underlying metal nearly disappears. Applied to a heart pendant, the technique turns the form into a continuous field of light.

This heart in 18K yellow gold is fully pavé-set with zirconia across its entire surface. From any distance, the pendant reads as a heart of light rather than a heart of gold; up close, the individual zirconias resolve into a precise field of small stones.

At 2 grams, the pendant has the weight of a substantive piece. The heart, dissolved into brilliance.

Ricca Jewelry. 18K gold. The heart, in pavé.