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Byline: Genevieve Bahrenburg
Buddhism may seem incongruous with pave diamonds, but brothers Mads and Mikkel Kornerup have harmoniously blended the spiritual and the opulent in a line called Shamballa Jewels. The "enlightened baubles"-think 18K-gold om pendants-are meant to imbue wearers with "the possibility of connecting to the energy of creation." The brothers, who grew up in northern Shetland and then traveled to "all of the places where the Buddha left his footprint" had no shortage of design inspiration. This fusion of disparate cultural influences is evident in the artful naturalism of the pieces: Mongolian ...