Alex Sepkus

One look at Alex Sepkus' intricate, 18-karat gold and platinum jewelry pieces--with their signature square block patterns dotted with diamonds and sapphires--and you'll be under his spell.

Originally from Lithuania, New York-based jewelry designer Alex Sepkus has gained a huge following, and deservedly so. The dearth of raw material in his native Lithuania compelled Alex Sepkus to make very small pieces, often working under a microscope. He developed a style that was half painting and half sculpture. He often included inscriptions in miniature. The results, he remembers, might better have been called "tiny, wearable art" than jewelry in any conventional sense of the term.

His pieces are unexpectedly stunning, vibrant and invite the wearer to enter the mind of the artist. You have to see a Sepkus first-hand--on your hand--to truly appreciate its beauty.