Under the black light, the Butterfly Brooch shows off a whole separate array of fluorescent colors. Photo by Donald Hurlbert, Smithsonian Cindy Chao knew, with more than 2,300 gems of diamonds, rubies ...

The jeweler Pierre Dubail’s abstract work has been set onto a jeweled butterfly brooch. By Kathleen Beckett The term art jewelry is bandied about a lot, typically referring to jewelry of a sculptural ...

In 2008 Cindy Chao made her first butterfly brooch. At the time of its creation the high jewelry artist was struggling with her self-funded business and she thought that it might be the last jewel she ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about fashion, beauty and home décor. Since her days as the lovelorn Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City, Parker has ...

The National Museum of Natural History’s famous gem collection has a new addition: the Cindy Chao Black Label Masterpiece Royal Butterfly Brooch. Created by Chao in 2009, the brooch will be the first ...

There's a massive, 45-foot-long 2,300-pound North Atlantic Right Whale hanging in the Ocean Hall of the Smithsonian, but it was Cindy Chao's 2009 royal butterfly that stole the show at the D.C. museum ...