After 35 years, the designer’s statement pieces are bold as ever Stephen Dweck is the personification of the jewelry brand he started 35 years ago: colorful, exuberant, imaginative, and inspired by the beauty of natural stones and minerals. His delight in arranging chunky opals, moonstones, and chalcedony into a one-of-a-kind necklace reflects his lifelong fascination with colored stones. “I still have the first little quartz rocks I collected and labeled as a kid,” Dweck says of growing up near the beach in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he and his family still live. A pioneer in designing statement jewelry, Dweck possesses a vision that’s never wavered. “It comes from respecting and loving the stones,” he says, “and being brave enough to use stones other people are too timid to use.” Beyond his skill at making a bracelet from, say, a nugget of American jasper attached to a wri