It’s been twenty years since we started Syna, but it would be another ten years before we really found ourselves and the courage to break out of the box and create truly unique designs. That came in 2014, when, after a decade of growth, we won our first industry award. It would turn out to be the first of many. While the love of our customers is what keeps us going, recognition from our peers is nice, as well.
Award-Winning
We designed our first award-winning piece, a mixed-metal owl pendant, just for ourselves. It was an experiment of sorts, our first time working with mixed metals. We set our imaginations free to design something whimsical and unlike anything we were seeing at the time. It ended up winning the Excellence in Design Award at the 2014 Centurion Jewelry Show, an invite-only trade show for the fine jewelry industry. That award gave us the confidence to continue in this experimental direction.
That owl pendant laid the groundwork for the kind of style Syna is known for today: sophisticated and timeless, but with an unmistakable identity inspired by special moments in life and in nature. We pushed ourselves even further into the realms of fantasy in the following years, when we created a dragon snake bracelet in oxidized sterling silver. The creature’s green tongue, made from three tsavorite gemstones, was the aspect that most intrigued everyone. That piece took home the Centurion Award for 2016.
In 2019, we won the “Best in Silver” Couture Design Award for our coral reef earrings in oxidized Silver and yellow gold. Having been members of the Couture community for a decade, it was the award we had always dreamed of.
And most recently, in 2023, another nature-inspired piece brought us another Centurion Award. This time, our hand-carved blue sapphire Mogul horse cufflinks took the award in the Men’s Jewelry category.
Staying True
It was by being true to ourselves and doing what we loved that allowed us to create our first award-winning piece. We stuck to that lesson throughout our careers, producing jewelry that, first of all, has to delight us. If what we’re creating isn’t close to our hearts, it won’t touch yours. Knowing who we are, where we’ve been, and where we are going has helped us unlock our potential—and gave us the confidence to create pieces we know will do the same for you.
