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"Joanna Angelett is a member of the Jewellers Association of Australia, proprietor of the jewellery design and manufacturing company Jewellery Art Gallery and its diamond and gemstone cutting department, Olgene & Co. Joanna Angelett is an internationally recognized artist and the leading Australian jewellery designer, renowned world wide not only in the mentioned above two fields of creativity, but also as an art historian. Joanna Angelett is working successfully as an artist-designer in two directions: the first is creation of unique, sculpture-like, jewellery from gold and platinum, what is presenting absolutely new approach to the jewellery design and is coming as a highly valuable impact to the development of the jewellery design internationally; the second direction of Joanna's work is creation of desktop items from precious metals: Joanna is the author of the unique collection of Biblical ceremonial desktop items from precious metals, known as the 'Crystal Harp Collection', which includes the world's famous work the Cup of David, featured in the international design catalogue and described in the newspapers, fashion and jewellery magazines around the world and now owned by the private collectors; the Cup of David represented Australia in the international competition in Jerusalem in 1996. Collection also included one of Joanna's latest important work - Millennium Lamp, described in Australian, American and German press. Joanna Angelett's works have great artistic value and commercial success: collections of originally designed luxury jewellery from gold and platinum with Australian coloured diamonds, pearls, sapphires and opals are the best selling items in the up market retail in Australia and overseas and have been published in Australia and Europe, including England and Switzerland. Joanna's works participated in the international exhibitions and exhibitions-sales and always had indisputable success. In the year of 2000 the creativity of Joanna Angelett and her artistic Project Tree of Life received the highest recognition and the unique award - personal blessing of the Head of the Roman Catholic Church His Holiness Pope John Paul II; at present Joanna Angelett is the only artist in the world whose creativity received the blessing of the Holy Father, what is giving to the talented artist the precious and outstanding place on the international arena. In July 2001 the artistic Project Tree of Life received an official recognition and support of Hon. John Howard, the Prime Minister of Australia, expressed by him on behalf of the Australian government and people of Australia." In February 2002 due to the achievements in the fields of art and science, Joanna was recognized as an 'artist of extraordinary ability' by the US Department of Justice, what gave her the possibility to develop the Project in America. During her work in California, USA, Joanna Angelett received the letter from Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II, in which Her Majesty expressed "warm good wishes", regarding to the successful development of the Project.
Brian Seiver, Chairman of the Jewellers Association of Australia.
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