Beatriz Buendia followed the love of her life from her native Colombia, South America and settled in Rowell, Georgia as Mrs.De Irisarri.

While still in Colombia, Beatriz combined her career as an architect with the creativeness of a jewelry artisan. Ms.De Irisarri's jewelry mentor was Franciso Pineros, with the acclaimed "La Mana" workshop, where he designs and teaches ancestral jewelry techniques, emphasizing work done only by hand. She worked as a bench jeweler for four years and participated in one jewelry exhibition in her country.

Since moving to the United States, Beatriz has focused exclusively on her career in jewelry design and gemology. She started at Archer International Imports with Victor and Valarie Ferlaino, where she leaned the wholesale side of the industry. She continued working at Jewelry Artisans for Jamie and Cary Kresl using her skills designing hundreds of custom pieces for retail customers.

Overwhelmed by the retail working experience and looking foward to a happier family life, she created p e r  c a r a t  Studio, as her own unique jewelry design business. Beatriz brings to the jewelry industry a unique blend of design qualities, academic training, broad international experience,a particular mixture of contemporary with an ancestral influence and a deep desire to meet the individual taste and needs of her customer.

What have you heard from Colombia?

Not only are coffee, flowers and textiles products proudly produced in Colombia, South America, but Colombian emeralds set the standard by which all the other emeralds are judged.

The color and transparency of a Colombian emerald makes it the most valuable emerald in the world. Our stones delivered to you with a grading report and certificate of origin are personally chosen by Beatriz De Irisarri.

We can import by special commission, to our retail and wholesale customers, emeralds to meet their needs. Emeralds bigger than half a carat are named by the miner or with the owner's name if they are purchased on their behalf.

 The Studio Image

"La Jouaillier", the studio image  is an antique french print from 1695 that features a woman (The Jeweler) dressed in gemstones and jewelry posing in her studio.

Everything in this print is about joy, elegance, unique beauty and detail, all per carat Studio standards.

from our customers

"It is not always easy to express our individual desires and taste. Beatriz listens to her customers as they describe their history and vision, she draws on her own personal and professional experience to produce a beautiful object that blends the best of the past and the present into a timeless piece for the future".

Linda Dekle-Frost

I wanted to thank you so much for the incredibly wonderful ring that you have made for Jan and I, it is truly an amazing  project. I am someone who as a kid hated the idea of weddings because they are sometimes so monotonous, yet this ring made me say yes to a life with a crazy Checo. The ring fits perfectly.

You are extremely talented, I love the way you were able to re-contextualize pre-columbian  symbols and patterns into contemporary exotic luxury , that is a gift, I see my ring like a collector sees a painting,
I'll be blogging about it soon,

Thank you once again,
Sinceramente,
Sandra Parra