LIGHT PERFORMANCE
The light performance of the Cushion 8 Hearts & Arrows was originally designed to retain the soft pillow shape of a cushion while retaining its optics of a round Super Ideal Cut. While it was originally made to be a contender to beat the poor modified cushion diamonds in the market, the Cushion 8 Hearts & Arrows boasted brilliance, fire and scintillation that even exceeded the Super Ideal Round.
In terms of light return, the Cushion 8 Hearts & Arrows displays intense amount of brightness from its main pavilion facets. This gives the diamond a much whiter and brighter appearance that is never seen before in cushion shape diamonds. Over the years, emergence of new cushion Hearts & Arrows has surfaced in an attempt to follow the original Cushion 8 Hearts & Arrows. However, due to the original patent, the facet structure and light performance is compromised especially along the sides of these diamonds, where most of these new cuts appear smaller and darker around the edges.
SYMMETRY
The Cushion diamond exhibits 8 perfect Hearts and 8 distinct arrows. This precise symmetry is absolutely necessary to retain the rounded corners of the cushion. As the soft corners are difficult to achieve, any polishing error in shape would result in the misalignment of the facet structure which will compromise the light performance of every other shifted facets entirely. Each Cushion 8 Hearts & Arrows by JANNPAUL is meticulously hand polished to achieve the maximum light performance pertaining to its soft pillow shape.
To uphold the true nature of a Super Ideal Cut Hearts & Arrows diamond, the symmetry of the cushion 8 Hearts & Arrows is absolutely important to maximize its light performance.
FIRE & SCINTILLATION
The Cushion 8 Hearts & Arrows boasts larger flashes of fire amongst the JannPaul Super Ideal Cut collection. By optimizing the major and minor facets to be larger than usual, it produces an explosive array of fire at every turn of each large facet. While the scintillation is lower than the other cuts of the JannPaul Super Ideals, it boasts to attract a viewer’s attention by flaring up with bolder, broader and intense flashes of light, regardless of its size.
LED ROTATION
The Cushion 8 Hearts & Arrows embraces a dance of sun burst fire, gradually moving from facet to facet in large bold transitions. The diamond was engineered this way to show off its appealing shape through the mass amount of rainbow flashes that encompass from the centre diamond to the four soft corners of the cushion. This gives the Cushion 8 Hearts & Arrows an unrivalled characteristic of fire and sparkle.
GEMEX ANALYSIS
At the highest point of 80-90 degrees light source, lower girdle halves produces an intensely beautiful sun burst stretching from the centre to the edge of the diamond. The large flares of each arrows makes up for the lower scintillation and catches the attention of a viewer immediately. When the light source is lowered, the Cushion 8 Hearts & Arrows continues to boasts its bold flashes of fire, both towards the centre and edges of the diamond. This unique characteristics of the Cushion 8 Hearts & Arrows holds its own as one of a kind in the world of Super Ideal Hearts & Arrows.
BRILLIANCE
The Cushion 8 Hearts & Arrows carries a picture perfect arrow contrast within the parameters of the cushion shape. The four corners of the cushion is balanced out with grey patterns to bring out the overall brilliance of the diamond, meticulously made just for the cushion itself. This contrast patterning and extreme brightness complements the feminine pillow shape that the Cushion 8 Hearts & Arrows uniquely has.
IS THIS FOR YOU?
The Cushion 8 Hearts & Arrows is a soft pillow shaped diamond, that stands out, defines and represents uniquely who you are. The Cushion accentuates well with a classic 4 prongs design or can be perfectly paired with a beautiful halo setting that highlight the curvature of the cushion even further. A popular shape that has never wavered over the years, unlike the princess cut which has dropped to the least popular shape since 2015. The 4 corners of the Cushion 8 Hearts & Arrows is cut to be sturdy and durable along the sides of the girdle to prevent chipping from ever occurring, unlike square cut diamonds in the market that tend to be delicate and thin. Traditional cushions commonly comes in many different lengths and width, and poor light performance. However, JANNPAUL's Cushion 8 Hearts & Arrows, strictly holds to a 1 to 1 length and width ratio, to form a perfect square formation, upholding it be truly classy and timeless. A break from tradition, this unique Cushion 8 Hearts & Arrows is for people who wants to be different and boasts its beauty through its outstanding size and eye catching fire.
