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dragonfly & sapphire ring
![Custom designed & hand-carved Dragonfly & Sapphire ring, 18K, with diamonds](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Layer-2-525.jpg)
We started with a dragonfly and morning glory motif for this gorgeous blue sapphire. Then this was whittled down to only dragonflies because the two motifs together were feeling a bit cumbersome somehow.. But then I was thinking about what to carve along the elongated body of the insect, and going back to the morning glory motif ended up being perfect. Lends a bit of additional fairytale whimsy to the design.
Sapphire, diamonds, 18K yellow gold.
Continue readingoak leaves & oval diamond solitaire
![Custom designed & hand-carved Oak Leaves & Acorns Solitaire with oval diamond, 18k white gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Layer-9-525.jpg)
This was a re-design for a perfect oval diamond. White oak leaves with a pair of acorns on one side. 18K white gold.
Continue readingouroboros ring
![Custom designed & hand-carved Ouroboros ring, set with antique pale champagne diamond, 14K rose gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Layer-5-525.jpg)
This sweet little ouroboros ring was designed around a lovely antique champagne diamond that had a lot of character and sentimental value. 14K rose gold.
Continue readingmoonstone & oak leaves ring
![Custom designed & hand-carved Oak leaves & acorns Moonstone & diamonds ring, 18K. Art Deco and Art Nouveau](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Layer-8_525.jpg)
An Oak leaves & Acorns design for this giant hunk of moonstone. I love how this ring turned out! 18K with a pair of diamonds at the sides of the bezel.
![Custom designed & hand-carved Oak leaves & acorns Moonstone & diamonds ring, 18K. Art Deco and Art Nouveau](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Background-2.jpg)
coiled snake solitaire #2
![Custom designed, hand-carved Coiled Snake Solitaire in 18K gold with diamond](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Layer-9_525.jpg)
This is a new, larger iteration of a design I did a while back, but with a larger stone. The diamond here measures 1.65ct (~7.3mm) and I scaled up the snake to fit. I love this ring!
![Custom designed, hand-carved Coiled Snake Solitaire in 18K gold with diamond](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Background-1.jpg)
sphinx cat pendant
![Custom designed Sphinx Cat pendant with Australian Opal and diamonds, 18K and 14K gold.](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Background_525.jpg)
Cats actually are quite hard for me to carve, for some reason. I decided to give this Sphinx cat a go because they are so interesting looking and I thought all the wrinkles would be fun. I also was experimenting with the two-tone, 18K yellow gold & 14K white gold, something I don’t do very often. The clasp has an Australian opal and the clasp loop has a pair of little diamonds as well.
Continue readingsongbirds & forget-me-nots ring
![Custom designed Songbirds and Forget-me-not Ring in 18K gold with diamond & citrines](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Layer-5_525.jpg)
Songbirds & Forget-me-nots! I tried to keep a lighter and lacy feel to a ring that was actually quite large and I think it worked out really nicely. Birds are fun to carve. 18K, diamonds & citrines.
Continue readingfantastic tourmaline insect
![](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/525-1.jpg)
I made a sketch a while back that I knew I had to create, and then I spent much of last year’s Tucson Gem Show on the hunt for thee perfect stone for it. I think I found it in this fantastic bluish green elongated tourmaline.
![Hand-carved Fantastic Jeweled Insect pendant with elongated bluish-green tourmaline and diamond in 18K yellow gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Layer-00.jpg)
5.79ct tourmaline, and .12ct diamond. 18K yellow gold.
Continue readingwide oak leaves+acorns band
![Custom designed & Hand-carved Wide Oak Leaves & Acorns Band in 19K rose gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/finished_525.jpg)
This is a custom Oak Leaves & Acorns band I carved with just a little larger of a scale than I normally do. The ring is 9mm wide, and the larger format gave me a lot of room for detail. This was cast into 19K rose gold.
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