Just some images of my standard ginkgo band with some added stones. This is a little green diamond; 14K white gold.
This is another I did using fancy color sapphires (and one green diamond) in 14K yellow gold. More photos after the jump..
Just some images of my standard ginkgo band with some added stones. This is a little green diamond; 14K white gold.
This is another I did using fancy color sapphires (and one green diamond) in 14K yellow gold. More photos after the jump..
18K yellow gold art nouveau-style pendant with cyclamen motif. This is a pendant riff off a ring I did a while back:
The original design sketch. I ended up making two of these: this one-of-a-kind version for a client, and a second version with a different flower style that I will develop ultimately as a piece for the shop.
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These wedding bands tell the story of a relationship. Daniel & Alicia chose a number of themes and motifs that were personal and significant to them, I made a million sketches, and when we finally got the design nailed down, I began to carve.
The rings were ultimately cast into platinum (Pt950/PtRu). His is 6mm width and hers, 4mm.
A pair of parrot feathers.
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Ring carved with morning glory motif. I went very three-dimensional here—kind of a Rivendell vibe. 14K palladium white gold, lavender sapphire and diamond.
I don’t often use the palladium white gold alloys (14K or 18K palladium white gold); it amazes me how every alloy is different from one another. The color of the 14KPd white is deeper—steelier even—than the standard 14K alloy I normally use (nickel alloy). I feel like it also takes a more intense polish than the 14K nickel white, but maybe it is an illusion of the darker color.
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