Just a couple of recent ginkgo bands I made with some modifications to include stones. The above a green baguette sapphire, and click through to see another made into an eternity band…
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Lupine Solitaire with Green Sapphire
Solitaire carved with Lupine flower detail. Set with an oval green sapphire, 14K yellow gold. Many more photos after the click!
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Medusa Pendant! This is a photo of the carving while it was still in the wax–I thought it looked pretty and jade-like with the light shining through. The backside is entirely carved as well.
Somehow, I got sidetracked with too many things going at once and didn’t get finished photos of this piece. I’m still kicking myself. This is the only one I took, when it was almost finished… The stone is a smoky blue-gray spinel.
Click through to see more of the wax photos, especially of the backside.
Continue reading3 Friends of Winter Pendant
‘Three Friends of Winter’ pendant: Plum, pine, and bamboo. Set with a beautiful slightly bluish-green tourmaline. This was a really fun motif to work with and I love how the piece turned out.
Continue readingTaiwan Lily Pearl Solitaire
This gorgeous pearl is a natural color from the warm tropical waters around Indonesia and the Philippines. The lily motif is specifically a Taiwan (Formosan) Lily, 18K yellow gold. This ring turned out so nicely!
Continue readingIcelandic Horses Solitaire with Imperial Topaz
Ring designed with portraits of the client’s two Icelandic horses, and set with a beautiful peachy Imperial topaz. 14K yellow gold.
Continue readingCarnations Solitaire with Ruby
Cabochon Ruby solitaire with a carnation flower motif and openwork. This ring turned out so nicely! I was so happy with it.
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Custom-designed pendant around this gorgeous green-yellow custom-cut Mali garnet (cut by Geologic Spectrum). Surrounded by a gradient of garnets from deep orange and lighter yellow-orange Spessartite, yellow-green andradite, light and deep green Tsavorite. 19K. The backside has carved peacock feather detail.
Amphisbaena Solitaires
A few recent modifications of my Amphisbaena Solitaire to add to the family. The above in 18K with a gorgeous swirly black opal from Australia. The below with a heart diamond and crown, set with birthstones. Click through for more photos of each.
Lotus Flower Pendant
This awesome lotus pendant! Heavily three-dimensional, and set with a ~10mm emerald in the center. 19K rose gold.
This was a very challenging piece to carve, but it turned out so nicely! I really like the color contrast between the emerald and the rose gold.
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