This was another piece I carved for fun from some random sketches in my notebook. It brings to mind Watership Down, a book I read to my daughter when she was younger and an extremely strange movie that my brother and I watched a lot when we were kids. We loved it of course, as we did all cartoon media; it had an excellent Simon & Garfunkle soundtrack, but man was it intense, bloody, and just plain trippy.
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This amazing chrysoprase Medusa intaglio was carved by Lala Ragimov. I was pretty stoked to get to carve a setting for it: this tentacled sea monster with a silky lavender-pink sapphire eye and a serpent with a bright diamond eye. 19K rose gold.
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This wedding band has a Quetzalcoatl (a feathered serpent creator god from Mesoamerican religions) Ouroboros motif. In the belly of the serpent is set an aquamarine stone from Mt Antero, CO. 18K white gold.
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Phoenix pendant using a gorgeous suite of opals: wing-carved opals and marquises. This guy was really difficult to photograph and do justice to. Click through for some photos in the outdoor sunlight where the opals really stand out.
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A handful of pieces from the shop I’ve made over the past while, some with customization, such as the High Profile Leafy Solitaire shown here with an oval purple sapphire.
More pieces after the click…
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My peacock feather band customized to fit a pear sapphire. This is a beautiful and subtle stone: a teal sapphire that shows different colors in different lighting, more blue, more green, moody, bright.. Turned out beautifully!
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Tiger lilies & snakes solitaire, set with a lovely peachy tourmaline. The gallery sides of the bezel are carved open so that you can see into the stone’s pavilion, which also allows more light to enter the stone. 14K rose gold.
New Curling Snake design that I carved for fun and now have available in my shop! This one is 18K yellow gold, but I can also make him in white, rose, or green gold, 14K or 18K.
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Custom designed Pair of Flamingos pendant with a big berry tourmaline and a pair of Old European cut diamonds. Tiny diamond eyes. The backside has a little something as well: blackberries, blossoms, & leaves. 19K rose gold.
I love making these ‘Storybook’ bands, and this one in particular was a joy to carve. Cicada wing, staghorn lichen, cedar, ferns, ginkgo leaves. 18K yellow gold.
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