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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Flamingo with tourmaline & OEC diamonds pendant
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.
Storybook band with cicada wing & botanical motifs
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.
Continue readingAmphisbaena ring w/pink sapphire & diamonds
My new(ish) Amphisbaena/Double-headed Snake ring modified to fit a gorgeous pink cushion-cut sapphire and with a suite of graduated diamonds set in the scales, and as the snake eyes. 19K rose gold.
Continue readingGinkgo ring + branch wedding band
This is the scattered ginkgo leaves + diamonds ring from my shop, plus a custom-carved ginkgo branch wedding band made to fit alongside. 14K white gold, aquamarine, diamonds.
Continue readingOcean waves solitaire with seafoam garnet
I carved these ocean waves with something of a feathery rococo look to them, and the scallop shell motifs fit right in. Bezel set with a bright seafoam-green tsavorite garnet custom cut by Geologic Spectrum.
Continue readingBosch-birds pendant with blue zircon
This is a piece I carved just for fun. It started as a doodle in my sketchbook that I liked the look of; I thought the birds kind of had a Hieronymus Bosch thing going with their inflated bodies and teeny wings. I decided to carve it into a pendant for this big fat pear blue zircon. This was an especially fun piece to make. 18K.
I love when the backsides of pieces have a little extra something-something, and the shape of the bird bodies brought to mind eyes, so I made eyes happen.
Continue readingFeisty foxes with fiery garnets
Pair of snarling foxes in wintry tree branches with a pair of fiery spessartite garnets, one a glowy orange-red burning coal, and the other a bright orange-yellow flame. 14K rose gold.
Continue readingDay & Night, Rabbit & Owl solitaire
A custom solitaire carved for this fantastic 2 1/4ct diamond: Sun & moon motifs on either shoulder, rabbit & owl motifs carved on the gallery views of the bezel.
Continue readingFerns & wild Nootka rose wedding band
This is a very PNW sort of ring: sword ferns & Nootka rose. It was made as a wedding band to fit alongside the solitaire (not the one pictured below though–I just used that one as a stand-in for photos). 14K gold.
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