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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Often one design I make inspires more similar pieces. Such is the case for this new iteration on the classic owl face pendant. Diamond eyes, and this time, the entire backside of the piece is carved with a feathery motif. 14K, diamonds.
These hand-painted memento mori enamels are just about the greatest thing! I cannot tell you how much I love these, and how stoked I was to get to make a pendant-bezel design for them. After much agonizing, we selected four of them (to start…) 18K
These enamels were painted by Olga Doutkevitch.
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Another take on the Death’s Head Hawkmoth Memento Mori theme. This time featuring a wonderful enamel by Olga Doutkevitch, plus a red coral heart and a pair of diamonds in the wingtips. 18K. And of course just a little bit of detail on the backside..
The backside has the lettering: “Memento Mori, Memento Vivere,” which translates as ‘Remember you must die; therefore, remember to live.’
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One of a kind Death’s Head Hawkmoth Memento Mori pendant. Set with a carved Tahitian baroque keshi pearl skull mounted in the thorax, a shield-shaped cabochon ruby, and diamonds set in the wings. 18K. The backside is fully carved with the lettering: “Memento Mori, Memento Vivere,” which translates as ‘Remember you must die; therefore, remember to live.’
An example of my new Ginkgo Leaf Solitaire set with a vintage lovely pale champagne Old European Cut diamond. Smaller in size compared to the original stone in my sample photos, at .60ct and about 5.2mm diameter, yet it works incredibly well I think.
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We are all well aware of the classic full moons: Blue moon, Harvest moon, Blood moon, Super moon… Lesser known, but no less important is the illusive Champagne moon. Whereupon glasses of golden champagne are sipped while sitting on the back porch watching the bats dance about.
Bats flying around a smoky champagne moon was pretty much the perfect motif to carve for this unusual diamond and I love how it turned out. 18K with a groovy 2.27ct diamond.
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This was an old-school re-creation of an owl pendant that the client’s grandmother used to own, and had long been lost. We repurposed a pair of 1/4ct diamonds for the eyes.
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Another one of my Fantastical Insects carved for this cool baroque Tahitian Keshi pearl drop. Diamond eyes with a crystal opal thorax, 18K, one of a kind piece. This little guy is for sale, so send me an email if you would like additional information.
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Rococo-inspired leafy motif pendant set with a beautiful berry-colored garnet from Mozambique (custom cut by Geologic Spectrum) and surrounded by bright green tsavorite garnets. 19K rose gold. And a little surprise on the backside too:
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