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.

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.

Mother’s pendant with roses & twisting vines. I liked the sort of ‘cartouche’ shape of this pendant. The birthstones are citrine & sapphires for the children, and a ruby & alexandrite for the parents (set into the base of the two vines, and seen only when you look at the bottom of the pendant). 18K gold.

Portrait of Merlin, who was a very good boy.

Cats actually are quite hard for me to carve, for some reason. I decided to give this Sphinx cat a go because they are so interesting looking and I thought all the wrinkles would be fun. I also was experimenting with the two-tone, 18K yellow gold & 14K white gold, something I don’t do very often. The clasp has an Australian opal and the clasp loop has a pair of little diamonds as well.

Hand-carved initial pendant carved with a blooming rose bramble vine. 18K.