
Pendant carved with the Asclepius symbol and surrounded by magnolia blooms (“tulip trees” people like to call them around here). 18K
Continue readingPendant carved with the Asclepius symbol and surrounded by magnolia blooms (“tulip trees” people like to call them around here). 18K
Continue readingCustom designed frog pendant, set with green chalcedony cabochon. This is actually the backside of the pendant. 14K yellow gold.
The color of the chalcedony is much more bright and glowy in natural daylight rather than my dim photo box 🙂
Continue readingThis was a commissioned piece by one of my favorite customers and man, it just turned out so well! 18K gold snake with a chunky blackened sterling silver chain.
This was a custom re-design for a cool bright green jade piece my client sent me. It was to be remade into a pendant for his daughter, who was about to graduate from college.
I carved a little tree frog on the backside. She can decide if she’s feeling jade-ish, or frog-ish, and flip the necklace accordingly.
14K palladium white gold, jade, and a platinum chain.
Continue readingI love these unusual baroque Tahitian pearls. And of course, carving a little custom one-of-a-kind snake guy to hold it all together is just the thing. 18K & Tahitian pearl.
Continue readingThis was a stone sent to me by the client: she wanted it removed from the current setting (a very simple and clunky prong situation) and have it remade into a new little something-something. It’s hard to judge scale from the photo, but the stone is about 1 inch in diameter—HUGE!
The new something: a custom designed Apple Blossoms & Songbird pendant in 14K gold. It turned out so nicely!!
Continue readingDoes that mean that it’s now spring? The plum trees around here think so.
Some springy images from last year’s photoshoot. More info & pretty pics after the click:
This was a commission from a husband to his wife who was about to complete the full northbound Appalachian Trail hike. That’s 2190.9 miles, ya’ll! I was super impressed. I’d love to do an epic hike like this someday.
Continue readingThree little roses in rose gold, choker length. Sweet and perfect.
This pendant was inspired in part by Fujikasa Satoko’s sculpture. She makes these blindingly gorgeous flowing sculptures reminiscent of billowing silk, crepe-y poppy leaves, Loie Fuller’s dress dance..
The pearl is super smooth Tahitian with a cool greenish-pistachio color and lots of rainbow-y overtones. More images after the click:
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