This ring was designed to repurpose a collection of stones from older pieces of jewelry no longer worn into a new ring with a spray of blueberries and leaves across the band. The center stone is a sapphire, and the smaller stones are diamonds and color-change garnets: these guys change from the purple you see here to kind of a teal color, the color shifting as I went around my studio and they reflected different light sources. 18K.
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California Poppy & Texas Bluebonnets Ring
This ring was designed to showcase two iconic flowers from places near and dear to the heart of the client: California Poppies and Texas bluebonnets. We scattered a few blue sapphires and spessartite garnets around the ring as well to capture the blues and the gold colors of the flowers. 14K.
Continue readingIvy, Pinecones, Ferns 3-Stone Solitaire
I was so excited to design this ring because it was for my lovely cousin & her fiance! Ferns and Ivy carved on the gallery views, pine cones and needles carved down the sides of the bands. 14K white gold with an antique Old European Cut diamond & pair of brilliant cut accent diamonds.
Continue readingAzulejos Storybook Band
This ring was designed as a Storybook band using Portuguese Azulejos as a motif, each ’tile’ containing a different motif that was meaningful to the wearer. 14K gold.
Continue readingMorning Glory ring redux
I’ve made this ring before, but sadly, the ring was lost, so this is a remake. We changed up the stone to a very slightly larger green sapphire this time. Happy to revisit this one!
Continue readingIvy and Holly Garnet Ring
This ring has a kind of wintry romantic vibe: a deep berry-colored garnet surrounded by ivy and holly leaves with a pine bough + seedcone on one side. Diamond dewdrops are scattered throughout, plus a couple of little ‘berry’ clusters of garnets (anthill, rhodolite, ‘grape’ garnets). 18K yellow gold.

Pair of Sapphire Rings #2
Here is the second of the pair of wedding rings: matching in style and stone+ring shape, and with complimentary motifs. This ring also features a 2+ carat violet-purple sapphire and is carved with California Poppies on one side (with a quail footprint, a nod to its partner ring), and the other side with Sugar Maple leaves (with a feather floating down, another reference to the cardinal in its partner ring). 14K palladium white gold.
Continue readingPair of Sapphire Pear rings #1
This is the first of a pair of wedding rings–matching in style and stone+ring shape, and with complimentary motifs. This first ring features a 2+ carat blue sapphire and is carved with a Northern Cardinal on one side (with Sugar Maple leaves–a reference to its partner ring), and a California Quail (with California Poppy leaves–another reference to its partner ring. 14K palladium white gold.
Continue readingRococo Leafy Wedding Bands
Pair of wedding bands carved with feathery Rococo-vibe leaves. I love the look of these rings!
Continue readingMemento Mori Ring with Carved Agate Skull
I had so much fun designing and carving this ring! Designed around a carved agate skull piece, the ring is a sort of flower garden growing around bones, with a couple of bugs too. 18K. Be sure to click through to see the entire design:
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