More Memento Mori enamel pendants to add to the collection: This time some super colorful guys with ribbons and crowns. 18K, and hand-painted enamels by Olga Doutkevitch.
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Medusa pendant
Medusa Pendant! This is a photo of the carving while it was still in the wax–I thought it looked pretty and jade-like with the light shining through. The backside is entirely carved as well.
Somehow, I got sidetracked with too many things going at once and didn’t get finished photos of this piece. I’m still kicking myself. This is the only one I took, when it was almost finished… The stone is a smoky blue-gray spinel.
Click through to see more of the wax photos, especially of the backside.
Continue readingAmphisbaena Solitaires
A few recent modifications of my Amphisbaena Solitaire to add to the family. The above in 18K with a gorgeous swirly black opal from Australia. The below with a heart diamond and crown, set with birthstones. Click through for more photos of each.
Year of the Snake
This is a Year of the Snake brooch that I carved for a jeweler in Melbourne, Australia. I can’t wait to see how the finished turned out.
Continue readingMemento Mori Enamel pendants
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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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.
Continue readingCurling Snake ring with spinel
Kraken+Snake pendant for Medusa intaglio
This amazing chrysoprase Medusa intaglio was carved by Lala Ragimov. I was pretty stoked to get to carve a setting for it: this tentacled sea monster with a silky lavender-pink sapphire eye and a serpent with a bright diamond eye. 19K rose gold.
Continue readingQuetzalcoatl wedding band
This wedding band has a Quetzalcoatl (a feathered serpent creator god from Mesoamerican religions) Ouroboros motif. In the belly of the serpent is set an aquamarine stone from Mt Antero, CO. 18K white gold.
Continue readingTiger lily & snake solitaire with peach tourmaline
Tiger lilies & snakes solitaire, set with a lovely peachy tourmaline. The gallery sides of the bezel are carved open so that you can see into the stone’s pavilion, which also allows more light to enter the stone. 14K rose gold.
