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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
New Curling Snake design that I carved for fun and now have available in my shop! This one is 18K yellow gold, but I can also make him in white, rose, or green gold, 14K or 18K.
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My new(ish) Amphisbaena/Double-headed Snake ring modified to fit a gorgeous pink cushion-cut sapphire and with a suite of graduated diamonds set in the scales, and as the snake eyes. 19K rose gold.
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