Archive for the ‘snakes’ Category

ouroboros ring

Tuesday, March 14th, 2023
Custom designed & hand-carved Ouroboros ring, set with antique pale champagne diamond, 14K rose gold

This sweet little ouroboros ring was designed around a lovely antique champagne diamond that had a lot of character and sentimental value. 14K rose gold.

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coiled snake solitaire #2

Thursday, December 1st, 2022
Custom designed, hand-carved Coiled Snake Solitaire in 18K gold with diamond

This is a new, larger iteration of a design I did a while back, but with a larger stone. The diamond here measures 1.65ct (~7.3mm) and I scaled up the snake to fit. I love this ring!

Custom designed, hand-carved Coiled Snake Solitaire in 18K gold with diamond
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snake scale wedding band

Thursday, July 14th, 2022
Hand carved snake scale wedding bands, 18K

This is a wedding band carved with a little swoop to fit up against my snake solitaire. The accompanying band is a classic style with a little snake carved into the inside of the band. 18K and diamonds.

antique diamond snake ring

Wednesday, February 9th, 2022
Custom designed & hand-carved Snake Ring set with a 2ct antique pear diamond, 18K gold

This amazing antique diamond needed a setting.. And since there can never be too many snake rings, it seemed like just the perfect thing. 1.95ct antique pear-cut diamond (with a crazy high-profile table & nice fat culet!) and 18K yellow gold. I LOVE how this guy turned out.

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custom carnelian ring

Wednesday, November 17th, 2021
Custom designed & hand-carved Snake ring set with carnelian and antique Old European cut diamonds; cicada & Pleiades motifs on shoulders, dogwood blossom on the base.

This ring turned out wonderfully! Custom snake ring curled around a jelly-orange carnelian. Shoulders are carved with an Old European cut diamond-set cicada, and the Pleiades constellation with the central Maia star also an Old European cut diamond.

Custom designed & hand-carved Snake ring set with carnelian and antique Old European cut diamonds; cicada & Pleiades motifs on shoulders, dogwood blossom on the base.

The base has a dogwood flower carved on the inside curling around the base to the outside. Just a little something-something. More photos after the click:

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snake & opal earrings

Saturday, October 30th, 2021
Custom designed & hand-carved snake & australian black opal & diamond earrings

Matching and balanced, but not exactly identical, Australian opal & diamond earrings with little carved snakes curling around them. 18K yellow gold.

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pink diamond + snakes’n’roses

Friday, October 8th, 2021
Custom designed & hand-carved Pink diamond solitaire set in quatrefoil setting with snakes and roses, 14K rose gold

This awesome thing was designed for a wonderfully delicate pink cushion diamond. Set in a quatrefoil design with pointy prong tips holding it fast, we also have blooming roses, leaves, buds, and of course, little garden snakes curled among the foliage.

Custom designed & hand-carved Pink diamond solitaire set in quatrefoil setting with snakes and roses, 14K rose gold

Little bright white diamonds are set in the heads of the snakes, because that’s just how this world turns.

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modified snake band

Wednesday, August 18th, 2021
Custom-designed & hand-carved Snake Band with diamond, 14K

This ring was a modification of a current shop design to specifically fit a custom solitaire (not made by me), below:

Custom-designed & hand-carved Snake Band & solitaire with diamond, 14K

HOW AWESOME IS THIS?!? I carved the snake band using measurements the customer sent me and I was so flipping happy (relieved!) to see how well they worked together.

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snake neckpiece

Monday, March 9th, 2020
Custom designed & hand-carved snake neckpiece/necklace, 18K and sterling silver

This 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.

Custom designed & hand-carved snake neckpiece/necklace, 18K and sterling silver
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split snake ring in 22K

Monday, March 2nd, 2020
Custom designed & hand-carved snake ring with diamond head and ruby eyes, 22K gold

Split snake ring in 22K gold set with a 4.2mm rose-cut diamond in the head and little rubies eyes.

Custom designed & hand-carved snake ring with diamond head and ruby eyes, 22K gold

Love how this guy turned out.

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