Category Archives: snakes

pink diamond + snakes’n’roses

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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asclepius + caduceus solitaire

Custom hand-carved Rod of Asclepius & Caduceus & Oak & Acorn insignia Solitaire with Montana Sapphire, 14K

This is a ring I made for a Navy doctor stationed abroad. The design is a Rod of Asclepius on one side, a Caduceus on the other side, and on the bottom, an intaglio-carved oak leaf & acorn, the Navy Medical Corps insignia.

Custom hand-carved Rod of Asclepius & Caduceus & Oak & Acorn insignia Solitaire with Montana Sapphire, 14K

This leaf & acorn might be my favorite part of the ring!

Custom hand-carved Rod of Asclepius & Caduceus & Oak & Acorn insignia Solitaire with Montana Sapphire, 14K

Okay.. maybe it’s the stone. It’s an untreated Montana Sapphire that is a lovely teal blue in the outside light, but a cool green in indoor lighting. The cut is a unique angular cushion that I really liked.

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silver-blue akoyas

Silver-blue baroque akoya strand, 32", 22K hand-carved snake clasp

I pretty much flipped out when I first spotted these gorgeous baroque silvery-blue akoyas at the gem show. I’ve only ever seen akoyas that were perfectly round, very prim, very Mikimoto-style. These are not those.

Silver-blue baroque akoya strand, 32", 22K hand-carved snake clasp


I have a particular fondness for blue-tinged pearls in particular too. I knotted these on silk into a 32″ strand with 22K carved snake S-clasp. I like the contrast of these icy akoyas with the super warm 22K.

This one is available for sale, by the way 🙂 More pics after the click:

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