This was a wedding band made to fit against an antique sapphire halo solitaire. Oak leaves, Dahlia, Ivy, Poppies, and forget-me-not motif, 14K rose gold.
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Sea turtle pendant
This gorgeous ocean-y boulder opal was a perfect choice for this sea turtle. It looks like you are looking down into the shallows with coral blooms and swirling white sandy bottom. Diamond bubbles, 14K gold. And a little extra something on the backside too:
Continue readingNautilus band
‘Storybook band’ featuring a Nautilus with an emerald. Flanking this creature are smoky, waving tendrils and a depiction of the microscopic flowery shapes seen in magnetic domains (my client was a physicist). 14K gold.
Continue readingPelican & tanzanite pendant
Pelican pendant set with a gorgeous violet-blue tanzanite, an Old European cut diamond, and modern brilliant diamonds set in the wings & eyes. 18K. The backside has a little surprise as well:
A swirling stream with little fish. A convenient snack for our guys on the frontside.
Continue readingIris & mums sapphire & tourmaline ring
Iris blooms with mums, set up top with a cool wine-colored sapphire, and a handful of green tourmalines down the sides. 14K gold.
Continue readingBats & blooms ring
Bats and poppy flowers motif with a handful of scattered little grapey-berry garnets. The stone is set with a cool fire agate, a stone that I didn’t even believe was real the first time I saw one. Behold:
Iridescent rainbow oily-smoky swirls inside this stone. They are so cool!
Continue readingGinkgo Solitaire — new shop design
A new piece for my shop: The Ginkgo Leaf Solitaire. This one shows a ~7mm stone, but could be very easily adapted for stones of other sizes, larger or smaller.
This sample piece is currently for sale as well, ready to ship immediately. It is 18K yellow gold, size 6, and is set with a 1.23ct E/VVS2 lab-grown diamond. Email if interested.
Continue readingSilflay pendant
This was another piece I carved for fun from some random sketches in my notebook. It brings to mind Watership Down, a book I read to my daughter when she was younger and an extremely strange movie that my brother and I watched a lot when we were kids. We loved it of course, as we did all cartoon media; it had an excellent Simon & Garfunkle soundtrack, but man was it intense, bloody, and just plain trippy.
Continue readingKraken+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.
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