So the Palladium piece was a finalist, out of over 250 pieces Ours was in the top 10.
now the palladium alliance is carrying it to red carpet events,
Including the opening of Fast and Furious 6 where the costar decided to wear it.

Palladium Contest.

I recently designed and created a pendent for the Luxury Palladium alliance.

It was a finalist out of 300 entries. The piece is on tour for now but it will be coming back to our store to be displayed.
I started with a large Tanzanite we had in our collection. If you have never seen the original strain of this stone you dont know what your missing. The first stones had the most amazing color. Most of the Tanzanite now is sort of transparent blue. This stone is velvety purple.
The design uses my new wedding cake setting style. The accent diamonds drape over the edge like the details on a wedding cake. I love this style.

Here is the render

And the final piece, notice the color of the stone and the detail of the side draping.

Im hoping to do more of this style.

Bill S

Ascher lines

These pics demonstrate the process we go through. Beyond design we spend a ton of time creating superior jewelry. This mounting was designed to hold our customers 4.5 ct ascher cut diamond. The center stone is very special being a VVS E color stone. The mounting is a simple design that sweeps up to hold the center stone. We chose to use a bar set style to show off as much of the stone as possible. We also wanted to show as much of the side and bottom of the stone as possible.

We start by assembling the parts then we burnish (rub) the metal with tungsten pointers to compress and polish the platinum. We also use 1 mm strips of sand paper to polish and clean up the nooks and crannies.

After the prepolishing we attack the ring with soft brissel brushes and buffing wheels. This ring requires 6 hours of polishing.

Then we cut the seats for the diamonds and polished everything again.

The finished ring looks more like mounting flows off of the diamond then a mounting clamped on a diamond.

The one that got away

Lately we have been very busy at work.

Some of the cool work we have been doing is on our facebook site.

Recently though I designed a ring for a nice gentleman to gift to his lady. Because of his budget we had to cut back a lot on the final piece. Some how I have to do the full version of this ring.

We built the ring like the first view with just a few small accent stones.

You can see how insanely cool this would have been with stones all the way around.

Zab Judah

We recently created the championship ring for Professional Boxer Zab Judah.

We were approached by his managers to create a ring that was more along the lines of a Superbowl ring and more bling than the current rings.

The current rings were ok but not great and the management team wanted a unique look for all of there rings.

The first step was the concept. We wanted two boxing gloves holding the belt.

We also had to incorporate all of the logos for all of the groups involved.

Zab had his own logo as did the Management group.

We did a ton of renders. Getting all of the logos sized down and still having readable detail was tough. It realy came down to Matt's skill at milling the wax model. What most people dont realize is that this ring is a size 7.5

Zab is the Jr Welterweight champion and only weighs 140 lbs.

The team at main events was great to work with. You wouldn't think of ladies as boxing managers but they are.

One of our concerns is does it look impressive on the hand.

We also added Pave rubies and diamonds.

The finished ring is one I am really proud of. One of my favorite things is the video of Zab getting the ring. I often make rings that are given as a surprise but I never get to see the customer expression when they see the gift for the first time.

Mq sideways

IN 2007 I one an international design competition for and East West Marquis diamond. Most jewelers find that hard to do gracefully.
This is another masterpiece in the East West fashion.
This ring is so well balanced and graceful.
One of the best parts of the ring is the detail in the bezel.
Here is the finished piece. All platinum.
Like Jen says the coolest part is just for the customer. This is one of those piecies that truly represents my style. The closer you look the more detail you see.