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.

This customer had an antique engagement ring that had no matching band.
Color of the metal was an issue because older gold was often a different color than what we have now. The design was rather straightforward.
We actually matched the gold color of the engagement ring and carried much of the same details from the e ring.

Who says you cant create heirloom jewelry today.

Jen's Design

This job started with one of the most unusual and beautiful Tourmaline's I have ever seen. Blue on one end and Green on the other. The customer also had several medium sized diamonds. I usualy like architechical design so I was out on this one. Jen came up with the concept working with the customer on an abstract design that showed off the Blue-green tourmaline to its best. I honestly had my doubts about this one but I was wrong.
This was the origional concept. The idea was to make an abstract shaped ring but have the main stone go perfectly vertical on the finger.
The render looked pretty good but really didnt show things off as well as I wanted.
On the hand model It looked like this ring might twist. That could be a big problem.
We milled the wax. and had the customer try it on but I was sure it was going to twist on her. So we added a slim extra shank to stabilize the ring.

Well that worked just perfect
Jen really created a winner with this.

Ian's design.

This design started as a collection of diamonds from several different pieces. Jen worked on the concept of a branch after an ice storm. Ian tool the lead working the layout and doing the cad work. So yes Im not the only designer here.Once the design was tweaked Ian finished the casting and mounted all the stones
I really thing he captured the idea of a branch with ice.

22 kt gold

Here is a case of a customer seeing a picture of a ring that she loved. However she really wanted something unique and wanted to you stones she already had.

The first thing we had to do was work on the layout. I designed the ring rough and then did a 2 dimensional layout.

Once we agreed on a layout it was just a matter of details like the shape of the rails and the placement of granulation.

The customer and I went back and fourth untill we got it just right.

The cad images are great but dont do this ring justice at all. Not even a Picture can do 22 kt gold justice.

Sometimes simple is the best. This one is an engagement ring but not with a diamond. We used a beautiful greenish tinted white sapphire

I wanted it to be airy but really look like an engagement ring. Low to the hand but really present the main stone..

One of the best things about cad designing is the ability to preview what a ring design is going to look like on a hand.