What a Little thing can do

This job started out so simple. Remount the customers 5 stones in a simple ring that would match an existing wedding band. Once I got into the design I just had to add some subtle details. The first thing I did was to arch the rail down to accentuate the center pear shape. Then I was left with an empty space. I added the small princess cut. This cost so little an added so much to the overall ring.





Once I saw this render I was convinced this was going to be great. Those two little details made this a cool design








Here is the finished ring with its mate.
That little stone does so much to make this special.

By Pass

The initial concept for this ring came very quickly. We wanted two stones that represented the couple but we wanted it to look like one when it was set in the ring.











Once we had the concept sketched out I needed to work out what was the best size and shape for the main stones. Then we had to go out and find the stones. In this case we found a matched pair of pair shapes that had exactly the same cut and had the perfect colors. We got a bit lucky. Here is where I scanned the customers sketch into the computer and overlay ed the stone shapes and a basic ring rail.










This ring was one of the most difficult designs I have done in a while. The concept came quickly to me and my customer, but actually creating the perfect design was a bear. Each curve is based off of the line of the two matching center stones. I wanted to keep the two stones as close as possible but not touching. If the stones touched they could chip each other. Once I got all the curves so that they not only looked right but would securely hold the stones.









The render showed how amazing this could be but renders never show color as well as you want.












On the hand I wanted the two stones to look like one bi colored stone. I didn't want any straight lines.



















This ring came out beautiful.
I love the way the colors compliment each other.

old is new

Here is a great example of working on a design. Our customer had several family jewelry items to be redesigned into an engagement ring. We wanted to use as many of the diamonds as we could. I went through 3 concepts until I go t it right. We actually ended up dropping some of the stones. I think the end product is truly spectacular.

This is a simple job that Jennifer and Ian started. So simple but so hard. Getting the spacing between the stones just right so you can see the bright wall around each stone. I did 5 layouts before I got the right balance. The pattern left one stone out so we set it in the bottom as a fetish stone. This is one that exceeded my expectations.

Here we had several heirloom diamonds. We added this amazing sapphire (purple changes to pink) and made a right hand ring for the customer. I worked on this design for hours on end trying to use all of the customers stones in a graceful way. It took three version of how to hold the smaller stones. Curves bezzels and prongs. We finally settled on the prongs that almost disapear. I think it came out great. Unfortunaly I wasent inn when she picked it up but I hear she loves it.

This customer is in the art and crafts world. I loved making her ring. She came in with a solid design. A beautifuly delicate ring with a matching band.

Helix

Inspiration comes from a lot of places.

This customer wanted to give her daughter a special ring with some family diamonds. Her daughter was studying biology so we came up with a double helix design. Creating this one was a bear but it came out beyond cool