I am very excited about this piece. I have been working on it for about a month now, waiting for the Lapidary to finish the cutting.

I ended up having to do the stone cutting myself, it’s been one of the hardest jobs I have had to date.
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This is a citrine piece I did years ago, shortly after returning from the Revere Acadamy in San Fran. Metal fabrication in my opinion is the most rewarding work I can do. I guess I need to get back at it!

I did this quite a while ago, but I keep coming back to the picture remembering how much I liked it. I am told it has been lost, and its recipient was not getting any more custom jewelry for a while..

My friend Dave Shayman (aka Disco D) was interviewed on CNN last week. He was nice enough to be wearing the ring I made him bearing his logo! Thanks D, even though I was about the only one that would notice…

Often a customer comes in with a handfull of rings, and says “I want to take all these, and make a ring just like that one” It’s rare when the stones in their rings combine to be able to pull it off, but sometimes, just sometimes, it works.

The customer wanted a broach to both fit her large blue topaz oval, and match a beautiful pink tormaline ring that she already owned. I like where its headed and will post finished shots when it gets to that point.

A friend of mine had a ring like this when I first got into the trade. I have always wanted to do my own interpretation of it, and I finally got the chance.

A customer brought me a beautiful Boulder Opal and wanted it put into a bracelet to match a necklace. After searching for a while we found a prefabbed bangle that was sturdy enough to be cut into, and at the price point we where trying to hit. Here is the result.

I love custom work, especially when I get to carve a wax. This one will have princess cut saphires and 3mm round diamonds alternating down a channel in the center row, and 2 outer rows of bead set diamonds on either side. When it gets back from the caster I will put up some final photos.
Update…Done!

My friend Savvas is getting married today, I had all month to make his wedding band, so of course I started it on Tuesday :). No worries though, everything worked out perfectly, and he took delivery of both his and his new wife’s rings yesterday (Thanks Steve, for helping me out on that one). Savvas wanted a band where the center spun freely around the out side band, and thats what he got. I think it came out well, you?