Oct 23, 2018 | Designing Eye, Gemstones, My Life in Jewels
“Oh, I like that lavender and green….,” Laura replied to my text showing her several pairing of gems for three-stone rings. “What should we do with them?”That’s always the next question, isn’t it? The unset gems move you,...
Mar 13, 2018 | Gemstones, Legacy Jewels, Once Upon A Jewel
In the Spring of 2010, I took on the challenge of immortalizing one man’s love and devotion to his wife for their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. The end result, after three long years of hard work involving an extensive global gem search, meticulous examination of...
Jun 25, 2017 | Designing Eye, Gemstones, Legacy Jewels
Designing is about solving problems, albeit in a graceful, useful way. Drawing pretty pieces of jewelry is just part of the show which also involves engineering, comfort and function usually with a budget in place. In my second year of college, I wrote an essay on...