The Lead Essay
How do I store the engagement ring safely?
Lock it. That's the short answer. Not the sock drawer, not the jewelry box on your dresser in plain view, not the back of the bathroom cabinet where every...
Lock it. That's the short answer. Not the sock drawer, not the jewelry box on your dresser in plain view, not the back of the bathroom cabinet where every...
The photo most clients send me is a blurry shot of a ring on a knuckle, taken under a warm bathroom light. It makes a D-color diamond look like a...
Anywhere from $35 to $350, and occasionally more than the ring itself. The spread is wide because the question “how much to resize” is like asking what a...
Yes. And I wish more people did. Last April a guy named Chris walked into the studio with his hands in his pockets and a deer-in-headlights look. He'd...
Before you leave the jeweler’s parking lot. That’s the answer. If the ring is already on your finger, the best time was the day you bought it. The...
A diamond grading report is not a guarantee of a beautiful stone. I say that up front because most of the messaging around GIA certificates implies the...
Daniel walked into my studio last fall with a screenshot of a 1920s engagement ring on his phone. The ring belonged to a museum collection, long since sold....
They're not the thing everyone’s pinning on Pinterest right now, and that’s exactly why I still build a lot of them. The halo mania of the last fifteen...
You can. But whether you should, and what you'll pay, depends on a distinction most clients don't know to make when they walk in. Natural fancy color...
Paying too much for an engagement ring is rarely about the total on the receipt. It's about paying for the wrong things - a brand name etched inside a...
Daniel walked in last March with a printout from a big online diamond retailer and asked if I could match the price. He wasn't rude about it. He just...
We started this journal because the most interesting thing about a ring isn’t the ring. It’s the choice to make one in the first place.
One essay, one object, one quiet recommendation — delivered slowly, the way these things ought to be.