Yes, absolutely. You can design a custom ring with a specific gemstone cut - rose, emerald, old mine, Asscher, whatever you want. The question isn't really...
About 70% of the engagement rings I make start with a stone the client already owns. A family heirloom diamond usually comes in something I can't use-a...
Let me start with the short answer: the best way to clean a ring with unusual materials is not the same way you clean a standard diamond solitaire . I've...
Yes, you can. But the honest answer-the one I give every client who asks this-is that adding a hinge or a working mechanism to a ring is a specialty job,...
Let me save you some trouble: most people don't think about stamps until they're staring at the inside of their finished ring and wondering what that tiny...
Yes. The real question is whether you should, and how to do it without the ring looking like a souvenir bracelet. I've made plenty of multi-stone rings. The...
About $1,200 to $4,500 is the honest range for a custom wedding band from a bench jeweler who isn't cutting corners. That's for a...
About ninety minutes, give or take, and that's if the client already has a clear idea. If they're starting from scratch - no stone, no sketch, just a vague...
Short answer: MatrixGold. If you're in a custom shop and the designer isn't on MatrixGold or its predecessor RhinoGold, they're on an older version of the...
Three ways to do it well, roughly two that won't look dated in a decade, and one I'll politely talk you out of. Let's start with the one I see most often,...
One essay, one object, one quiet recommendation — delivered slowly, the way these things ought to be.