Start with the stone you already have. About 70% of the custom engagement rings I make begin with a diamond or colored stone the client inherited or bought...
Start with the stone. That's what I tell every client who sits down at my bench with a blank look and says, "I have no idea what I want." You don't need an...
Short answer: yes. But the way you do it matters a lot more than most people expect. I've done maybe forty of these over the years, and the ones that go...
I've been doing this for 22 years, and I've seen the same handful of mistakes repeat. Not from bad clients - from good ones who just didn't know what they...
Yes, it's possible. I've built maybe thirty of them over the years. But I'll tell you what most jewelers won't: tension settings are the second most...
Yes. And if a jeweler tells you there aren't, they're either lying or they haven't built enough rings yet. I've been doing this twenty-two years, and I've...
Yes, you can. The real question is whether the stone you want exists in the size and quality you need - and whether the cutter who made it knew what they...
I get this question about once a month, usually from someone standing at my bench with their phone out, showing me a screenshot of their partner's Pinterest...
About $3,200. That number comes from the last eighteen months of my books - average all-in, from consultation to hand-off, for a custom engagement ring with...
Yes, and it's more common than most people think. A client named Priya came in last spring with a photo of a two-tone ring she'd seen online - rose gold...
One essay, one object, one quiet recommendation — delivered slowly, the way these things ought to be.