You don't. Or rather, you can't in the normal sense, because a tension setting isn't really set into the ring - it's held in place by the spring tension of...
Start with the stone that's going to survive fifty years of hand soap, desk edges, and whatever else life throws at it. That means you want a mineral that...
Yes, you can. But the way most people imagine it-a ring that unscrews or snaps apart to become a pendant-usually produces a piece that's mediocre at both...
Yes, you can. That's one of the main reasons people come to me instead of a mall jeweler. The band shape-not just the width, but the cross-section...
The short answer: start with the stone, not the setting. Most clients walk in asking about halos or solitaires before they've even picked a center stone,...
About 22 years ago, a client named Priya walked in with a photo of a ring from a Madison Avenue store. The retail price was $4,800. I built the same ring -...
I probably make about two dozen matching sets a year, and the answer is yes - but the word "matching" does a lot of work. What most people actually want is...
Sarah brought her grandmother's ring into my studio last fall. The stone was a 1.18 carat old European cut, slightly off-round, with a small chip on the...
About 60% of the custom engagement ring jobs I take on have the same starting point-not a stone, not a budget, but a wedding band the client already owns or...
In the trade, "custom" and "bespoke" get tossed around like they mean the same thing. They don't. The difference matters if you're about to spend real...
One essay, one object, one quiet recommendation — delivered slowly, the way these things ought to be.