Last October, a couple named Daniel and Priya sat in my studio for their first consultation. He wanted a platinum solitaire. She wanted 18k yellow gold. Not...
A client named Rachel walked into my studio three weeks after an MRI on her wrist, convinced the machine had somehow magnetized her platinum engagement ring...
Yes. Two shapes, and I’ll name them in a minute. But the real answer isn’t just about shape - it’s about the life the ring is going to live, and whether...
No. Not with any kind of precision that matters for a ring you actually want her to wear. I’ve tried it, clients have tried it, and I’d say about one in...
Last Tuesday a woman named Elise walked into the studio with her left ring finger the color of an eggplant and her engagement ring buried halfway down the...
Last spring, Lucia brought in her grandmother’s round brilliant. A touch too deep for a standard peg head. The tulip setting solved it. The prongs rise from...
3.2mm. That's the diameter of the diamond I set into a 5mm platinum comfort-fit band last Tuesday. The client, a mechanic named Ben, had been back twice...
First, stop everything. Find the diamond. Use a flashlight, even in daylight - stones glint against the floorboard crack you’d swear wasn’t there. Check...
Daniel came in last Tuesday with a 1.04 carat round brilliant, G/VS2, GIA, triple excellent. He'd bought the stone online and wanted me to build the ring...
A cathedral setting is the most architectural thing we do at the bench - and I mean that as a compliment. The shank sweeps up from the finger in two arms,...
One essay, one object, one quiet recommendation — delivered slowly, the way these things ought to be.