I'm nervous about tension settings. I'll build them, I've built a handful, but I quote the resizing limitations before we get to aesthetics. About seven out...
Elaine walked in on a Thursday morning, carrying a small paper bag. She’d spent $40 at an estate sale in southeast Portland. Inside was a ring: yellow...
Most commercial jewelry cleaning solutions are a bad idea for an engagement ring, and I’ll tell you why: they’re mostly ammonia and water, occasionally with...
A woman named Sophie emailed me last winter with a single, very specific request: she wanted a fair-trade diamond for her engagement ring, and she wanted it...
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...
One essay, one object, one quiet recommendation — delivered slowly, the way these things ought to be.