Yes, and honestly, that's where custom work shines. Purely vintage or purely modern pieces are easier to buy off the shelf. The interesting rings - the ones...
Sarah came in last November with a platinum solitaire she'd had for eight years. The basket was a low six-prong, the stone a 0.93 carat round, F/VS1, with a...
The short answer? Take it off before you do the things that will break it. I know. Nobody wants to hear that. A client named Priya came in last spring with...
Yes. Absolutely. I set lab-grown diamonds all the time. Let me save you the sales pitch and tell you what's actually going on. Lab-grown diamonds are real...
Short answer: yes, but with a stack of caveats. I've done this maybe two dozen times in twenty-two years, and every single time the conversation started the...
The short answer is: it depends entirely on who made it, and you should read the fine print before you hand over a deposit. A real custom ring isn't a...
Let me walk you through how I actually check a ring before I sign off on it - because that's what you're asking about, even if you didn't know it. You're...
Yes. The short answer is yes. About a third of the custom jobs I do are ring sets - engagement ring plus matching wedding band, designed together from the...
You're asking the right question. Most clients walk in wanting to talk about the stone or the design, and those matter. But craftsmanship is what makes a...
Yes, absolutely. That's actually the whole point of working custom - you don't pick from what's in a case; you pick the exact stone, the exact cut, the...
One essay, one object, one quiet recommendation — delivered slowly, the way these things ought to be.