Absolutely. I build hidden halos and secret details into custom rings all the time. In fact, about a third of the engagement rings I make right now have...
Yes. And I'd argue you should, provided you're working with a jeweler who actually knows what they're doing with it. There's a difference between a jeweler...
About three years ago, a client named Priya walked in with a stack she'd bought online - three thin bands, all same width, all same finish, all sterling...
Yes. I've done it more times than I can count-maybe a hundred and fifty times over the last decade. Fingerprints, coordinates, handwriting, a line from a...
About a third of the clients who come to my bench with a metal allergy story are actually allergic to the nickel in standard 14k white gold. Another third...
Yes, you can. I'd say about a quarter of my custom work starts with a client holding up a phone photo of a ring from 1920 or 1950 and saying "I want this,...
I've done maybe forty tension-set rings in twenty-two years. That's not a lot, and that's the point - tension settings are not a standard catalog item....
Sure. But there's a right way to do it and a wrong way, and most people who walk into my studio have been told the wrong thing by someone who doesn't set...
This happens. More often than most jewelers admit. Walk into any custom studio and ask about this - the designer will say "we iterate until you're happy."...
Yes, you can. The real question is whether you should - and that depends on who's doing the engraving, what metal you're working in, and whether you...
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