About ninety minutes, give or take, and that's if the client already has a clear idea. If they're starting from scratch - no stone, no sketch, just a vague...
Short answer: MatrixGold. If you're in a custom shop and the designer isn't on MatrixGold or its predecessor RhinoGold, they're on an older version of the...
Three ways to do it well, roughly two that won't look dated in a decade, and one I'll politely talk you out of. Let's start with the one I see most often,...
Short answer: yes. Longer answer: it depends on what kind of message you mean, and where you want it. I've done this maybe thirty or forty times now, and...
There are, and most jewelers don't talk about them unless you push. I'll give you the short version first, then the long one. The short version: three...
You probably can't. Not without losing some of that detail, and anyone who tells you otherwise is either working with very simple engraving or hasn't...
Sure. And you should. Stackable rings have been around a lot longer than the current trend cycle suggests - I've sized enough Victorian stack bands to know...
Let me be blunt: most rings sold as "vintage-style" aren't. They're modern rings with a few decorative flourishes slapped on - millgrain here, a halo there,...
They do - but there's a difference between a jeweler who offers virtual consultations as a convenience and one who offers them as a substitute for the real...
Yes, and I'd guess about 60% of the custom work that comes through my bench these days includes a request for recycled metal. The other 40% don't ask, and I...
One essay, one object, one quiet recommendation — delivered slowly, the way these things ought to be.