Studio

A glimpse behind the scenes detailing what goes into my handcrafted artisan jewelry

From start to finish

Custom Ring

The materials for a 3 stone, 14k white gold engagement ring.

Step Two

Soldering

Soldering the ring together after forming.

Step Three

Bezels

Now I cut the ring back open in order to insert the bezels in the correct orientation and solder in place.

Step Four

Final Soldering

Here, I am soldering the last bezel for the three stone ring into place.

Step Five

Stone Setting

Here, you can see that I have pre-polished the bezels and prepared them for setting the diamonds. This image shows two diamonds already set just before I set the last diamond.

Final Step

Finished Ring

This custom engagement ring is now complete! The "bark' texture was applied after setting and was brought to a high polish and is now ready to dazzle!

  • Stone Setting (detail)

  • Stone Setting (detail)

  • Stone Setting

  • Setup for stone setting

  • Detail of ball bur texture

  • Application of ball bur texture

  • Pre-polish & clean up work finished & ready to add ball bur texture

  • Ring layout of 14k rose gold & sterling silver bypass ring w/ lab grown diamonds

  • Placing sterling silver casting grain into crucible to start the casting process

  • Cusp of sterling silver granules melting

  • Molten sterling silver

  • Pouring molten sterling silver into angel hair pasta

  • Smoke after pouring molten sterling silver into angel hair pasta during strawcasting process

  • Unraveling the angel hair pasta bunch to reveal the newly cast sterling silver pieces

  • Newly cast sterling silver before being removed from the angel hair pasta in the strawcasting technique

  • Forming a bracelet over a sinusoidal stake

  • Melting sterling silver casting grain

  • Pouring molten metal into water also known as watercasting

  • Tumbling a custom pendant in order to work harden the sterling silver

  • Applying a ball bur texture to the petal shapes before soldering on the watercast center

  • Fabrication & layout of the sterling silver flower petals

  • Polishing a sterling silver ring (detail)

  • Polishing a sterling silver ring