Category: My Jewelry Line

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  The Gallery

  Can we talk about galleries for a minute? So, what is a gallery? The gallery is the part of the ring, when the ring is facing down, that is facing back up at you. It’s behind or underneath a stone, depending on how you want to look at it. Now,…

  September 7, 2015
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  Imitation vs. Inspiration

  Roughly a year ago, when I first started to get the idea that I might actually design for a living, I got the opportunity to speak with a renowned designer/jeweler. One of the first things I asked when I got the opportunity to ask him questions was what his inspiration…

  June 22, 2015
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  Metal Color and Flow

  This is sort of a random topic, but because I’ve recently been working on two stones where the metal color has really been dictated by the center stone, I have been wanting to talk about it because I’ve been thinking about it so freaking much! I don’t like to have…

  June 15, 2015
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  Jewelry Line Updates

  I have been working madly on a variety of jewelry related and non-jewelry related issues, so I feel like many days have gone by where I haven’t been able to devote as much time as I wanted to to the things I really would like to spend my time on.…

  June 1, 2015
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  David Klass Contest Band Part 2

  There may be some irony that the post on the week of my birthday is not on diamonds, but sapphires. Back in October 2014 I posted an entry about a band I had entered into a contest that David Klass was having. You can read that blog post here. I…

  April 20, 2015
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  Aesthetic & Philosophy

  I’ve had some questions recently about my particular design philosophy, so I figured I’d talk about that a little bit. I tend to do really rough sketches before I get to a general shape or aspect that I like enough to start working with. Sometimes I will see something, whether…

  March 30, 2015
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  Update: My jewelry line

  I’ve been working on sketches for quite a while on items for my new line. Of course, this is not the easiest thing since there are so many amazing designs out there, and it’s hard to be innovative when it feels like everything has been done. Some of these are…

  January 12, 2015