Category: Project
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Design: Breast Cancer Ring
I am certainly not the first person to make a pink ribbon ring, nor will I be the last. But here is a ring that I designed around breast cancer. I originally saw one that was in rose gold and had diamonds, but it was kind of fussy and I…
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Design: Red Spinel
I had been trying to figure out how to set this red spinel from Peter Torraca for years when I gave up and sold it. I still worked on sketch ideas. I figure that sketches are never wastes of time, they might come in handy for other projects, which is…
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David Klass Contest Band Part 1
A while back I entered a contest for a band design being held by David Klass. There were two different categories, one that the David would pick, and one that was a “People’s Choice”. I didn’t win either category. However, my design gathered so many votes that David offered to give me free…
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Garnets: Green aka Tsavorite
So I mentioned in a previous post that I’m not typically a huge fan of garnets, but I think that there are a few colors that garnets do better than other gemstone varieties. The top color on that particular list for me is orange, as in spessartite, but this post…
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Jewelry Design
While I have taken many art classes, some centered around edible mediums, I would never consider myself to be a trained artist. I have a dear friend who is an artist, and she makes amazing pieces, typically paintings, that I only wish I could do. I am not a natural…
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Color Shift Sapphire Harry Winston Inspired Halo
A while back, I had a friend ask me for help finding a blue sapphire ring as a wedding gift for her from a family member. She didn’t have any working knowledge of gemstones so she recruited my guidance. Unfortunately, after we had already gotten started, her family member changed…
The Gemstone Project 