Dirty Diamonds Don’t Like Fire
A customer came in for a simple ring resize, no big deal, right? But her diamonds were covered in a layer of grime that just didn’t want to come off regardless of how aggressive I got with my cleaning. Dirty...
A jewelry treasure hunt of sorts
For America’s 250th birthday I transformed three New Jersey state quarters into miniature works of art. I laser engraved fireworks above George Washington and his bros crossing the Delaware, then I bright cut over those lines with a graver and...
Open bypass rings are trickier than they look. If you cut them at the bottom they fall apart into two pieces. If you stretch it at the top the alignment is lost. So before I make any cuts or bends...
Open bypass rings are trickier than they look. If you cut them at the bottom they fall apart into two pieces. If you stretch it at the top the alignment is lost. So before I make any cuts or bends...
The Danger of Touching Diamonds
If you try to size up a ring where the diamonds are already touching, even a small adjustment can create problems. Instead of stretching the entire ring, I had to manipulate only the bottom half and carefully work around the...
The Danger of Touching Diamonds
If you try to size up a ring where the diamonds are already touching, even a small adjustment can create problems. Instead of stretching the entire ring, I had to manipulate only the bottom half and carefully work around the...
Jonathan proposed to Nikki, but she said no… just to the ring. She loved him, but the original engagement ring never felt like her style so when she found a vintage filigree ring she absolutely loved, Jonathan decided to give...
Jonathan proposed to Nikki, but she said no… just to the ring. She loved him, but the original engagement ring never felt like her style so when she found a vintage filigree ring she absolutely loved, Jonathan decided to give...
I turned a Sharpie into an actual permanent marker
Sharpie’s claim they’re permanent… but every jeweler knows marker wipes right off polished metal. So I decided to fix that problem by turning a normal Sharpie into an actual permanent marker. I replaced the felt tip with silver tubing, cut...
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