Massoyan Studio

Open Bypass rings are tricky

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...

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My solution for two rings that don’t fit together

Penny loved both her rings… just not the awkward gap between them. Normally, I’d cut a notch into the engagement ring, but her basket setting sat too low to safely modify. So instead, I stretched open the wedding band and...

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I finally broke the pattern on an eternity band resize

Alethia’s ring needed to go from a 5.5 to a 7, but the alternating marquise and rectangle sections left me with no clean options for a seamless resizing. So I made the choice to add an extra marquise section and...

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Alethia’s eternity band resize (full customer reaction)

Alethia’s ring needed to go from a 5.5 to a 7, but the alternating marquise and rectangle sections left me with no clean options for a seamless resizing. So I made the choice to add an extra marquise section and...

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The tool I use 95% of the time

Wanted to give everyone a quick breakdown of my Badeco tools and how I use them. This is the Badeco MX-4 Touch Evolution system. It holds 4 motor attachments. I use the RS2000 high torque hand piece for most of...

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One stone had to go

Anita’s rainbow eternity band was two sizes too big… and there’s no empty space to work with. Every stone had to come out before I could even start— and to make it fit, one of them didn’t make it back...

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She knew it was fake and bought it anyway

Megan bought this ring knowing the center stone was fake and that it didn’t even fit her finger. She came in to get it sized and to have her grandma‘s diamond put in instead. The problem was her grandma’s diamond...

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I gutted this watch to make room for a giant gemstone

This watch still ticks but it never told the right time. Instead of fixing it Ashley asked me to turn her mom‘s watch into something she’d actually wear. That meant removing the movement, protecting the delicate chain-bordered bracelet, and setting...

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Sizing up a double cable ring (without destroying it)

This ring landed on my bench after its owner went down a jewelry video rabbit hole and decided I must be the right person for the job (she was correct). It’s a chunky silver David Yurman band with a cable...

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