I know my last several posts have been rings for couples but I also get smaller requests for very special gifts.

This client asked me to design a small abstract angel wing pendant for her sister. I had a perfect picture in my head of how I would do it, the problem was transferring it to the computer and making it small enough for the pendant but not too small for my jeweler. I sent her several ideas and eventually settled on the last picture in this series.

She decided to go with 14K white gold since the piece is a special gift for her sister.

The big different between this piece and some other pieces I have made, is that this one was not cast. It started with a plain sheet of gold and the jeweler used a saw to cut out the shape. Then they soldered the ring to the top and it was finished! It is really neat what you can do with just a sheet of gold and a saw (this piece just breaks the surface)!

I finished the piece with a special engraved message on the back that said “To my angel flying too close to the ground.”

I hope her sister loves it!

Because I will make anything for anyone, I get a lot of requests for non-conventional engagement rings. This particular client knew what design he wanted and he knew what colors of stones he wanted for a ring and I just had to make it for him.

He initially sent me this picture of a piece he must have either found on a different site or created on a different site.

He also told me he wanted Turquoise for the center stones and 4 diamonds on the side instead of 2 diamonds and 2 brown stones.

I sent him a render of my version of the ring he sent me.

The program I use to render my designs does not have Turquoise so I used Blue Topaz instead since the colors are close. He ended up liking the stones so much he asked to see what the piece would look like with faceted Blue Topaz. He was looking for a color not a stone so he wanted whatever would look the best in the ring.

He loved the look of the faceted stones and decided to go ahead with manufacturing using 14K white gold as the metal.

Even from the raw casting, I could tell this ring was going to be really neat.

When all was set and polished, the piece turned out amazing.

The client was super happy and said he would come back to me for wedding rings when the time comes! I can’t wait!

A friend of mine came to me looking for an engagement ring to give to his girlfriend. I’ll be honest, I wasn’t sure what to expect from this particular friend and I was a little relieved when he wanted something modern, sleek, simple, and pretty.

He had several pictures that he’s gotten off his girlfriend’s email and there was one he particularly liked.

He said he liked everything about it but wanted some suggestions for a center stone. We decided something blue-ish, green-ish would be good because that is his girlfriend’s favorite color. After going over several options, we decided on a blue diamonds for the center and then we just had to refine the design. After a few changes, this is the final design render.

Here is the casting before I gave it my jeweler along with a picture of the loose blue diamond.

The final ring was stunning. The simple design with a stunning stone made for a one of a kind beautiful engagement ring.

I friend of mine recently came to me about getting a custom wedding band for herself for her upcoming wedding. She doesn’t have an engagement ring because she doesn’t want one so her wedding band will be her only ring. She kind of new what she likes but but had no concrete ideas of where to start.

After asking a few questions, I found out that she has an aunt who has a ring that she really likes the style. She sent me a picture of her aunts ring so I could look at it.

After talking about the look of her aunts ring, I found out that she liked the width of the ring and all of the detail in the gold work but didn’t want any stones–she was worried that she would lose stones. I took the idea of her aunts ring and ran with it. I sent my friend the 2 following designs to see if I was on the right track with what she wanted.

She really loved the second design and didn’t want to change it in any way (which was awesome!) so we decided to run with it.

I altered the ring to fit her exact finger size and sent it off to be cast in 14K white gold. When I got the ring back from my caster it was a true rough casting, but it definitely had the potential to be amazing!

Because of all of the detail, the jeweler couldn’t high polish every surface of the ring and instead used sandblasting which really highlighted the design of the ring. I think it turned out more beautifully than I could have ever imagined!