Saturday, December 24, 2011
“Sunburst” descibes this new ring, a one-of-a-kind original design by Jim and Jenny Sweaney of Mardon Jewelers. The center diamond, just under I/2 ct, is a beautiful warm Fancy Yellow color that we’ve accented with a custom bezel of 18K yellow Harmony gold. The 14k white gold mounting supports six marquise brilliant diamonds that radiate sparkle and [...]
The Mardon team created this very special ring just in time to celebrate the 86th birthday of Harold Swanson, my father-in-law. Like many of his generation, he left high school as soon as he was of age and enlisted in the military to fight WWII. As a Navy sailor, he trained for submarine service, but [...]
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Tagged Air Force, Army, CAD jewelry design, custom WWII ring, Marines, Navy, The Lucky Ship, USS Wilkes, WWII
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We’ve just completed this gorgeous sapphire and diamond ring, inspired by the engagement ring of Lady Diana and soon-to-be Lady Kate. This basic design, where a colored gemstone is surrounded by a circlet of diamonds, has been a favorite for centuries. Since everybody and their uncle has been doing versions of the ring, we decided [...]
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Tagged Ceylon Sapphire, Crown Jeweller, digital rapid prototype machine, engagement ring, Garrard's of Mayfair, Kate Middleton, Lady Diana, Mardon Jewelers, Prince William, provenance, Rapid Prototype, royal, the royals
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Thursday, December 30, 2010
We recently completed this great looking setting for a dog-tag. Our client’s husband rarely wears jewelry, but she heard him remark about a dog-tag he saw David Hasselhoff wearing on TV. She brought us his original dog-tag from his military service days and asked us to make a nice piece of jewelry that he would [...]
Thursday, November 18, 2010
The gem auction world is all a-twitter over this outstanding emerald cut diamond offered at the Sotheby’s Auction, November 16 in Geneva, Switzerland. Graded Fancy Intense Pink, the diamond is also unusually high in clarity, pronounced VVS2 by GIA. Described as pure pink with no secondary hues, the pre-auction estimate for this ultra-rare gem is [...]
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Tagged CAD/CAM, CNC, fancy blue diamonds, Fancy Intense Pink, Geneva, Jenny Sweaney, JewelSmith, Jim Sweaney, ModelMaster, natural color in diamonds, pink diamonds, recycled diamonds
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We completed a most beautiful engagement ring a while back but weren’t able to post this blog till now. It was one of the most challenging projects we’ve ever done! Our clients Megan and Mike, big fans of antique and period jewelry, fell in love with a 1920′s Art Deco platinum ring in our estate [...]
Last Fall, we were contacted by a long time customer whose daughter had a real problem. Her daughter, Kirstyn, was engaged to be married September 2010. Kirstyn and fiance Alastair, a British citizen, were working in the Cayman Islands where they had a local jeweler make a custom engagement ring using her one carat family [...]
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
We just finished this challenging ring in time for Veteran’s Day. 50 diamonds pave’d into white gold accent this rose gold ring that celebrates the Famous Flier’s Wall of the Mission Inn in Riverside. Follow the whole project on the Mardon Blog
Our client wanted a large wearable ring for her 8 mm diamond, with peirced work and floral elements reminiscent of Victorian and Edwardian times. We found a great matched pair of padparadscha sapphires as accents. Hand engraving was the key to making this design sing- see the finished product on the Mardon Blog!
Actually, more often than not, it is hers and his- we made her custom natural alexandrite and diamond engagement ring first. Then we made her matching wedding band. Then we made a custom wedding band for him, based on the her design. It’s really fun when both bride and groom are involved in the design [...]
