Blogging for jewelers and metalsmiths made easy! (and for those interested in jewelry and gemstones)

I just finished this stock replacement ring. 18kt yellow and white gold set with diamonds. The shank is made out of white gold in the center and yellow on the outside. I was going to add all the usual frills that I do when Anne said, no leave it just like this. She liked the [...]

I have been hard at work cutting round stones. Anything from 3mm to 6mm. I like round stones. They easy to make tubes for, they work well with most designs and they don’t require lots of real estate….small ones I mean. But well cut small stones are surprisingly difficult to get. On the Internet or from [...]

This pendant sold over the Internet last week. Even though it’s not new work, I think it is some of my more original work. It took four attempts to carve a shape of St Maarten out of larimar. The colour is actually deeper than in the photograph. I made the surround out of 18kt gold [...]

A new design. A set of titanium earrings with the shape of St. Maarten in 18kt gold. I must say that the blue titanium map jewellery sells very well. I would not hesitate to suggest that any ‘smith should have this type of model in their inventory. The shape of the place they are in, [...]