We had the immense pleasure of working with Andy to create a custom ring for his partner Brett! We met with Andy to work through a variety of compositions before arriving at his favorite design. A green bicolor sapphire accented with a step cut hexagon diamond and round diamonds clustered on a wide band. We are so happy for Andy and Brett and love how the design turned out, especially the wide band detail! Below you can see the design through initial illustration, 3D rendering, and finished piece.

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I had the pleasure of working with Glenn to create Eliot’s engagement ring recently. we worked long distance (Maryland to Chicago) to create her one–of–a–kind ring. When Glenn first reached out to me in 2017, we chatted about some design options. In the summer of 2018, he circled back, ready to begin designing a ring for Eliot.

It was especially exciting to receive a request to work with an Old European Cut Diamond. We’ve worked with a few that we have repurposed from client family jewelry into a new piece for them. I was looking forward seeing what our vendor who specializes in antique and post consumer diamonds had to show me. They sent a selection of unique EOC diamonds and Glenn settled on a diamond that I believed to be the most interesting and filled with character; a 0.67 GIA EOC brilliant cut with an open culet and and a slightly wonky (I say this with love) perimeter. There is a charm born of history in these old diamond cuts. Vintage diamonds aren’t for everyone but when you have been around modern diamonds for years, you yearn for that historical character.

We decided that a linear composition was best suited to Eliot’s style, using color to impart a bit of whimsy to the ring, but keeping it classic with clean lines, a round center diamond, and symmetry. Glenn and I explored designs in the peach/apricot/champagne family as well as green/blues. We settled on accents of Sri Lankan peach sapphires and champagne diamonds. The warmth of all of these colors with a vintage diamond all set in yellow gold was just the magic we were looking for. Glenn decided on the composition out of several selections that we worked through together and finalized the style in which he wanted the stones set.

Eliot of course said ‘yes’ when Glenn popped the question. Thank you Glenn and Eliot for including me in your story, I enjoyed working with you and am so thrilled that you both love the ring! Cheers to your future together, may it be a journey filled with love and beautiful memories.

xo Theresa

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Brandi and John came to us loving one of our sapphire + diamond designs and wanted to create a version of the design or the same design with an apricot sapphire in the center. They were thinking of adding champagne diamonds in for a bit of depth in color.

Fast forward to our consultation date, Brandi and John were gifted a special diamond from John’s grandmother that came from a pair of earrings that she had. They weren’t quite sure about using it since Brandi really loved the idea of an apricot sapphire as a center stone. During the consultation, we decided on a design with a sapphire center and with the possibility of switching that to their heirloom diamond. Brandi didn’t know how she felt about having an all diamond ring. Penny enjoyed supervising the design decisions during their consultations and John had a cool digital rangefinder camera that he documented the process of our consultation.

After submitting our primary illustrations, Brandi and John decided that it was important to include their heirloom in the design. I was happy that they chose to use the diamond…it’s so special to see pieces from family members passed on and repurposed into something new that symbolizes the joining of two people as they begin a journey of life and love together.

Brandi and John were able to share the design process with their family and most importantly with their grandmother. The day after I submitted the 3D renderings for them to review, they responded with how much they loved the design and how the email came at special time for them as they had just attended the funeral for the unexpected passing of their grandmother who gifted the diamond to them.

I couldn’t be more honored to create such a special piece with Brandi and John to celebrate their future and honor their family. Thank you Brandi and John for such a memorable experience, it was so special to work with you.

xo Theresa

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