Archive for April, 2010

Anatomy of a custom appointment (part 1)

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

Did you know that Tim hand draws your ideas as he is sitting with you. Tim is one of the best at bringing your ideas together and putting them on paper to see. These drawing where done for a client that we are remounting many older diamonds they brought in. almost everybody has older pieces they no longer wear, Bring em in and lets make something new!

This is the final hand drawn render that Tim did from the design appointment.
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These are the 4 designs that Tim did in the appointment. The one with the star is the one the customer choose.

Dad’s ring into a Pendant for her!

Friday, April 16th, 2010

Ryan sent this ring that used to be his wife’s dad’s to us and was looking for some ideas to make it into something that his wife could wear. After a couple of ideas and a little tweaking this is the final piece. I designed this one myself and am very happy with the way it turned out.

Ryan ring redo

Computer Render from 3 views

Friday, April 16th, 2010

This is a render i just put together to send to a customer for final approval that I liked so much i wanted to go ahead and post even before Judy approved it.  Computer renders take longer to do than a standard hand draw render but they offer more flexibility than a drawing in that I can turn the model and let you see any angle that you like.

3 view computer render for customer review

3 view computer render for customer review

than a drawing in that I can turn the model and let you see any angle that you like.

Lemon quartz briolette earrings

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

We had these absolutely wonderful briollette cut lemon quartz in our case. Tim had just been dying to do something with them as they where wonderfully cut. Briolette cut gemstone first became popular in the west when they arrived in Europe from India in the Victorian age. This particular cut was used by the rich and hung from their turbans. As the stones moved around the would catch the light and sparkle from any direction, perfect for earrings!

Holy cow has it been busy!

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

I just got done doing a Cross with saphire based off of a local schools logo. I have to say i think it turned out great!