My lovely client Bec chose this beautiful jade stone from my gemstone collection to have made into a jade and silver ring.
I love the colours and the shape of the stone.
Bec visited me in my workshop to choose her stone and discuss this creation. It was lovely to meet Bec and to create for her!
Andii contacted me to see if I would make her some stacking mother’s rings. What a gorgeous idea!
The rings are set with the birthstones of her two children, and stamped on the inside with their names and birthdates.
The heart cutout ring has the details of Andii and her partner’s marriage.
A lovely timeless set, which I’m sure her children will cherish too!
I made these rings for one of my lovely clients Greg and his partner, for their engagement and wedding bands. Not your average rings!
It was lovely to have them visit my workshop to choose the stones and talk about the design of their rings.
What an honour to make such important symbols for two good people! I wish them every happiness.
My lovely client Emma chose this amazing drusy cabochon to be made into this pink and white agate ring. The stone gets the amazing colour through treatment. I usually prefer natural stones, but sometimes a treated stone is just too good to pass up!
The ring is a huge one at nearly 5 cm long. It makes a great statement piece, but is comfortable enough for daily wear. The stone sits on top of the finger, but allows full movement of the finger below. I love to wear huge rings, and I take them off only if it gets very hot or if I’m doing something quite manual, like building another ring! You can read more about wearing my rings here.
Emma has a number of gorgeous Silver Forge pieces, including this pink and white agate ring. Check out her charoite ring; her shattuckite ring and her haematite ring. Fabulous! It’s always lovely when she drops by to browse my gemstones and have a chat. Thanks for visiting, Emma!
My lovely client Natasha previously had me make her and her partner new wedding rings, set with lemon quartz.
A friend of Natasha’s admired those rings so much, so Natasha had me create a similar ring for her!
What a lovely friend to have!
There’s a nod to the sky and the sea and the forest in these sodalite, malachite, and silver gum-leaf earrings I created last year for my client George.
As part of the design process, I sent George some pictures of combinations of different gemstones from my available gemstone collection. He chose sodalite and malachite as a lovely combo. We added the gum-leaves for a lovely subtle nature themed earring. George thought they looked great, and they went off to a new home overseas. I’m always so happy when my clients like the pieces I’ve made. It’s always exciting when they’re headed off to various corners of the globe. I have made some well travelled jewels!
I made this hessonite garnet and feather ring for a client to give to his partner.
The infinity feather is her business logo. The stone is hessonite garnet, and is such a gorgeous glowing orange colour!
The gorgeous black tourmalinated quartz gemstone cabochon shown here is 28mm long.
Tourmalinated quartz is thought to act as an antidepressant. It is believed to relieve fears, phobias and anxiety. It is supposed to absorb mercury in cases of poisoning. It is thought to assist with impotence and infertility and help with exhaustion. Tourmalinated quartz is thought to assist with issues of the respiratory tract and thyroid.
The gorgeous orbicular ocean jasper gemstone cabochon shown here is 27mm long, and is available to be handcrafted into a custom made ring or pendant for you.
This stone was found in Madagascar. Jasper is believed to encourage personal bravery and help people gain independence. It is thought to help cure gynecological problems and to strengthen the stomach. Some believe it can help bring rain, and it has been used as a protection against evil spirits and snake and spider bites.
The beautiful rhodochrosite cabochon shown here is 25mm long. It is available to be handcrafted into a custom made ring or pendant for you.
The pink color of rhodochrosite is caused by the element manganese, and it is formed when manganese is dissolved by ground water and combines with a carbonate material and then drips off the ceiling of caves and crevices deep underground. It can be found in Argentina; Peru; Colorado and Montana, USA; and Quebec, Canada. It is commonly found in the form of stalactites and stalagmites in the caves of Argentina. Rhodochrosite (the word means rose-colored) often forms pink and white bands.