2009 - opal pendant

I carved this pendant in wax and cast it in 18k yellow gold.  The opal was cut out of a old piece of jewelry and set in the back of the pendant like a coin.  The pendant was then plated with 24k gold.

2009 - Marquise 3 stone ring

I hand fabricated this ring out of 14k white gold.  The marquise diamond as well as the round side diamonds are set in semi-bezels.

2009 - Peridot and diamond earrings

I hand fabricated the yellow gold basket heads for the peridots.  I also hand fabricated the white gold bezels for the diamonds.  I did all of the fabrication and construction of the earrings, my mentor did all of the stone setting.

2009 - Malacite rings

I hand fabricated a model out of silver.  Made a vulcanized rubber mold, shot waxes and cast these rings in 14k white gold.

2009 - Wedge ring with channel set bands

I cast waxes made from molds to create these rings.  The center ring is a wedge with one round diamond tension set in the center.  The side bands have channel set diamonds.  I did all casting, finishing and stone setting.

2009 - 3 stone ring

I hand fabricated this 14k white gold ring.  I set the diamonds in semi-bezels.

2009 - Yellow gold diamond ring

I hand fabricated the shank in 14k yellow gold.  I flush set the side diamonds and set center diamond in a 6 prong white gold die struck head.

2009 - Two tone double bezel pendant

I hand fabricated theses heart shaped bezels, soldered the white gold bezel inside of the yellow gold bezel and set a heart shaped diamond.  The chain goes through the pendant.

2009 - Simple 14k white gold bezel set diamonds

I hand fabricated these white gold bezels and set round brilliant diamonds in the earrings.

2008 - Platinum & Diamond ring

I hand fabricated this ring out of platinum.  The ring consists of a bezel set round brilliant cut diamond, flanked by 2 baguette diamonds and surrounded by a ring of bead set diamonds.  I did all of the fabrication, and my mentor did all of the stone setting.

2008 - Semi-Mount Ring

I hand fabricated the shank of this semi-mount out of 14k white gold and set bullet shaped diamonds on either side of the die struck head.

2008 - Channel set band

I hand fabricated this ring out of 14k yellow gold and channel set it with round brilliant cut diamonds.

2008 - Bezel set marquise ring

I hand fabricated this ring out of 14k white gold.  I set a marquise white diamond in a bezel head.  The hand fabricated shank is bright polished and half round.

2008 - Sapphire & Diamond Pendant

I hand fabricated this pendant out of 14k white gold.  This was the first hinged bail I made.  I did the layout and pre-setting of the bead set diamonds, but my mentor did the final setting of the diamonds as well as the pink sapphire.

2008 - Tourmaline & Diamond Ring

 I hand fabricated the 14k white gold head for this beautiful tourmaline.  I carved the shank out of wax and cast it in 14k yellow gold.  I hand cut the channel for the tapered baguettes and did all of the pre-setting for the diamonds.  

My mentor did the final setting of the diamonds as well as setting the tourmaline.This was one of the first pieces that I did at my current job back in April of 2008.  It was also one of the first times I cast.

2008 - Two Tone Bezel pendant

I hand fabricated this bezel pendant out of platinum and 18k yellow gold.  the the snake chain goes directly through the bezel.  I set a white diamond in the platinum bezel.

2008 - Tree of Life Pendant

I cast this pendant from a mold.  The pendant is in 14k white gold.  I added 3 die struck heads to the bottom of the pendant.  I set 3 multi-colored garnets in the colors of the flag of Senegal.

2008 - Opal Freeform Pendant

I hand fabricated this pendant out of 18K yellow gold.  All of the stones are set in handmade light weight open back bezel settings.

2008 - Sapphire "Leaf" Earrings

I hand formed the 14K yellow gold frame and center "vein" of the leaves.  I used pre-made basket heads.  I arranged the heads so that they would fit in the frame, set the arrangement in plaster and soldered the heads together.  After the heads were attached to each other I soldered them into the frame.  On the back of the earrings I soldered posts and omega backs.  I set the basket heads with multi-colored sapphires.

2008 - Gents 50th Birthday Band

I hand fabricated this ring out of 14k white gold.  First I made a thin wide band and gave it a florentine finish.  Second I made a narrow thick band that would fit over the first band like a sleeve and then I cut that band in half; this gave me the side rails for the ring. I went on to hand fabricate:  two white gold bezels, one rose gold flower, one green gold leaf and the Roman numeral for fifty out of white gold.  I soldered the side rails onto the band and then evenly spaced and soldered all of the components around the band.  The last step was bezel setting one brown and one blue diamond.