Restorations and Re-Designs

       Audrey had several heirloom rings that she never wore because they really weren’t her style. The only one she was really attached to, was a white gold band that had an engraved message and dates on the inside that was handed down to her from family. After discussion and review of several designs, she decided on three rings, with two of them fitting into one another as a set. The other, a sapphire band that matches but can be worn alone. A pendant was crafted representing the sun, with a beautiful yellow/orange citrine in the center, and was soldered inside the band, preserving the engraving in its entirety.

     Lisa had a class ring that had belonged to her father. It was severely worn with the surrounding stone almost demolished. She had taken it to several jewelers who said that nothing could be done. After discussing options (which were few), I had an idea to use sturdy black resin in place of the stone. After a thorough cleaning and removing of all the old pieces of stone, black resin was added and cured to a hard finish. A high polish and the ring looks new!

  Tina had a lot of jewelry from family members that had passed on. We had a lot to work with and Tina, being an artist, wanted a very “artsy” and asymmetrical looking ring that used all of the stones. She didn’t like prong set and wanted to have the larger stones set in bezels. She decided on this beautiful asymmetrical design with a combination of bezel set and flush set stones.

    Janet was unhappy with her current style of engagement ring. Over the years, her busy lifestyle often meant that she was wearing down the prongs on the diamond setting and lost her diamond twice! After listening to her story, I realized that she needed her diamond bezel set. After removing the old setting and replacing it with a new gold bezel, I set her diamond and cleaned up the channels on each side.

     Sometimes, my clients know exactly what they want and even have drawings! An old vintage ring was brought to me with visions of creating a special chevron ring. The left over diamonds were made into an initial pendant.

     Pauline had a sapphire ring that wasn’t really her style and didn’t fit into her active life. She also preferred yellow gold! A new ring was crafted, and the sapphire was set into a bezel with the smaller sapphires flush set into the band.

       Lisa had a gold ring that she was given as a child. The stone, a natural Alexandrite, had long ago been lost. She was searching for a suitable center stone and a way to be able to wear the ring again without fear of losing the stone. I explained that the reason she lost the stone is that there wasn’t really anything holding it in. The beautiful gold flower really had no prongs or any way that would securely hold the stone. I added a 4-prong gold setting and sourced a lab grown alexandrite stone per Lisa’s requirements. Now, a childhood heirloom can be worn again!

      Madeline had a cluster ring that was pretty but wasn’t her style. She desired something daintier but wanted to keep the cluster theme. A flower design was decided upon with diamonds set in a channel on the side.