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How Do I Get Her Ring Size?
There is no fool safe way to stealthily find your fiance’s ring size, unless she has a ring in her jewellery box that she wears on her ring finger! If she does you can take this ring in to any jeweller to be sized. BUT you must make sure she wears that...
Heirloom Re-Design
Creating jewellery from your heirloom family treasures touches the very core of me. This is a very intimate process of designing a new piece of jewellery from past treasures. For some people this process is a time of letting go and transforming the energy...
What is rose gold?
What is rose gold? Rose gold is pink gold due to a higher copper content in the alloy mixture to create either 14k rose gold or 18k rose gold. Copper has a pinkish orange color, so by adding this and part fine silver you get the pink to red tones.The higher the copper...
What is 14k, 18k and 22k Gold?
What is 14k, 18k, and 22k gold? Pure gold is too soft to wear in its purest state, so jewelers alloy gold with other metals to play with the colour and to give the metal hardness and durability. I most often create rings in 14k gold. I find this gives wedding and...
Fleur de Lis Ring
Inspired by the Fleur De Lis shape, this design has been weaving it’s way through my work for the last two decades, in one form or another. Fleur de Lis, my latest ring was hand carved by myself. A bold and beautiful one inch long stylized statement ring...
The Creation of the Artemis Statement Ring
The design of Artemis first came to me in a vision. Feeling magic in my heart, and a burning fire of connection to Mother Nature, I quickly sketched what I envisioned. Journey with me as the carving of Artemis unfolds... Tendrils of leafy shoots bursting through...
The Inspiration Behind My Designs
I live and breathe art, absorbing inspiration from the beauty and force of the natural world around me. This is where it all begins. The inspiration for a design can happen at any time. Whether on a hike or walking to work, nature is a constant source of inspiration....
Twig Rings, Delicately Crafted By the Hand of Mother Nature
On a blustery autumn day, here in Victoria,BC, the leaves had just started to turn colour. Inspired by the bursting palette of burnt siennas, ochres, and veridians, I decided to stroll through Beacon Hill Park in search of "the perfect branch" to create these...
How to Care for Your Jewellery
~SILVER~ I have spent hours of love at my workbench putting an antique patina on your silver jewelry. This is the beautiful shadow you see in the crevices that makes the design stand out and gives it that moody medieval feeling. Like a piece of jewelry forged from...
Sapphires, the Perfect Alternative to a Diamond
Oh, the stunning beauty of a sapphire! Are you looking for an alternative to a diamond? Perhaps desiring a vibrant splash of colour? A sapphire or ruby, in the corundum family, is the perfect choice, and I'll tell you why... The most important reason for choosing a...
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