Karkinos Engagement RingAugust 2025 Diamonds, rubies, 18 karat white gold SECOND PLACE WINNER Hawaii Jewelers Association 2025 Design Competition Under $5000 category A client came to me with a rough drawing of a design for an engagement ring. The main thematic element was that he wanted a bypass ring in the form of his intended's astrological symbol, Cancer. I've used the original Greek name Karkinos () here, since "Cancer Engagement Ring" doesn't exactly send the romantic

"  Get closer to the text than ever with this beautiful ring that portrays the first half of the verse in the original Koine Greek

Present but not visible is my niece (but you can see the shadow of her stroller)

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and is also known as King Solomon stone due to the discovery of it in the mines of that Jewish monarch who reigned from 970 bce to 931 bce and established the First Temple in Jerusalem

November 2020

I embedded opaque red glass filaments between layers of transparent enamel to indicate the veins on the petals of the flower

Every year I make her an anniversary present using the traditional material for the year

Ganymede was a Trojan prince who was abducted by Zeus (in the form of an eagle) to Mount Olympus to become immortal and to serve the gods as cupbearer

November 2014

November 2013/Kislev 5774

and two smaller ones—sometimes you just need to cut a lemon or piece of cheese and don't want to use a big board

The hollow bodies of the earring actually hang off the top of the same post that the pearls are mounted to