Journal.
Short notes from the atelier. Published as they're written, not on a schedule. Four times a year, give or take.
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What a setting must survive.
Scratches, salt water, daily motion, decades. The diamond is the easy part. The metalwork around it is what is asked to wear out.
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On the laboratory: not romance, but honesty.
A lab diamond carries its answer in the seed crystal and the temperature log. There is nothing to hide because there is nothing hidden.
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Why we keep four pieces.
Limitation is a discipline. We could design twenty rings; instead we design one until every carat feels right.
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