Hey Peacock

I love this ring. I love that it lays flat. I love that it has black diamonds & white diamonds. I love that I'm actually wearing it right now as I type.

I love peacocks. My grandparents had peacocks as pets when I was growing up. I used to feed them out of my hand (see picture above of me at age 2). I could look out my window and see the male peacocks with their rattling feathers spread trying to woo the ladies. We used peacock feathers as cat toys - my grandfather named them cat fishing poles.

I love symbols. The peacock feather was used in Dutch Vanitas Paintings as a symbol of vanity. Look next time you go to a museum.

This is why I love the peacock ring.

A Little On Edge

This pendant is one of my favorites. I look and feel the edge increase when I wear it. The stone is rutilated quartz from Brazil, and I bought it but didn't know what I wanted to do with it, so I put it in my stone box and would look at it time to time, but no idea had come to me. The cut is so cool, and it looks like there is a black cross inside, and it is a big stone - about 3 inches tall.

About a year later, I woke up and had this design in my head. On the back it is engraved: "The outside is only a movement of" and then there is engraving that you can see from the front of the pendant, looking behind the stone, "The symphony within." I put some orange sapphires on it to bring out the orange in the stone, and a few black and white diamonds. I like how the silver grasps the stone and looks like claws on the front.

I don't really want to part with it, because I'm never going to be able to make another one like this. But if you promise it will go to a good home, and when you get really old you will give it to someone who will appreciate the detail of the piece and the effort and hours I put into making this exactly right with the colors and balance, I will consider your offer.