Dec. 4-7 Wax Carving for Large Faceted Bezel Set Stones – Live Salt Lake City TX Ring Workshop
Details Instructor: Jim Dailing When: Monday November 6th, 2023 — 4 days, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CST Where:321 W Ben White Blvd #204, Austin TX 78704 Registration: Click here for more. Cost $925 About the class This 4-day class teaches you how to hand-carve wax models for...
Nov. 6-9 Wax Carving for Large Faceted Bezel Set Stones – Austin Ring Workshop
About the class This 4-day class teaches you how to hand-carve wax models for larger faceted stones under the guidance of experienced Instructor and Metalsmith Jim Dailing. We will cover design options, structural needs for durability and longevity, the various...
Sapphires are a Great Option for your Engagement or Wedding Ring!
Sapphires are one of the most popular and sought-after gemstones for engagement and wedding rings, and for many good reasons. From their vibrant colors to their durability, sapphires offer an excellent choice for couples seeking wedding jewelry that is unique,...
The One-of-a-kind Difference – Make Your Wedding Ring Uniquely You
Keeping the Process Personal If you visit most jewelry stores to have a custom engagement or a unique wedding ring created, you will typically begin at the front counter with a sales person. From there, they will forward their notes from your conversation to a...
Old Jewelry to New
I'm working on right now is a very unusual piece for me. Some of you may know that most of what I do are one of a kind engagement and wedding rings. Occasionally I receive a request to create something very unique and different. A new client from the Portland Oregon...
Proposing with an Invitation Ring
Proposing with an Invitation Ring Occasionally when a client is unsure of choosing the perfect ring to propose with for their fiancee I recommend creating a simple, inexpensive Invitation Ring. The invitation ring is often just a silver band to keep costs minimal and...
Platinum Holiday Engagement Rings
suggesting platinum partially for cost, but more so because of its durability and longevity
Evening at Hosmer Lake a Mountain Pendant
The Humane Society of Central Oregon hosts a gala fundraiser called Tuxes and Tails
Black diamonds and platinum
Today many people are looking for a more unique and personal approach to their wedding rings and one of the most striking is the contrasting balance between black diamonds and platinum. Each unique, but strike an uncompromising look that is both contemporary and yet...
Spring brings purple sapphires
spring cherry blossoms inlaid in rose gold
Spring weddings arrive with sapphires
Sapphires are a great alternative to diamonds.
Finding the perfect gemstone at the Tucson Gem Show
It's been a few years since my last visit to the Tucson Gem Show, but it truly is one of my favorite events during the year. I am surrounded by my tribe of kindred spirits who love to design and create in metal and stones. I'll be leaving in less than a week with a...
New Year beginnings
Much of the jewelry that I create for my clients involves the recycling of existing pieces of jewelry in gold, platinum or silver that have lost their physical or sentimental luster. This new year in many ways is the same for me personally as I transition from being...
A Thanksgiving memory
As we approach Thanksgiving, my favorite holiday of the year, I am reminded of the people that have influenced my life over the years. Every one of them was a giving and caring individual who saw the magic in life and the possibility of creating a better world. When...
Wedding rings that reflect your journey together
As a designer and maker of custom engagement and unique wedding rings I thrive on getting to the core of who my clients are as individuals and as couples. Over the years these rings have taken on various symbols and metaphors that reflect their journey together....
A journey helps create a couple’s engagement ring
One of the great joys in creating wedding jewelry is blending amazing gems and precious metals into engagement and wedding rings with a story. Sometimes those stories are quite literal and on occasion a simple reference to something that is important to a couple can...
Your engagement ring possibilities are endless.
Many people only know of sapphires as being blue…
Teaching jewelry making workshops
Simply put, I make jewelry because I love making jewelry. I love the hammers and torches. I love the files, gadgets as well as the hand tools that I’ve crafted over the years. I love everything about designing and creating custom engagement and wedding rings. I also...
Jewelry for the hands
Jewelry for the hands Over the years of my creating custom engagement and wedding rings one thing that I have learned is that I love making jewelry for hands because I think that hands are beautiful! Hands are amazing feats of natural engineering that can build...
Celebrating a couple’s first born with a Mother’s Day pendant
Creating a very special custom mothers day present for the couple’s first born child.
A very special mountain wedding ring
When I am invited to create a wedding ring for a client I attempt to look beyond the obvious gold or platinum and diamonds, though they may be a part of the final design. What I look for are qualities or aspects of the ring’s design that has more importance than the...