Get Inspired, Cabochon Shape / Cut

This fully three-dimensional dragon pendant was built to capture traditional Chinese dragon imagery in wearable scale — extended horns, a curled serpentine body, and a spiked tail looped back on itself. The scales along the head, neck, and coils are set with round lab-created diamonds against white rhodium-plated gold, while the rest of the body is cast in warm 14k yellow gold, creating a two-tone contrast that highlights the dragon’s form. A small pale jade bead is held securely in the dragon’s mouth, pinned in place from beneath — a detail the client considered essential to the design. The pendant went through multiple rounds of sketch revision to get the silhouette, tail shape, and proportions right before moving to the 3D model. Sized for everyday wear at approximately 1.5 inches, it suits someone who wants a bold, symbolic piece with real dimensional presence rather than a flat emblem.

This ring centers an oval cabochon moonstone inside a sunburst-style halo of twelve round sapphires that alternate between larger and smaller stones for a dynamic, dimensional frame. The moonstone is held with four prongs sized to secure its domed profile, while the halo stones were sourced in a pale, periwinkle-leaning blue to complement the stone’s natural undertones. The band splits into a V-shape at the shoulders before merging into a single yellow gold shank at the back, echoing the silhouette of the client’s original inspiration piece. Designed as a replacement for a delicate ring worn daily for years, this piece was built to be a long-term, everyday ring rather than an occasional-wear piece. It suits someone drawn to moonstone’s soft glow and looking for a halo design with movement and asymmetry, rather than a uniform ring of identical stones.

This ring was built around a single boulder opal, prong-set in a raised bezel so the stone reads as the clear focal point of the design. Radiating outward from the setting, custom-cut ruby and lab-grown purple sapphire accents step down in size along an Art Deco-inspired linework pattern that wraps the shank on both sides. The recessed geometric channels between the metal lines are filled with black enamel for contrast, and a matching pierced lattice grille lines the interior of the band. The design was developed collaboratively over an extended period, with the client supplying the center opal and working through custom stone-cutting, prong styling, and finish details before the ring was cast in 14k yellow gold. A two-line inscription is engraved inside the band. The result is a dense, dimensional ring built for someone who wanted their own design vision executed with precision.

This ring reinterprets an ancient Roman design in 18k yellow gold, built around an oval teal-blue sapphire cabochon chosen specifically to echo the color and cut of the original. The stone sits in a bezel setting with milgrain detailing along its edge, hand-hammered down to secure it in place and finished with an irregular, antiqued texture true to the ancient reference. A grooved, slightly concave band with a textured edge carries the design down to where it meets cleanly beneath the bezel. The result balances an aged, handcrafted look with the durability and comfort needed for daily wear.

This three-stone ring centers a cabochon-cut moonstone in a scalloped, milgrain-beaded bezel, flanked by two round black diamonds set in matching beaded frames. The design draws from a video game motif representing a shift from an undead to a living state, translated into a tactile, dimensional band with beading that runs continuously around the shank. Finished in black rhodium over sterling silver, the piece has a brushed, antiqued surface that softens the metal’s shine and gives the beadwork an aged, textured quality. The center stone’s pale, glowing flash sits in deliberate contrast to the two dark side stones, echoing the light-versus-hollow theme that inspired the design. It suits someone who wants a piece with real symbolic weight and enough dimensional detail to reward a closer look.

This round pendant combines an openwork Celtic knot border in white gold with a rose gold quaternary knot accent at the top and matching rose gold detailing worked into the knotwork. At the center, two white gold crescent moons flank a cabochon rainbow moonstone, forming a triple-moon design. The piece was built specifically to be hypoallergenic, using 14k gold throughout rather than a plated or mixed-metal alternative. A protective symbol was worked into the knotwork, and the back carries a small engraved detail the wearer asked to keep discreet. The pendant sits at approximately 1.25 inches and is designed to hang from the wearer’s own chain. It suits anyone drawn to moon-phase symbolism and understated protective imagery rather than overt statement pieces.

This heart-shaped pendant is cast in two golds — white gold forming the upper portion, rose gold the lower — divided by a soft curved seam so the two metals flow into one another rather than meeting at a hard line. A round cabochon moonstone, chosen for its blue-violet adularescence, is bezel-set in white gold near the top of the heart. The back of the rose gold half is engraved with the word ‘Cherished’ in script. The pendant hangs from a hinged ring that allows it to be worn together with a separate stone pendant or on its own, connected to a 14k white gold cable chain finished with jump rings for length flexibility. The piece was designed to be worn daily, with a deliberately smaller scale and delicate proportions chosen over a larger, more conventional pendant size.

This rectangular pendant draws its structure from a vintage Art Deco brooch design, reworked into a 1.5-inch pendant with a hidden bail so the chain appears to emerge invisibly from behind the piece. The border is lined with pave-set diamonds inside a geometric triangle-and-line frame, with baguette diamond accents marking the top and bottom points. At the center, an openwork floral cluster is hand-finished in 14k white gold, its petals carved in metal rather than stone, with two cabochon moonstones and several cabochon blue sapphires set into the flower centers for color. The piece is finished with an 18-inch 14k white gold chain. It suits someone drawn to period-specific design language who wants a piece with real dimensional carving rather than a flat engraved surface.