Secret RingNovember 2014 Sterling silver, cubic zirconia Normally when I'm working on a pieceespecially when it's a custom piece for a clientI start with a story and and work towards a design that tells it. Sometimes, however, the process creates its own story. I had just purchased some ball burs, which can be used for creating flush settings even though one might normally use a standard setting bur for that. The challenge with a standard setting bur is that one

" but the meaning goes deeper than that

as she and I had gone to high school together in Honolulu

this inspired me to find a use for it—and

circa 1997

)—I definitely wanted to something special for such a special project

a measurement found in Ezekiel 40:5 and 43:13 (usually translated as “handbreadth”) that has been calculated by the rabbis to equal approximately 2

A client came to me with a rough drawing of a design for an engagement ring

They delved into her Chinese heritage for inspiration

written in traditional (pre-1949) characters is 蠍 (xiē)

The view on the sides of the ring were based on MC Escher's 1918 drawing "Waves

Second night--the light of Torah

In anticipation of the event