Eva Martin Jewelry

Snowglobe ring

eva_admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:33:50 -0400

2009 Saul Bell Design Award Finalist

18k white gold, 24k gold, diamonds, toughened glass dome, glycerine, marine sealant.

I'm thrilled that my Metropolis Snowglobe ring won second place Gold/Platinum in the 2009 Saul Bell Design Award.
The yellow gold snow balls swirl around the diamond tipped buildings as the ring is worn.

Tango rings

eva_admin — Mon, 6 Oct 2008 21:38:07 -0400

18k white gold, emeralds and rubies.

Andra and Andrei's love affair with dance was one of the things that brought them together.
In his first e-mail to me Andrei wrote....

"Be it the first date in a steamy, brightly colored red, green and noisy Fiesta Latina (over green Caipirinhas and equally green Mojitos) with lots of Salsa - or the systematic love affair with Tango (first enthusiastically but difficult and now comfortably ours), dance is our thread."

So, in keeping with their style and taste, I designed these wedding bands for them. Their rings are embossed with the lines of two bodies dancing the tango and Andra's ring is set with rubies and emeralds to remind her of their first fiery encounter at the red and green Fiesta Latina.

Temple Tree Cuff

eva — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:01:30 -0400

2008 Lapidary Journal Jewelry Arts Awards Winner

Engraved oxidized sterling silver, 18k yellow gold, beryllium treated orange sapphires.

This cuff bracelet is based on the beautiful frangipani or temple tree. I was delighted when it won two design awards - first place in Jewelry Artist Magazines' 2008 Jewelry Arts Awards Bracelet division and first place in A&EMetal's Explorations 2007 Contemporary jewelry competition.

Sweetpea ring

eva_admin — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:31:49 -0400

18k rose gold, 14k green gold. Yellow, pink and beryllium orange Sapphires.

Brooke calls her fiancée Matto her 'sweetpea'. So when Matto asked me to design a wedding/engagement ring for Brooke, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to design a viney sweetpea ring for her. Brooke loves color, so we used as much as possible in her ring - rose gold, green gold vines and orange, yellow and pink sapphire sweetpeas.
Thanks so much for your commission Brooke and Matto, and for waiting so patiently for your ring.

Quentin's ring

eva_admin — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:31:49 -0400

18k white gold. Purple,yellow and orange sapphires

Wes asked me to design a ring for his wife Laura to commemorate the birth of their son Quentin Pascal Cherry.
Wes was keen that the ring should reflect his baby son's name. Quentin is Latin for 5th and Pascal is after the French mathematician Blaise Pascal known for his triangle. So every fifth sapphire is a cherry colored triangle, with Wes and Laura represented by their favorite colors - yellow and purple gems.

Frio rings

eva_admin — Sun, 8 Jun 2008 00:36:54 -0400

18k white gold. Rough diamond and sapphire cubes.

Kelly & Missy contacted me and asked me to design commitment rings for them.
They talked of their love of hunting for rocks and relics on creek beds and of paddling on the river Frio in Texas. They saw the river as an appropriate metaphor for how life's ebb and flow had brought them together.
I transposed the contour of their favourite section of the river Frio onto their rings and set them with rough diamond and sapphire cubes.

Karen's ring

eva_admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:14:22 -0400

18k yellow gold, 18k white gold, 1.4ct Vs emerald cut diamond, natural yellow, yellow/orange diamonds.

Karen inherited a beautiful emerald cut diamond from her mother and commissioned me to set it in a ring for her. She sent pictures of rings she'd seen which she quite liked, and patiently answered my numerous questions about her likes and dislikes.
The effervescent design she chose is shown above. Natural colored diamonds are set around the ring, their colour changes gradually from a deep orange-yellow at the base through golden yellow and pale yellow to her beautiful emerald cut white diamond.
Thank you very much for choosing me to set your family heirloom Karen.

Pinstripe ring

eva_admin — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:13:45 -0500

18k yellow gold, 18k white gold, diamonds and yellow sapphires.

Will asked me to make a ring for his wife Jodi to compliment a ring I had made for her a few years ago. He wanted the design to compliment her existing ring so that she could either wear them together or separately. Her pinstriped diamond and yellow sapphire ring is inscribed inside with a message from Will in his own handwriting.

Helen's ring

eva_admin — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:21:37 -0500

18k White gold with beryllium orange, yellow & green sapphires.

Ben asked Helen to marry him at the Luminox festival in Oxford, England. The Luminox is a magical three days when Oxford's dreaming spires are transformed into a spectacular and beautiful environment with large-scale fire installations. So to remind her of that romantic night her firework ring incorporates flame colored sapphires together with her favourite colour green.

Emily's ring

eva_admin — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:30:55 -0500

18k white and yellow gold, white and yellow diamonds.

John asked Emily to marry him whist at the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert. Emily e-mailed me to tell me about the
wonderfully romantic moment John proposed:

"John had preceded me in his arrival to the desert and had worked with our camp of about 60 friends to stage the moment that he would ask me and they would all be in attendance. We gathered under the auspices of a group photo shoot at sunset. After the photos were taken everyone circled around and John started to give a speech (not uncommon for him) about friendship and how great it was for everyone to be there. And then he, along with 50 of our friends, dropped to their knees. He asked "Will you Marry Me?!" And the rest of the crowd parroted, "Will you Marry him?". My jaw hit the ground. Instead of a ring, took a zip tie with a bead tied to it and zipped it to my finger. Unbeknown to him, this was a dream ring come true. I'd always fantasized that the engagement ring I would wear would come from the heart, a gumball machine or an improvised form. I couldn't have been more thrilled".

A year after John proposed Emily still wore her bead ring (see photo above) and was rather reluctant to part with it. However she asked me to make a wedding ring for her using her zip tie bead ring as the basis for the design. The chosen design (shown above) incorporates a spinning yellow diamond studded gold bead to remind her of the wonderfully inventive original engagement ring that meant so much to her.

Rockpool ring

eva_admin — Sat, 6 Oct 2007 03:29:19 -0400

18k white gold, green & blue sapphires.

Christopher commissioned me to design a ring for his wife Carolynn.
We discussed a theme for Carolynn's ring...Christopher wrote:

'Carolynn loves geology and science, especially picking through rocks and tidal pools. She likes finding all the little stuff that you don't see at first glance. I think the happiest thing in her whole life will be doing this with our children Walter and little Jack in tow.'

Together we designed Carolynn's rockpool ring to remind her of those happy afternoons spent at the ocean.

Wave ring

eva_admin — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:29:19 -0400

18k White gold. 1ct Vs oval diamond.

Alan commissioned me to make an engagement ring for Tina. He asked me to design a simple, elegant ring with a wave theme -
a reminder of their fondest first date spent at the beach.
Two 18k white gold waves hold in place an oval one carat diamond, with an inscription inside in Alan's own handwriting.

Thank you to you both. It was a pleasure to work with Alan on the design of this ring, I'm so pleased it was such a hit.

Pod pendant

eva_admin — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:41:57 -0400

18k white gold, diamonds, blue sapphires.

Jacob commissioned me to design a pendant for his wife Yunna. He wanted it to complement the engagement ring and earrings I had made for her, but take a different direction in design.

Here is Yunna’s pod pendant. The inside of the 18k white gold pod is lined with bezel set sapphires and diamonds.

Felicity's Ring

eva — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:12:51 -0400

18k White gold, Sapphires, Rubies and Diamonds

Bradley asked Felicity to marry him on a Costa Rican beach under a perfect night sky. She remembers the bubbling surf lapping at their feet, the sea urchins on the white sand and the stars. I designed her ring to remind her of that special night.

She sent me a beautiful color change sapphire she and Bradley had bought together. It sits in a diamond and ruby studded cup setting. The ring shank is the shape of a sea urchin section, set with rubies and sapphires in the formation of sea urchin bumps, diamonds to remind her of that starry night and bubbles for the surf.
Inside there is an inscription in Bradley's handwriting.

"Marry me" ring

eva — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:00:00 -0500

18K yellow gold, 0.71ct VVS1 Princess Diamond; yellow, cognac & chocolate diamonds.

Walker commissioned me to make this engagement ring for Nina. He had been considering a traditional diamond solitaire when he came to me, but he thought Nina would want something a little different from the rings he had seen so far.
The princess cut diamond is suspended between the two outside walls. There are yellow, chocolate and cognac colored diamonds around the ring which say "Marry me" in Morse code.
Nina accepted Walker's proposal on Christmas Day. Congratulations to you both, I know you'll have a wonderful life together.