"My thirst, my boundless desire, my shifting road!
Dark river-beds where the eternal thirst flows
and weariness follows, and the infinite ache.”

― Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair.

One of five rings inspired by the love poems of Pablo Neruda. Shown here set with precision cut sapphires and diamonds.

“White bee, even when you are gone you buzz in my soul
You live again in time, slender and silent.”

― Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair.

Inspired by another of Neruda's poems, this ring symbolizes love. Honey Bees have long been associated with love. Cupid, the god of love, is said to have dipped the tips of his arrows in honey before firing them. The bee’s sting has been likened to that of the arrows of Cupid - with the sweetness of love there is always the danger of love's sting.

Photo © Rio Grande

A diamond butterfly engagement ring.

The 1ct center diamond is matched with five diamond butterflies on the shoulders of the ring. The center gem has an open setting to allow the most light to hit the stone, for maximum flash and sparkle.

Available in any precious metal, set with precious gems of any colour.

“I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.”
― John Keats to Fanny Brawne, July 3, 1819.

The river wedding band, another design inspired by a poem, this time by Emily Dickinson.

My River runs to thee
Emily Dickinson 1890.

My River runs to thee —
Blue Sea! Wilt welcome me?
My River wait reply —
Oh Sea — look graciously —
I’ll fetch thee Brooks
From spotted nooks —
Say — Sea — Take Me!

Jo wrote to me from England to enquire about creating a 'Bee ring' for her.
Together we designed a replacement wedding ring to represent all that is dear to her. Bee has been her nickname since childhood, her husband and children are represented by three letter Bs and the butterfly symbolizes new life.

Michael from San Francisco wrote a lovely email to me about his girlfriend, which inspired the design of the Lava ring...

"...before she ever said "I love you" she hedged and said "I lava you," while holding up a picture she drew of a smiling volcano. Whenever I'm down, she pulls out that picture and bounces it around. I wanted to talk to you about making a ring for the girl I lava."

Gideon asked Irina to marry him beneath a magnificent, rainbow-spanned waterfall in Iceland named Skogafoss. He was keen to represent this watery imagery in some way in his engagement ring for her. Cats are also of great significance in their lives and it was important to them that they were included somehow in the design.

From the top, the ring I designed and made shows two flowing lines of diamonds and sapphires, set on each side of the center diamond. The gradation from white diamonds to light, medium and dark blue sapphires reminds them of Gideon's waterfall proposal. Only when viewed from the side is it obvious that those watery lines are the backs and tails of two cats.