On Roundness and Love. A Jewelry Manifesto
June 10, 2026
If you had to store all your love in one place, what shape would it be? I suspect something round.
The Artisan Soul engagement ring profile isn’t the one most people ask for — it’s the one I find myself defending most, because it belongs to a woman who was never trying to be noticed. She was trying to be right.
She can feel the difference between something made and something produced. She owns things that have a history — or things that look like they will. She notices craft the way other people notice brand names: not as a status signal, but as evidence that someone cared.
This is the brief I find most creatively demanding — in the best way. There’s nowhere to hide when the work has to be genuinely original.
Textural. Specific. Full of decisions. Hand-finished surfaces — hammered, brushed, engraved. Rose-cut diamonds, which glow rather than sparkle, and read like something found rather than purchased. Coloured stones with character: teal sapphires, salt-and-pepper diamonds, pale spinels. Organic or asymmetric forms. Two stones instead of one — a toi-et-moi that tells a story without saying anything out loud.
She’ll turn the ring in the light. She’ll run a finger over the surface. She’ll look closely at the join between the stone and the setting, the texture of the band, the weight of it in her hand. If it feels considered, she’ll feel it. If anything feels generic, she’ll feel that too.
You came here because you want to get this right — not just the ring, but the whole thing. That’s exactly why I’m here.
I take on a small number of bespoke commissions each month, and every one starts the same way: a free 30-minute conversation about her. No jewelry knowledge needed. No commitment. Just you telling me about the person you love, and me listening.
If you had to store all your love in one place, what shape would it be? I suspect something round.
[Part 2] Gold was worn before it was spent. That distinction still matters.
[Part 1] A woman walks into a gold shop in downtown Los Angeles carrying a small velvet pouch.
If you had to store all your love in one place, what shape would it be? I suspect something round.
[Part 2] Gold was worn before it was spent. That distinction still matters.
[Part 1] A woman walks into a gold shop in downtown Los Angeles carrying a small velvet pouch.
Whatever you have in mind — big idea, vague feeling, or something in between — that’s exactly where we start.