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 Confident Bold engagement ring profile is one of our most requested — and it belongs to a woman who never asks a room to make space for her; she takes it herself.
She doesn’t walk into a room — she arrives. She has a relationship with jewellery that’s almost physical: she wears it the way some people wear confidence, because for her they’re the same thing.
She doesn’t want something subtle. She wants something that becomes part of who she is.
When someone comes to me with this brief, I feel the energy shift.
These rings are the most fun to design — there’s real creative latitude, and she knows exactly what she wants even if she doesn’t have the vocabulary for it yet.
Statement. Presence. Commitment. She’s not afraid of colour, scale, or an unexpected choice. She’d as readily wear a sapphire as a diamond — maybe more readily.
Large-format stones. Thick sculptural bands. Settings that make the stone look even larger and bolder.
Whether the ring has presence on her hand. Whether it matches her energy. She’s worn statement pieces her whole life — she’ll know immediately if the ring is at the right scale or playing it too safe.
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.