Thursday, May 24, 2012

Angelina Jolie's Engagement Ring

 

This is a picture of Angelina's engagement ring. Beautiful!

Monday, May 21, 2012

Champagne Diamond Gold Band


Elegant. Classical. Beautiful. Eternal.

This is an 18K yellow gold diamond band with champagne diamonds that can be used as a wedding ring or part of a set of stackable rings.

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Mark Zuckerberg Ties Knot with a Ruby

A ruby ring designed by the billionaire himself sealed the deal , when Mark Zuckerberg married his long time sweetheart, Priscilla Chan.  A Facebook spokesman said that the ring featured "a very simple ruby."

Friday, April 6, 2012

Christie's Auction, Pink Diamond

 

Christie's Hong Kong May 29, 2012 auction. Fancy Intense Pink 12.04 cts Diamond originally purchased from Harry Winston by a private collector, will probably be sold for $10 million. The diamond is known as "Martian Pink" named after U.S.'s first satellite mission to Mars.

 

Sotheby's Auction: Diamond and Tourmaline Earrings

 

Diamond, Tourmaline and Platinum earrings will be auctioned at Sotheby's April 18, 2012. Signed by T & Co. Tourmalines are 24.83 cts t.w.

 

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Sofia Vergara Diamond Earrings at Golden Globes

Sofia Vergara wore a beautiful set of Harry Winston diamond earrings to the Golden Globes.

Chandelier earrings are definitely in this year.  I love this woman - she is so funny!


Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Liz Taylor's Amazing Auction

Liz Taylor's jewelry was auction off by Christie's.  There were some amazing prices with the total sales reaching $116 million.

The top piece was a a dog-chewed pearl necklace known as La Peregrina.  It was owned by 8 Spanish kings from1582 to 1808.  Richard Burton bought it for Liz in 1969 for $37,000. It sold for $11.8 million, smashing the expected price of $3 milllion.

FILE - This Sept. 1, 2001, file photo shows Elizabeth Taylor's "La Peregrina,"  an early 16th century pearl, ruby and diamond necklace by Cartier, that was gift from Richard Burton to Elizabeth Taylor, at Christie's, in New York. A pearl known as "La Peregrina" purchased at auction for $37,000 in 1969 by Burton for Taylor reached the world record price Tuesday Dec. 13, 2011 of $11,842,500. It was estimated to sell for $2 million to $3 million. Photo: Richard Drew / AP

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Google Plus Jewelry Site

I just created a new page on Google +.  You can get it here: Sozai on Google+.

I also have my Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/sozaidesigns.

Please join or add me to your circles.


Sunday, October 30, 2011

Sapphire and Diamond Engagement Ring




My client was getting engaged and wanted a ring to have a deep personal connection with his fiancé. He knew that she loved pink and so we designed this ring together. I first thought that the center gem should be surrounded solely with pink sapphires, but we then decided to add a mixture of diamond and sapphire pavé. I was very proud of the end-piece and my client’s fiancé loved the piece.

The piece was entirely hand-made. I designed a model in 3-D software. The 3-D render is shown below.


In the end, I hand carved the model from wax to ensure that the ring’s lines were soft and sexy.

Friday, September 2, 2011

Diamond Platinum Tennis Necklace

diamond platinum tennis necklace
I completed a magnificent platinum diamond necklace.  The necklace has 14.14 cts of diamonds, D-F color and VS clarity.  In total, there are 112 diamonds.
diamond platinum tennis necklace closeup
The entire piece was hand made and I also set each of the diamonds.  The necklace is timeless and will always be in style.  The piece was custom ordered by a lady who prefers elegant, classic diamond jewelry.
Platinum is a wonderful metal with which to work.  It requires special polishing techniques and can be brought up to an almost mirror finish.  It is also extremely strong and so some delicate pieces can be made with platinum that would never be strong enough in gold or other metals.