Jorgensen Studio Silversmith

Custom Wedding Set A custom wedding set, made with a lab created emerald in a sterling silver "cake" ring. Wedding band made with hammered sterling  center and 14kt yellow gold rolled edge.  The cake rings are available in my etsy shop with a variety of different gemstones. www.jorgensenstudio.etsy.com  

Custom Work I've been keeping busy with custom work lately, which I love to do. Its an exercise in problem solving and stretches my creative imagination.  The princess shaped rings were part of a birthstone series for a really fabulous customer.  Lab created alexandrite and citrine were used. The alex was so dreamy in its color I didn't want to send it away when it was finished.   This juicy peridot was damaged near one of the edges and sentimental to the customer, so we decided on a bezel that would hide the damage and protect the stone also. The bright silver really shows off the brightness of this stone.

It has been awhile since I've posted, I am sorry. Life just takes over and my blog gets forgotten. I keep telling myself I need to get better at this, but like exercise its all too easy to procrastinate this task until tomorrow. I have been busy, June is a big month here. Two birthdays, a graduation, everyone home for the summer. Trips to state parks, garage sales, picnics and new jewelry to make for wedding season. I just thought I would post a few pictures of the new pieces, some have been posted to the Etsy shop, some not yet. This is the new big white topaz "Let them Eat Cake" ring & the new swirl wedding band, both in sterling silver bright finish. Listed Here The new white topaz three stone ring, bright finish, round faceted stones. Sterling silver patterned band. Listed Here I have had these beautiful heart shaped blue topaz stones forever, but they were just waiting for the right inspiration. A three stone ring with a center ...

The new anniversay band. I have been wanting to make this ring for such a long time. It took me awhile to figure out the engineering of it, but all that time scratching my head paid off, I think. I am so smitten with it & how it looks with the stacking rings. It has just been added to the Etsy shop : Here It is available right now in a limited number for 64.00 I am looking forward to making these with colored gems too! I want more.

My person Icon Rings started a couple of years ago & once in a while I add something new, like recently I added a horseshoe and a ladybug to the the ones I offer in my Etsy shop. Sometimes customers ask for special custom icons and I am happy to create them when I can. Above are a few of the recent custom requests. A bird, a dog bone, a heart and of course the ever popular hipster mustashe. If you would like your own little personal icon ring or set contact me through my Etsy shop for info.

A very special wedding set, made with a wide band and a large rose cut garnet. A beautiful looking ring that reminds me of Mary Queen of Scots. Opulent and Rich with warm tones and lots of detail. On its way to its new home. I do quite a bit of custom work for my customers and I must say I really love it. It not only expands my imagination to try new things but it expands my skills as a metalsmith because I have to work out the crafting of the piece and how it needs to come together. Sometimes in this process, I see new possibilities about how a new piece can be made or an idea develops in a totally new direction. Sometimes a new piece develops from that trial & error of engineering a custom piece. That is how the lotus ring & earrings came into being. I posted the custom ring that I was working on already on the blog. But while I was testing the pieces, what size they needed to be & how they fit together, I fell in love with the simple petal shape & the lotus rings sp...

Here is a look at another custom piece. An eternity band I made using the lost wax cating method as a custom piece for a great customer of mine. This process takes a long time, and she was very patient. :) The lost wax method of jewelry creating begins with forming a piece of jewelry out of wax. It can either be carved out of hard wax or built up out of softer waxes. There are many methods as personal as there are people using this process. Once the wax is made it is sprued on a casting tree and inserted into a flask that is filled with "investment". The investment is like a plaster and fills the space completely around the wax. The flask is heated and the wax burns out leaving a hard investment mold with a void where the wax once was. The metal alloy (silver, gold, etc) is then melted and poured into the flask to fill the void where the wax was. Once the alloy is cool the investment is cleared away, the sprues are cut off and the piece can be sanded, polished & finished....

Its been crazy in my life lately. We have moved twice this summer. Packed, unpacked, oops new job, pack, drive cross country, unpack. Whew! We are finally getting settled in our new home though and all the children are back at their respective schools. I have been busy with custom orders so I thought I would give you a look. One is a totally new direction. A customer contacted me with a picture of an old Mexican Silver ring & wanted one made. Here is my new take on an old design: All the little marquise shapes were soldered together and hand shaped. All the little buds/stem pieces were made & then everything placed down on silver sheet. I imagine there were over 100 pieces of solder individually placed the first round of soldering. Then I pierced through the sheet and cut out shapes to give the piece a bit of lightness. It was then oxidized & polished back to show the pattern. I love the way it turned out. As with most of my custom work, I do test pieces first. I have a sma...

I was asked by a lovely customer to make a ring for her husband-to-be that matched the band on the ring he bought for her engagement from my shop. For mens rings I like to beef up the width to make them a bit more masculine, so I added smooth sides to the pattern. She requested a citrine to be added which I set in a bezel setting that is set down into the ring. I don't like the look of a bezel that sort of teeters on the top of a band. Setting it down into the band makes for a much more finished look (imho). I think it turned out smashing & I think I will add it to the wedding line. :)

I am so thrilled to be featured in yesterday's Palm Beach Post. Not only was I quoted in the article and they showed a picture of the Big Blue Bling Ring - but they used that same picture on the front page header! Jorgensen Studio on the front page of the Palm Beach Post! Read the Article

Today my Birthstone Key Pendants were Featured in the "We Love Mom" Etsy Finds. It is so fabulous to be featured in the Etsy finds as they are not only posted on the Etsy website blog (The Storque) but they are emailed to literally thousands of Etsy fans. I couldn't be more excited! Here is the Link if you want to check out all the fabulous items for Mom from Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/storque/spotlight/etsy-finds-we-love-mom-7799/

Inspired by Victorian Mourning Jewelry An new idea for a locket I had finally made it off the bench and into the Etsy shop . I wanted to make a locket inspired by antique Victorian morning jewelry. Victorian mourning jewelry - usually pendants and brooches- were made of metal, agate, and most of the time a lock of hair that was braided or woven under glass. A memento of the beloved to be carried with the mourner. These pieces are so striking and personal that I was instantly enthralled with the idea. How to make a modern representation of the Victorian mourning jewelry? What I began to search for was a vintage carbuncle. What is a carbuncle? They are usually pieces of gemstone (like quartz ) or glass that has a hollow concave back. Perfect for setting something under. Months went by and I stumbled upon some fabulous vintage carbuncles from another Etsy seller. They couldn't be more perfect so I bought all she had. These vintage glass carbuncles have raised ridges on the top so you ...

Thought I would show off a custom promise ring I did. Sterling band with a 14kt white gold basket for the setting and a beautiful blue heart shaped topaz. I think it turned out quite well. I love the stories behind the rings. I love the promise rings most because of those stories. So full of romance and love. Ahh makes my heart go pitter patter. So so sweet. It wisks you off to stories of love in old novels and black & white movies. A promise, a vow, so pure and young all summed up in the shape of a ring. Its nice. Its just really nice to hear about instead of all the other stuff we are bombarded with. I like to make the promise rings the best.