Olive Branch Demi-Hoop EarringsJuly 2013 Sterling silver These delicate earrings were born out of a desire to experiment with the stylized olive branch motif that I'd used in a Hanukkah menorah that I'd made almost a decade earlier. The cutout pattern makes the earrings light and comfortable on the ears.

is "Moose" so we wanted to incorporate a cervine motif

June 201318 karat white gold

and eventually decided to fashion the decorative links of the chain after a closed version the symbol for the ecliptic

I instead made a repoussage (where the design is hammered out from the back) of the flame motif in 18K yellow gold

As any good artist has at least some dose of ego

We decided to use organic ginkgo leaves for this ring rather than the graphically strong design from the bride's mon because they fit the design better

and the ner tamid can be an eternal flame that is a light for generations of their families

A friend came to me with this beautiful cushion-cut Brazilian alexandrite to set in an engagement ring

I was thinking about how the ten Sefirot

especially given that the recently rediscovered Honouliuli Internment Camp had been named a national monument the year before and was still undergoing excavation and restoration

עוד ינובון בשיבה דשנים ורעננים יהיו

crossing them against each other