MONTANA SAPPHIRE & DIAMOND FLORAL HALO RING WITH PEACOCK ACCENTS

THE GREEN LAKE SHOP YOUR CUSTOM DESIGN MODEL & CASTING THE JEWELER'S BENCH YOUR FINISHED PIECE

THE GREEN LAKE SHOP

Translating our client’s ideas into beautiful custom jewelry
to celebrate the iconic moments in life since 1996.

Your piece was crafted in the
the Seattle studio

The Seattle shop was our first large scale facility with room for 50+ artists. It includes a state of the art casting and production shop, all visible to the public. The design studio has 14 design stations, private meeting rooms and a full scale coffee and wine bar.

Green Lake Jewelry Works opened its doors on Seattle’s Green Lake Drive in 1996. Since then, its craftspeople have grown to win national recognition for excellence in the art of fine jewelry making with two distinct workshops where each piece is made by hand.

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The flagship Seattle studio is home to all metal casting and a majority of 3D printing technologies for Green Lake Jewelry Works. Its workshop is also home to some of the most talented jewelers in the country, where a tradition of dedicated craftsmanship is passed from masters to journeymen and women.

YOUR CUSTOM DESIGN

Custom jewelry at Green Lake always begins with ideas, inspirations, and a sketch, where the many design elements that make for the perfect ring are discovered through ideation.

Oftentimes, a ring will go through many iterations and changes along the way before the final look is achieved.

DESIGNING YOUR PIECE

Ideas and inspirations used in your project.

DESIGNER

Nina M

Nina graduated from the jewelry and metalsmithing program at Syracuse University. Her hands on experience with the process of creating a piece from design to finish allows her insight to compose an informed and eloquent invoice for each custom piece that goes through the shop. She enjoys being able to see the original sketches for each piece alongside the tangible finished object.

3D MODEL

CAD

Engineering the X, Y, and Z coordinates of a design is not only a way to inform sophisticated milling and growing machines to create a model; they’re also a powerful way to communicate the vision for a ring.

Realistic renderings and physical models help transform sketched ideas into reality in an interplay between the client, the designer and the CAD team, all of whose input and ideas help create something that both looks right and fits perfectly.

The entire Green Lake project team collaborates on each piece, adding nuanced details and subtle improvements to the design, all while making sure that design cohesiveness, stability on the finger, and stone security are perfected.

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KELSEY
CAD Designer

Bringing your design to life

3D PRINTING

Lost-wax casting is thousands of years old, and is how we still cast today. What’s relatively new is how quickly designs can be grown by using advanced 3D printers and growers.

These models are used both for design ideation and adjustment and casting the actual piece.

CLEANUP & DETAILING

Each ring in a small casting batch shares a common vein of gold or platinum, from where it’s cut and prepared for setting. Rough castings first need to be carefully cleaned and polished before more bench work can be done. Even the inner surfaces are carefully detailed.

100 PERCENT RECYCLED

Green Lake’s use of gold and platinum comes from 100% recycled or certified Fairmined sources. We are one of the nation’s first adopters of recycled casting grain certified by SCS Global Services. Today we return all scrap and unused noble metals for refining in a transparent supply chain.

CRAFTSMANSHIP

All areas of old-world jewelry making are completed in a single workshop. Master gold and platinumsmiths receive rings from casting and set to care for each pieces as a one-of-kind, collaborating with designers to ensure each detail is included.

GEMSTONE SETTING

It required steady hands and confident mastery to set your gemstone for a lifetime of confident wear. Gems can be especially small and terribly rare, so the responsibility for this final stage in crafting a ring falls to our most experienced professionals.

HENRY
Stonesetter

HAND ENGRAVING

Hand engraving is the pinnacle of the jeweler’s craft, displaying fine artistry in crisp detail. It takes perfectly honed, hardened steel tools, a steady hand and years of dedicated practice to get it right. Green Lake's skilled engravers maintain world class craftsmanship within the increasingly rare art form, of which this piece provides a stunning example.
HENRY
Hand Engraver

FINAL POLISH

Each custom made item in the Green Lake workshop receives a final polish before it’s carefully inspected and reviewed for standards of excellence. Each project is at last stamped with the Green Lake leaf quality mark before delivery.

YOUR FINISHED PIECE

Montana Sapphire & Diamond Floral Halo Ring with Peacock Accents

Custom two tone double floral halo mounting to holds a cushion cut Montana sapphire. Diamonds are bead set in inner rose gold halo. Outer platinum halo is engraved with peacock feather detail accented by teal blue diamonds. Curvy platinum braided bands with bead set peacock color palette stones create the shoulders.

CLIENT IMAGES AND COMMENTS

Each project is designed with and for a specific client, taking into account personal style and preferences.

Owners Comments

We have been amazed at the entire process. The custom services Green Lake offers is really unmatched. We cannot thank Nina and Green Lake Jewelry enough. Together, we have all designed a truly unique ring that perfectly captures me, my personality and all my favorite things. I more than love my ring. I get compliments on it every day. The best compliment is when people ask me if it is an estate ring. This means that Green Lake was really able to capture the vintage and elegant elements we were looking for. The first time I saw it in person it gave me chills. It is definitely everything we had in our heads and didn't have the design talent to put on paper. We really are thankful that we found Nina and Green Lake. We were about to give up on our dream of a custom ring. Most places say they design custom rings but they only actually tweak prefabricated designs and do not engrave in-house. Other jewelers scoffed at using my old diamonds and a gemstone in the center. Only Nina truly embraced our idea of turning something negative into a positive...from old diamonds associated with negative memories to utilizing these diamonds as backdrop to a more colorful and beautiful piece. This ring, to me, reminds me of what it means to be human, to be able to learn from our experiences and to grow into our most beautiful selves. Kindest Regards, Tristan and Shanna'


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