Geometric Ray CufflinksMay 2010 Sterling silver I came up with these as a present for a mathematician named Ray who had just celebrated a milestone. They're designed to look like the representation of a mathematical ray in geometry. They make an excellent name pun and, as a nod to the milestone, start at a specific point and head off into infinite possibility.

a 9mm orangey-peach pearl dramatically perched on the corner of the ring is a glorious firey orb emerging from below the horizon

This vintage bracelet was manufactured by Taxco Silver in Mexico

as a nod to the milestone

each letter comes together to physically represent the meaning of the name they spell

花好月園 (huāhǎoyuèyuán) literally translates to "pleasing flowers and moonlit gardens" but is poetically understood to mean "married bliss

we also placed additional diamonds at the top of the shoulders where the shank meets the claw setting (which were really difficult to photograph

and a large metal hand makes a pretty good shield

which was a technique I knew how to do in theory but had never actually executed until making these rings (surprise

Appropriately for such personal keepsakes

The Mishna tells us in Bereshit Rabba 68:4 that Rabbi Yosi ben Halafta was asked by a Roman aristocrat about what God had been doing since resting on the seventh day

but has a higher silver content than standard sterling (95% pure silver vs

and the two sets of three bumps on the left side of the piece represent the hinges on the inside of the door