Rubini Jewelers Blog — Custom

Between people waking up to the fact that anything goes for a wedding band, and covid's imposed work from home time, we have been blessed with a streak of custom wedding ring projects in the genre of contour bands. Our sentimental customers have unearthed long over-looked odds and ends of family jewelry while cleaning out their closets. And these have provided the gemstones to create their dream wedding bands. Why a contour band?  I personally liken contour bands to a shawl, a wrap, a hug, around the engagement ring. Which is an even more potent symbol when reusing family stones.  This first...

This engagement ring project was brought to us by a couple who had all of their own family diamonds.  The woman wanted a very bold, very wide, magical ring. She brought us samples of her style and a drawing of what she wanted, which was an 18mm across on top white gold ring with yellow gold leaves, swirls, bezels and 1 rim.  We had never tackled such a behemoth 2 tone creation, so we tackled it several different ways to handle our naïveté. What we discovered was, soldering thin yellow gold details to a heavy white gold band results in...

How can a person overcome the intimidation of picking a ring to propose to someone in the jewelry business? Yikes! This is just what my fiancé faced when designing my ring.  We had the talk, we discussed the idea of marriage, we were in agreement that we liked each other enough to commit :o) but he wanted clues as to what I wanted in my ring. So I gave him stats, I offered him a vague idea of style, and hoped he'd be ok to proceed alone. Nope. He continued to anxiously wring his hands and ask me details, the same I'd...

We are sometimes blessed to be approached by adventurous customers who want to break out of the standard / normal / usual jewelry designs and venture into sculptural territory. This project is just such a case. Our customer wanted a big blue stone. We brainstormed gemstones, colors and shapes. We finally sourced the big blue, a deeper rich blue sapphire, natural except for the usual heating performed on corundum, emerald cut. Next step was designing the ring. She wanted a many banded, multi layered, asymmetrical ring, created in platinum. The biggest hurdle here was not so much making the ring,...

Welcome to August 2020. We are in the midst of a planet wide awakening. Which means that we all don't have to follow the established norm any longer, including choices for wedding jewelry: how to wear it, where to wear it. Traditionally in North America, wedding rings are worn on the left ring finger, with the wedding ring first (closest to the heart) and the engagement next. Now, some people just use one big wide ring. This 18kt white gold diamond wave design ring is a perfect candidate for wearing a single ring rather than 2 rings.  Another trend: freedom of color,...