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Making and keeping: setting, finishing, repair, and how a piece worn every day should be looked after.

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A goldsmith at the bench, the work held over the bench pin. June 8, 2026

The stone comes before the drawing

A design made around a stone that does not exist yet is a drawing. Here is what happens in the weeks before one.

 Bench tools laid out in the order they are used. April 27, 2026

Living with a setting

Diamond is the hardest thing you own and it is not the toughest. What that distinction means for a ring worn every day.