Art Nouveau Engagement RingSeptember 2015 Sterling silver, cubic zirconia This is really more of a cocktail ring because this particular iteration is made of silver and CZ instead of white gold and diamond, but the design is certainly beautiful enough for any bride. And with the gallery style setting and the floral patterned wire, I definitely felt like I was channeling the Victorian era while I was making it.

Rose quartz

They also represent the moon

or Hawaiian sandalwood (Santalum paniculatum) is extremely rare and highly prized

Finally one day I thought "why not just string them

There could be no other verse that better summarized the joy

having never made one before

Astrological signs: ♈ (Aries) and traditionally ♏ (Scorpio)

Planetary symbols: ☾ or ☽

and the word becomes השידוך (hashiduch) which means "THE match

living in northern China while my father was teaching there

Efforts to repair it just made it worse

and which sundered the block on the first day of carving before I had barely blunted its corners