Green Hour
03necklaces · 2025 · 5 weeks · $2,400–$2,900
01 — The brief, in words only
“A writer commissioned a pendant for a book launch — “the colour of the hour before dusk in a garden.” The stone had to be an emerald, inclusions and all.”
Client briefs are anonymised and abstracted. Original reference images are never published — they stay in the private project record.
first sketch
approved CAD
02 — Drawn, measured, revised
How the design settled
- R1Sketch studies played with a free-hanging briolette; the client preferred a protected setting for daily wear.
- R2CAD proposed a half-bezel that leaves the emerald’s sides open to light.
- R3Chain length was fixed at 42 cm after a fitting with a paper mock-up mailed to the client.
the finished piece
03 — The piece
Materials, as invoiced
- Metal
- 18k yellow gold
- Stone
- Zambian emerald 1.4 ct, minor oil (traditional treatment, disclosed)
- Setting
- Half-bezel, open sides
- Chain
- 1.1 mm cable chain, 42 cm, soldered links
- Price band
- $2,400–$2,900
- Bench time
- 5 weeks
Treatments disclosed where present. Certificates describe characteristics; they are not valuations.
Commission
Commission something in this spirit
Bring us the feeling, not a photograph of someone else’s piece. We design original work around it.
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