Cushion Cut

I spent six years hunched over a microscope in a grading lab, staring at stones until my eyes felt like they were filled with sand. I’ve seen enough “designer” cuts to know that most of the marketing around cushion cut proportions and how to read them is nothing more than expensive smoke and mirrors. Salespeople … Read more

I spent six years in a windowless grading lab, hunched over a microscope until my neck ached, looking at nothing but inclusions and light refraction. I’ve seen enough people get swept up in the marketing fluff of “perfectly geometric” stones to know that perfection is usually a lie sold at a premium. People often get … Read more

I spent six years in a grading lab where the light is unforgiving and the air is dry, staring through a loupe until my eyes felt like they were filled with sand. One thing I learned is that how a stone catches the light says more about its geometry than its carat weight. People often … Read more

I spent six years hunched over a bench in a grading lab, staring through a loupe until my eyes felt like they’d been scrubbed with sand, and if there is one thing I’ve learned, it’s that “vintage” is often just a marketing term used to inflate a price tag. You’ll see a jeweler point to … Read more