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These are beautiful. Simple, elegant, and all of those other adjectives. These pieces were a blast to make and turned out amazing. These are Narra burl Mayan flared tunnels at 1 3/16″ with 1 5/8″ faces inset with virtually clear Chiapas amber cabochons set in 20k gold.

There is no adhesive, no screws, nothing at all that can fail or come loose. They will not become dislodged unless the entire piece is physically destroyed. This is what we are working toward for all custom pieces featuring inlays of other materials, be they solid or hollow, wood or stone.

And speaking of stone, we’ve just completed a set of stone set in silver set in stone using this same method. We’ve created a slightly Mayan flared Ivoryite hollow tunnel set with lovely blue-green jadeite cabochons that have the most wonderful color when lit from behind.

We can set pretty much any wood or stone into any other wood or stone, with just a few exceptions in terms of what can be used for what (we could use fluorite for cabs, for example, but not to set something else inside of because it’s too fragile). The metal choices for bezels at the moment are high carat gold, silver, copper and brass, all with any number of finishes available – stress, matte, high polish – it’s YOUR jewelry, you make the call   If you have any ideas, definitely let us know. We’re happy to get complicated if you want something truly unique, it all comes down to time.