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As a Personal and Custom Jeweler I bring 24 years of experience to my clients desires, including serving as the Master Jeweler for an independent jewelry store in St. Louis, Missouri for over 14 years.

I strive to create jewelry of value that reflects the creativity of my clients and myself in collaboration. By using old world hand-crafting and new-world technology I have produced many unique and highly regarded pieces, which hold value and reflect the elegance of time honored traditions and the clients that hold them. My clients frequently request alterations of heirloom pieces, many times using the stones and gold to create entirely new designs in contemporary jewelry.

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Hand Formed & Fabricated : Pieces that, for the most part have beeen formed, fabricated or a combination of both techniques are implemented.

Hand Formed & Fabricated

Pieces that, for the most part have beeen formed, fabricated or a comb ...

Updated: Sep 25, 2011 2:46am PST

2 Bands - Channel Set - .55 ctw Each : 2 Bands - Channel Set - .55 ctw Each. The stones ( 2.1 to 2.4 MM ) were removed from a cocktail ring that the client owned but did not like. She chose two Stuller Channel set bands that would accept as many of the stones as possible (11 stones per ring to be exact) I ordered the mountings, sized the rings, channel set 22 diamonds into them and soldered them together.

2 Bands - Channel Set - .55 ctw Each

2 Bands - Channel Set - .55 ctw Each. The stones ( 2.1 to 2.4 MM ) wer ...

Updated: Aug 09, 2010 10:14pm PST

Lost Wax Casting : Pieces cast using the lost wax casting method. The vacuum method was also used to create these pieces.

Lost Wax Casting

Pieces cast using the lost wax casting method. The vacuum method was a ...

Updated: Sep 25, 2011 2:34am PST

Videos : Videos by "The MadJeweler"

Videos

Videos by "The MadJeweler"

Updated: Aug 27, 2011 12:20am PST

Galleries

Created Jewelry : Jewelry that I have created over the last 18 years. 80% to 90% of these pieces were created using materials that the client already owned (I.E. broken gold chains, rings, jewelry, class rings no longer worn, inherited jewelry that is not a style that a client would wear.)

Created Jewelry

Jewelry that I have created over the last 18 years. 80% to 90% of thes ...

Updated: Mar 31, 2013 7:23pm PST

Buckles : Western and Other Motif Belt Buckles. Materials: Nickle Siver or Jewelers Bronze, Polymer Resin & Coloring Techniques: Piercing, Soldering, Inlay, Freestyle Engraving.

Buckles

Western and Other Motif Belt Buckles. Materials: Nickle Siver or J ...

Updated: Mar 31, 2013 7:18pm PST

PennelWedding :

PennelWedding

Updated: Mar 08, 2013 2:55pm PST

LVL1 Louisville HackerSpace :

LVL1 Louisville HackerSpace

Updated: Feb 10, 2013 6:20am PST

A Jeweler's Shop : Photos from my Jewelry shops over the years, and the tools of my craftsmanship.

A Jeweler's Shop

Photos from my Jewelry shops over the years, and the tools of my craft ...

Updated: Oct 29, 2011 10:03pm PST

Hand Formed & Fabricated : Pieces that, for the most part have beeen formed, fabricated or a combination of both techniques are implemented.

Hand Formed & Fabricated

Pieces that, for the most part have beeen formed, fabricated or a comb ...

Updated: Sep 25, 2011 2:46am PST

Lost Wax Casting : Pieces cast using the lost wax casting method. The vacuum method was also used to create these pieces.

Lost Wax Casting

Pieces cast using the lost wax casting method. The vacuum method was a ...

Updated: Sep 25, 2011 2:34am PST

ModelMaster : Pieces I was commisioned to make. I used a photographs, fingerprints, Adobe Illustrator, the Model Master and the Lost Wax Casting method to create these.

ModelMaster

Pieces I was commisioned to make. I used a photographs, fingerprints, ...

Updated: Sep 24, 2011 11:40pm PST

Videos : Videos by "The MadJeweler"

Videos

Videos by "The MadJeweler"

Updated: Aug 27, 2011 12:20am PST

BlackHorse Zippo : Commissioned Engraving on a Zippo Lighter detailing the process from concept to completion.

BlackHorse Zippo

Commissioned Engraving on a Zippo Lighter detailing the process from c ...

Updated: May 20, 2011 3:13pm PST

Engraving : Different projects for clients that required engraving. The dragon in on the side cover of a Harley, the small house was made as a pendant for a client who brought me a picture of he and his new wife's first house. The large brass Browns piece is a paperweight the client owned. I replicated it as a pendant. Do any of you recognize the Elvish language? I didn't either but I engraved it regardless. The race car cross was commissioned by a guys girlfriend. He was a christian drag racer. The car that is the crosspiece for the cross was mad from a picture of his own car at Gateway International Raceway. The Zippo lighter was ordered by another guys girlfriend with a little help for ideas from his family. I was supposed to engrave his first and last name but be creative. Can you all figure out what his last name is? The wasp was made (I actually made two of them, one as a pin and one as a pendant) for a lady whose grandson was stung by a wasp. He had an allergic reaction and while they were testing him apparently there was early detection of another condition that would have possibly been fatal had they not detected it when they did. The gold it was made from came from old jewelry the client owned already but didn't wear.

Engraving

Different projects for clients that required engraving. The dragon in ...

Updated: May 20, 2011 2:31pm PST

Color :

Color

Updated: Oct 06, 2010 8:00pm PST

The Gypsies :

The Gypsies

Updated: Oct 06, 2010 7:49pm PST

Man : Men's jewelry I have made, repaired or modified.

Man

Men's jewelry I have made, repaired or modified.

Updated: Oct 06, 2010 7:42pm PST

Le Bezel : An assortment of bezel setting.

Le Bezel

An assortment of bezel setting.

Updated: Oct 06, 2010 7:35pm PST

Catholic Reliquery Cleaning :

Catholic Reliquery Cleaning

Updated: Oct 06, 2010 7:18pm PST

Channel :

Channel

Updated: Oct 06, 2010 5:11pm PST

Image! : Logo or Corporate logo pieces.

Image!

Logo or Corporate logo pieces.

Updated: Oct 06, 2010 4:39pm PST

Rebuilt Channel : Pictures of an addition to a ring to rebuild the channel so I could guarantee no stone loss for 1 year.

Rebuilt Channel

Pictures of an addition to a ring to rebuild the channel so I could gu ...

Updated: Sep 10, 2010 7:59pm PST

JulieWest : The art of Julie West

JulieWest

2 Bands - Channel Set - .55 ctw Each : 2 Bands - Channel Set - .55 ctw Each. The stones ( 2.1 to 2.4 MM ) were removed from a cocktail ring that the client owned but did not like. She chose two Stuller Channel set bands that would accept as many of the stones as possible (11 stones per ring to be exact) I ordered the mountings, sized the rings, channel set 22 diamonds into them and soldered them together.

2 Bands - Channel Set - .55 ctw Each

2 Bands - Channel Set - .55 ctw Each. The stones ( 2.1 to 2.4 MM ) wer ...

Updated: Aug 09, 2010 10:14pm PST

3 Ring Wedding Set Project - Brightcut : A three ring wedding set I was commissioned to reproduce based on an old appraisal, and a description from the client (who hadn't seen it often). I sketched a ring based on that description and a photo in a catalog of a ring with a similarly textured finish as the client described of the original. This is the final set delivered to a happy customer.

3 Ring Wedding Set Project - Brightcut

A three ring wedding set I was commissioned to reproduce based on an o ...

Updated: Aug 07, 2010 2:45pm PST

Cars :

Cars

Updated: Jul 11, 2010 11:45am PST

Religious Jewelry : Hand made jewelry produced at customer request.

Religious Jewelry

Hand made jewelry produced at customer request.

Updated: Jun 27, 2010 8:49pm PST

HARD Headed runs in the family : I spent 18 days in a coma, and exactly 40 in the hospital total. Of the 40 days, I remember perhaps the last 10 (as in a fog) I do not count it lightly that it was exactly 40 days. My life has gone through a phenominal metamorphis over the last years since March 28th. 2005. I broke my right jaw in 2 places, my right collar bone, my right shoulder blade and collapsed my right lung. Of the 5 areas of the brain, 4 of mine were injured. THANK GOD for full face helmets! Just knocked some sense into me. I quietly inquired of God if He could have used a 2x4 or something but immediately answered my own inquiry. I am, at times, hard headed! Now I have a SheepSkin to prove that I am indeed officially brain damaged > and after additional surgeries to perfect my broken jaw, it was discovered that I indeed had a screw loose! Last but not least, I am worth more live than dead. At least $330,000 more! Hmm...the 1/3 Million Dollar man?

HARD Headed runs in the family

I spent 18 days in a coma, and exactly 40 in the hospital total. Of ...

Updated: Mar 21, 2008 10:11pm PST

Moderators Ring :

Moderators Ring

Updated: Jan 20, 2008 8:39am PST

St. Matthew Reliqury Restoration Estimate : Photo Documentation for St. Matthew Reliqury Restoration Estimate. These are dissassemby documentation photos and figuring out just what it was going to take to fix this piece using methods from the era it was made. Basically restore it (heh! and remember what went where in the re-assembly process should it take time to get funding approved!)

St. Matthew Reliqury Restoration Estimate

Photo Documentation for St. Matthew Reliqury Restoration Estimate. ...

Updated: Jan 12, 2008 2:56am PST

Collective : These are persoanl pieces that I like to collect or have built for family or myself.

Collective

These are persoanl pieces that I like to collect or have built for fam ...

Updated: Dec 28, 2007 6:23pm PST

Baguettes :

Baguettes

Updated: Dec 28, 2007 5:36pm PST

Bedazzled :

Bedazzled

Updated: Dec 28, 2007 5:32pm PST

Pave' : Pave' is French for Paved. Essentially these rings are paved with diamonds of all sizes. Eye Stoppers!

Pave'

Pave' is French for Paved. Essentially these rings are paved with diam ...

Updated: Dec 28, 2007 5:19pm PST

Transformations : Kinsley & Sons Masonic Ring Transformation

Transformations

Kinsley & Sons Masonic Ring Transformation

Updated: Dec 26, 2007 10:35am PST

"If You Can Imagine It, We Can Create It"