Eric builds a ring for Raelyn

Eric wanted to surprise Raelyn with the perfect engagement ring.

He enlisted the help of her best friend and over the course of a couple of weeks,

we pieced together all the elements for a "just right" ring.

 

We built a nice heavy setting that was a little wider than what we could get from a manufacturer and accented the center diamond with 3 channel set on each side of the lovely center diamond.

 

 

They stopped in the store to say "Hi" yesterday. Being the smart guy I am, I can

tell by the smiles and the ring on her finger Raelyn said "yes".

 

 

Raelyn was nice enough to let me borrow this great shot

of their engagement announcement.

 

Congratulations to Eric and Raelyn.

 

The star of the picture would be Layla, shown below puffing on a Milk Bone stogey.

Rings from Chimera went to Australia and then to Venice with Anthony & Elisa.

This lovely couple is Elisa and Anthony.

They live in Australia and found us on the net.

 

 

They had us make the ring above for Elisa

and the one below for Anthony. Since Elisa had a center diamond

accented by rubies, Anthony put a ruby in the center with some accent diamonds.

 

All the CAD-CAM design steps were handled via email.

(Saved Anthony on gas money driving here from Melbourne!)

Once we had agreement on the design elements, the rings were made.

 

Were they content to get married in Oz?

Not these two - they traveled to Italy

and were married in the Town Hall in Venice.

 

 

 

Here they are on the balcony outside the Mayor's office

in Venice. My goodness, it does not get much more romantic than that, does it?

Video Sample of engagement rings at Chimera Design.

Please take a look at some of the engagement rings we have created over the past few months. Some have been hand fabricated and some of them were created using CAD-CAM techniques.

Versatile, sparkly wedding set in white gold.

We just put this set together for Scott and his bride to be. The center diamond is a .65 ct VS1 clarity, H color oval accented with 13-1.5mm round diamonds (.19ctw). We are usually very happy with the pictures we take, but these do not do justice to the nice sparkle created by the accent stones.

It is worth mentioning that this wedding set can accommodate any size or shape center diamond - you can go round, princess, marquise, oval, - or what ever your heart desires.

Another CAD-CAM wedding ring from Chimera.

Michele came to us with some ideas on a new ring to replace her wedding ring, which was giving her some maintenence issues. She wanted elements of her old ring to be combined with a ring she had seen on the internet.

 That is just the kind of thing we like to do - create something unique. Michele wanted to use some of the baguettes from her old ring, but wanted some princess cut and round diamonds to go with them in her new ring.

Here are a couple of the CAD images and you can see the finished product below - cast in 14kt white gold.

Custom rings for bride and groom at Chimera Design.

 Mike had some ideas for Suzy's ring. He wanted the center diamond to be complemented by sapphires and his vision for the sapphires was for them to be "bermed" into the ring. The finished ring is in the picture above.

 Suzy loved the ring and she and Mike worked together on two bands to be soldered on either side of her engagement ring. We flush set sapphires opposite the diamond and flush set diamonds opposite the sapphires to create the ring you see above.

Mike did not want any gemstones in his ring, but he did want to reflect the pattern of the "berms" in Suzy's ring. So we did that - you can see the results above.

Mike and Suzy are heading off into the sunset (they are moving out west) with their custom rings - all cast in 14kt X1 white (X1 has a platinum dirivitive in the allow and should never have to be rhodium plated). We wish them all the best out West!

Using colored gemstones for engagement rings.

We LOVE to make colored gemstones a part of

engagement rings. You can accent with them or

make them the center of attention.

This page gives you some ideas on how colored gems

can be used to personalize your engagement or wedding ring.

From the old world craftsmanship of a hand fabricated ring

like the yellow gold one above and the white gold one below........

.........to the latest in CAD-CAM technology used to create

this matching ring guard with blue sapphires, we

invite you to put Chimera Design to work making

YOUR engagement or wedding ring special with colored gemstones.

More examples of Jere Keyes at Chimera Design

Mixing yellow and white gold is not a problem.

Interlocking Bling of the finest kind.

Very contemporary - very low profile.

A couple views of a five stone diamond ring.

Some examples of CAD custom rings from Chimera.

All the rings on this page were designed and created at Chimera Design

using CAD-CAM technology. In some instances, we used diamonds and

gemstones from other rings - in some instances all the gems are new.



 

If there is a dream piece of jewelry that exists in your head -

we would love the opportunity to make that dream a reality.



From computer image to reality in two tone gold.

Alisa had a lab created Tanzanite stone that

was quite large. She wanted a simple, modern

ring design that would really show off the gem.

We worked on several different designs before

really understanding what she was after.

She loved this design with a small band

and her stone set in a bezel.

(Do not know why I set a purple stone

in the computer image - I am getting old!!)

Here is a picture of the finished ring in two tone gold.

We used some accent diamonds from another ring Alisa didn't wear.

Do you have a piece of jewelry designed in your mind?

We would love to help you make it a reality.

An platinum heirloom remade in white gold.

Laura and her parents came in with the ring in

the picture above. It was made of platinum and

set with a lovely Old Mine or European cut diamond

accented by sapphires and diamonds.

As you can see, some of the platinum had worn and

the ring was losing gemstones.

The ring had been made for them by an old family friend who

had since passed away and it had temendous sentimental value -

Laura's mom wanted Laura to have it.

They wanted to know if we could remake the ring in white gold.

Yes we can! The above image is just one of a series of

computer images produced by the CAD program as

we orchestrated the re-build.

Voila! Here is the finished piece in 14kt white gold.

The only difference was that we had to use modern,

diamond cut round sapphires to replace the ones that were left.

(The original sapphires were cut by hand and somewhat irregular

which made matching them impossible.)

We also made the gallery area which hold the sapphires slightly thicker

so that the ring should be a thing of beauty for years and years -

for Laura's daughter to wear when she is old enough.