Reading amethyst.
Uruguayan grades, what 'AAA' actually means, and how to tell when you're being lied to.
Short notes from the bench. Stones, stacking, care. Written by the same person who makes the bracelets — so trust the materials posts, take the styling ones with salt.
Why every Raman piece is made by the same person, on a 1.2-meter bench, with the morning light.
Uruguayan grades, what 'AAA' actually means, and how to tell when you're being lied to.
Most stacking advice is wrong. Here's what I tell customers in fitting, after eight years of doing this.
Why a hand-knotted bracelet survives ten years and a wire one survives ten months.
The three things people get wrong about caring for stones. Mostly involving water.
Lookbook 26. Shot in early March, on the south coast. Twelve pieces, fifteen minutes of light.
No newsletter dump. One short note, when there's something worth saying.