Ring made in 18K white gold with a 30 pt. black rose-cut center diamond and 11 pt. of brilliant-cut diamonds around the setting.
Emerald ring made in 18K yellow gold with an emerald-cut 2.95 ct. center stone and around 1/5 ct. of (G-H-I/VS) emerald-cut diamond side stones.
Precious engagement ring made in 14K white gold with a 1.04 ct. emerald center stone and around 2/3 ct. of side diamonds. 1.65 ct. total weight of gemstones.
Commission wedding ring made using Mokume Gane mixed metals technique in 18K rose & yellow gold, sterling silver, and palladium with ¼ ct.+ diamond.
Ring made in platinum, palladium, or white gold with 22K yellow gold inlay and diamond center stone with around 1/3 ct. of champagne, yellow and (G-H/VS-SI) diamond side stones. Price for setting only.
Precious engagement ring made in platinum and 18K yellow gold with a 52 pt. center diamond and 1.43 ct. of side stones. 0.52 ct. GIA certified center stone (H/SI-2). 1.95 ct. total weight of diamonds.
Set of 3 rings. 18K yellow gold center ring with platinum inlay and 30 pt. different colored diamonds; palladium with 8 pt. diamond and sapphire center stone on the other rings. Available in different widths, metal combinations, and diamond options.
14K white gold engagement ring with 1 ct. center diamond and 1/5 ct. side diamonds. Price for setting only.
Engagement ring made in 14K white gold with a 1 ct. center diamond and around 1/5 ct. side diamonds. Price for setting only, center gemstone sold separately.
Asymmetrical custom engagement ring design made in platinum with a 1.58 ct. (F/VVS1) lab-created oval brilliant-cut center diamond and a combination of 1/3 + ct. white and green apple side diamonds.
Custom designed engagement ring with a Sage green radiant-cut sapphire center stone and diamond side stones set in 14K white gold with miligrain details and vintage art deco motif.
Spanish Steps textured ring made in 18K yellow gold with a client provided center diamond and 1/3 ct. of side diamonds.
Commission Genius of Nature textured engagement ring designed using the center diamond from existing jewelry set in a half bezel, made in platinum with 22K yellow gold inlay.
Custom polished platinum engagement ring built around a client provided center diamond with bezel set Ceylon sapphire side stones.
Custom heirloom wedding set created with an engagement ring with center diamond and princess-cut sapphires from family jewelry, and curved wedding band made in 14K yellow gold with brilliant-cut diamonds and round sapphire side stones.
Timeless ring made in satin finished 22K gold with around a 1 ct. oval shaped ruby center stone and over 1/3 ct. of ruby and diamond side stones. Approximately 8.2mm height of intricate oval settings with diamond basket and 4.2mm wide slightly tapered band.
Commission engagement ring with an emerald-cut green sapphire center stone and yellow and red side diamonds. Band made with Genius of Nature texture in palladium with rose gold inlay.
Custom engagement ring designed with a center diamond taken from a family ring, made in 18K yellow gold with leaf accents.
18K yellow gold and platinum ring made with 1.63 ct. total weight of raw and polished diamonds. Version in stock with a 0.60 ct. (G/VS-1) GIA certified center diamond. 9.8mm wide.
Precious engagement ring made in 18K rose gold with over a 1 ct. brilliant-cut center diamond and around 1/5 ct. of natural brilliant-cut side diamonds.
Timeless wedding set made in 18K yellow gold. Engagement ring designed using a stunning 1 ct. pear-shaped ruby center stone and ¼ ct. of side diamonds. The wedding band was customized to go with the shape of the engagement ring and has around ½ ct. of diamonds.
A tapered ring made in 18K yellow gold with satin finishing and a cabochon jade center stone with green side diamonds. 10mm wide at widest point.
Custom engagement ring made in palladium with a 1.05 ct. salt & pepper center diamond. Wedding band designed to go with the shape of the engagement ring, made with a slightly more irregular feeling. 1.38 ct. Total weight of diamonds.
Commission platinum engagement ring designed with a Montana sapphire center stone, double claw prongs, and different colors of sapphire and diamond side stones.
Resizing a generic setting to fit a finger is different from building a mounting from nothing. A jeweler working from scratch starts with a blank sheet of wax or metal, not a size run of pre-cast rings in a drawer. Recently, we pulled a scratched diamond from a grandmother's ring and reset it into a hand-fabricated halo, keeping the stone's history intact while giving it an entirely new setting. This is one of the many examples of what separates custom made engagement rings from a resized catalog piece.
The three paths look similar from a store window, but they are not close cousins. Here's the reality:
Platinum wears differently than 18K yellow gold, and neither behaves like palladium under years of dishwater and gym equipment. It shaves down instead of thinning out, which matters for a ring worn daily for forty years. Gold, by contrast, patinas and needs the occasional buff. A salt-and-pepper or rose-cut diamond will not throw the same fire as a clean round brilliant, and a Montana sapphire brings a color story a mined diamond cannot touch.
Choosing the metal and stone first is what a custom design engagement ring requires, because the mounting has to answer to the material. Double claw prongs hold a stone differently than a bezel, and a cabochon jade needs a different setting depth than a faceted gem entirely.
Anyone typing custom engagement rings in Alexandria, VA, into a search bar usually wants one thing: a person to sit across from, not a chat window. A goldsmith working a few miles away can hold the actual stone up to real window light, not a stock photo of it.
Imagine a couple walking in with a loose diamond pulled from a father's ring, the mounting long cracked and unwearable. Over a few visits, that stone gets sketched into settings, carved in wax, cast in platinum, and set by hand. Worse still, mail-order configurators cannot do any of that. They only swap a diamond icon on a screen and call it personalization.
A ring, like those displayed above, starts with a single meeting, not a scroll through a catalog of finished settings. Bring the loose stone, the cracked family ring, or just a rough idea of a shape that feels right, and the rest gets built around it piece by piece.
Dejan Studio Jewelry works out of a small studio inside Alexandria's Torpedo Factory Art Center, sketching, carving, and casting each ring from that first conversation onward. We are also available to customize your engagement ring in Arlington, VA, and Washington DC.
Most bespoke builds run six to twelve weeks, start to finish, including wax carving, casting, stone setting, and final polish.
Yes. Loose stones from broken or dated rings get cleaned, graded, and reset into an entirely new mounting.
Not always. Setting-only pricing plus a separately chosen stone often lands close to comparable mall pricing.
No. Stones can be sourced fresh, GIA-certified, or brought in from an existing piece of jewelry.
Platinum resists wear the longest, 18K gold needs occasional buffing, and palladium sits lighter and hypoallergenic on the finger.
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