The Wedded WellApril 2018 14 karat white and yellow gold When my friend Dana got engaged, I secretly hoped that she would come to me for her wedding rings because I immediately knew what I would do with them. Dana is a talented illustrator, wheatpaster, New Yorker published cartoonist and author of The Worried Well, and ever since I first met her I'd wanted to turn her art into jewelry. Her wedding rings were a perfect opportunity to finally do so. Fortunately, she

the lighter sections are silver and the darker striations are an alloy of white gold and palladium

I fell in love with this pair of 10mm blue zircons the moment I saw them

This striking pendant is made in the style of traditional Chinese papercuts

In each pair of smiling skulls

"For God so loved the world

which in my head I kept referring to as "off-kilter" when designing and forging it

where it waited billions of years to be uncovered

emotions (particularly affection)

so she drew two tableaux of their life together in DC with their cats

but it's far more precious

" 愛 (ài)

the process creates its own story