FacetCut, set, and finished under a single loupe. No outsourcing. No production line. Just one bench and the work it takes to make something that lasts.
Three Commissions.
One Bench.
"I want something that feels like the first morning light through a window — quiet, warm, and entirely hers."
— Marcus T., Brooklyn
The Soleil Solitaire
A 1.4ct oval rose-cut diamond, hand-selected for its warm champagne body, set in a hand-fabricated 18k yellow gold knife-edge band. Every millimeter of metal was forged, filed, and finished at the bench.
Material
18k Yellow Gold · Oval Rose-Cut Diamond
Duration
6 weeks
Wax carving
Stone setting
Final polish
The Soleil Solitaire
"My grandmother's brooch sat in a velvet box for thirty years. I wanted to wear her story, not archive it."
— Priya S., San Francisco
The Meridian Pendant
Victorian-era rose-cut garnets salvaged from a 1920s brooch, reinterpreted in a hand-pierced sterling silver frame with oxidized contrast. The original metalwork was melted, refined, and recast — nothing was wasted.
Material
Sterling Silver · Antique Rose-Cut Garnets
Duration
4 weeks
Disassembly
Hand-piercing
Oxidizing
The Meridian Pendant
"No reference. No brief. Just: make something that looks like it was always supposed to exist."
— James O., Chicago
The Nocturne Band
A 4mm flat-court band in oxidized sterling, hand-engraved with a continuous vine motif using a graver — no laser, no CNC. The pattern wraps the full circumference in a single unbroken line, a metaphor the client understood immediately.
Material
Oxidized Sterling Silver · Hand-Engraved
Duration
3 weeks
Hand engraving
Hammered grain
Oxidation
The Nocturne Band
Built slow.
By one pair of hands.
The Brief
Every commission begins with a conversation — not a form. We sit with your idea until it has a shape, a weight, a feeling. Nothing is sketched until the words are right.
Wax & Form
From sketch to wax model, carved by hand. You hold the prototype before a single gram of metal is touched. Changes happen here, not after casting.
Metal & Stone
Cast, forged, or fabricated — the metal choice shapes the process. Stones are selected in person, under natural light, never from a catalog image.
Setting & Finish
Every stone is set by hand under 10x magnification. The final polish takes longer than any other step. That's intentional.
Every piece
Cut, set, and finished under a single loupe.
One bench.
No shortcuts.
No middlemen.
Facet is a one-person studio. Every commission is handled from first conversation to final delivery by the same pair of hands. That means slower turnaround, a shorter waitlist, and a piece that carries the weight of real attention.
The bench is in Brooklyn. The training was in Antwerp. The philosophy is simple: if a machine could have made it, I shouldn't have.
8+
Years at bench
140
Commissions completed
100%
Handmade, in-studio
Ready to begin?
Every great piece starts
with a single question.
The waitlist is short by design. Consultations are free, unhurried, and without obligation. If it's not right, I'll tell you.