Jason came to us wanting a sapphire ring in platinum for his partner Stephanie. The brief was practical: low profile, secure, easy to wear daily.
He was drawn to a bezel setting, but a full bezel at this scale would have walled the stone in and killed the colour. Australian sapphires shift between green and blue depending on light. Enclose the edges and that movement disappears.
We kept the protective intention and opened the structure. Two platinum bands sweep past each other and cradle the stone from either side, creating the hold of a bezel without closing the face.
The stone sits low into the form. The setting is secure without contact on the crown, which keeps the face open to light.
The sapphire reads green in shade and shifts toward blue in direct light. The open structure is what allows that.
