Jewels by d’eri
Jewels by D'eri has been designing and repairing jewelry for over 70 years. Ralph Scudieri started it all after immigrating to the once U.S. jewelry capital Providence RI from Foggia, Italy. He trained his son, also Ralph, who became an incredible master designer and jeweler, who trained his son, Michael from an early age. Over the years Michael crafted jewelry for clients like Jones New York, Warner Bros, Express, and east coast charms sensation Alex & Anni.
Today D'eri brings the family brand to a new generation in a new city. Originally, Jewels by D'eri was a thriving upscale costume jewelry design shop whose artwork has stood the test of time. Now our timeless fine jewelry designs can be yours, forged in Seattle from the experience of 3 generations of jewelry craft.
Book an appointment today and let's make something amazing.
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I designed these sterling bands to combine the organic with the tailored appeal of finely tooled high end jewelry. Though the iPhone 3 refused to focus on the silvery, cavernous and buffed twining, I think it still speaks for itself.
This sea turtle series was a blast. Engraving the texture of these pieces took an entire afternoon, but was totally worth it.
Art Deco Beetle - commissioned by Rhode Island based jeweler, Lauren Barham.
This is the wax model I crafted for lost wax, to be cast in pure gold.
this is the piece from the side. Very thin, but still not as flat as the finished model.
This was the image the customer gave me.
And the final piece with the 'tree' still attached. The tree is an impression of the channels of the mold left behind from where the liquid gold is inlet.
The high sheen of this piece gave the iPhone camera a difficulty focusing.
The final thickness, which as I recall hovered around 1.5 millimeters.
Jones New York commissioned me this runway cuff and collar set. It needed to be sleek, clean and petite. I love this under stated but commanding design.
Organic Charms
The desired shelf price vs material vs sheer practicality presented a unique trifecta of challenges. But, then you don't eat an elephant in one bite, right? (I won't lie. I'm not in love with that expression...;)
Ram Goblet Bottom - this piece presented a series of challenges, as the customer supplied the horns from another piece to plug into the cranium. Achieving this required accounting for size/compression variances through a multi material, multi step mold making process involving lost wax in phase 1 and then a further 3 phases of vulcanized rubber molds to arrive at 'production ready'. In the end, it worked out perfectly. Phew! What you see here is the original wax carving I created for the lost wax mold phase.
Image provided by the customer to inspire a ring with a large stone setting.
Art Deco bezel settle
The customer asked to reproduce this piece for a provided rose stone.
Progress shot. This is what is called a gallery setting, where the stone is exposed below the setting.
Another progress shot.
Striated 'Fiber' Chord necklace with pavé stone settings
