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Notes on stones, hands, weddings and the slow business of making something that will outlast us.
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The rivière, and how to wear it before dark
An argument for daylight diamonds, made in three photographs.
Trousseau, reconsidered
Why the modern bride commissions fewer pieces — and keeps them far longer.
Why we still draw in gouache
Renders flatter everything. Paint tells the truth about weight and fall.
The ledger of 1952
Eleven stones, one loupe, and a handwriting we still recognise.
Eleven stones an hour
Inside micro-pavé, the slowest hour in the atelier.
Polki, and the light before electricity
How uncut diamonds were designed for candle-light — and still prefer it.