Jewelry by Design - San Diego (CA)

5 /5 Lena Derkrikorian: I was so impressed by Mark and am so grateful for his expertise creating a custom ring. I had a ring that was left to me by my mom, and wanted to use it as a base to create something that incorporated the birthstones of my husband, our kids, and me. Mark had an amazing selection of stones to choose from, assessed how he could incorporate some of the diamonds my mom had, sat with us discussing the design, and created something amazing. He also helped resize the ring about a year later to ensure it was still perfect (free of charge!). I highly recommend Mark for all your custom jewelry needs!

5 /5 baylor rutherford: I came here for my wifes wedding ring, and we couldnt have asked for a better jeweler. We had general ideas in mind (emeralds making a sort of flower petal shape, diamonds on the band, heart shapes you could see through, and a mirrored version for symmetry). Mark drew up several designs based on our descriptions, until we landed on something we really liked. He borrowed (and cleaned) the engagement ring to fit a handmade model of our design to it. Mark was able to make a couple rounds of edits to the model to really make it perfect. He gave us our official quote and asked for a pretty reasonable deposit as he needed to order a few more triangular emeralds. After a couple weeks, Mark showed us one ring of the set, and mentioned that the emeralds ordered were nicer than what he had on hand. So, he had gone ahead and ordered a few more of that quality to make sure it matched and didnt raise the quote despite the increase in production costs. He completed the set, and we are 100% satisfied. Its held up phenomenally over the past nine months, and my wife gets tons of compliments on it. If we ever wanted to create another piece of jewelry, we would definitely come back. Thanks Mark!

5 /5 Rachel Miller: Mark was amazing to work with! He was very patient and took time collaborating with me to create a unique design for a family heirloom. He listened carefully and helped to realize an artistic and technically well crafted design based on mere glimpses of ideas that I had combined with his design expertise and experience. The final product is beautiful and I am delighted to showcase it to family and friends!

5 /5 isimpkins4: Where do I begin? I could not be happier with my experience! Mark is truly a master of his craft. Extremely professional, very responsive, transparent, and will make sure that you maximize the bang for your buck. I initially visited several of the high end chain stores to purchase my now fiances engagement ring. In retrospect, I am very happy I didnt. Mark provides a best in class personalized experience to suit your needs. Your dollar will go much further with Mark. He handled everything - partnering with me to design the ring, sourcing extremely high quality stones, and crafting the end product. The result speaks for itself :) the pictures do not do it justice. He has crafted us the most incredible ring that I have ever seen. I could not be happier with my experience. The whole process took less than a month. I will be going to mark for all of my future Jewelry needs. Thank you Mark and I look forward to doing business again with you soon! PS: She said yes!

5 /5 Olivia Clark: For my 30th birthday, I decided I wanted to gift myself an heirloom-quality ring made with some old mine cut diamonds I already owned. I love vintage/antique jewelry and explained to Mark that I was looking for an Edwardian-style ring with pearls and diamonds. In the first session, we took about 1.5hrs to discuss what I wanted while he sketched out several different possible designs until we landed on one I loved. The next step was creating the cast mold, and he had me come in to try it on and see how I liked the design in 3D so that we could make adjustments if something wasnt feeling right. Mark was extremely communicative and responsive throughout the entire process. The end result is incredible. Mark is truly an artist and expert craftsman. The ring is exactly what I wanted and its incredibly well-made. This piece is something I am going to be passing down as an heirloom in the future - so much thought, detail, and hard work was put into it and it shows. Thank you Mark, for your expertise and being so easy to work with!