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Author Archives: Brian Gavin
Feb
15
2010
Introducing the "Novela" Matching Diamond Band by Brian Gavin…
With the tremendous popularity of the Novela Engagement Ring over the past few months, I knew it was only a matter of time before we would start getting orders for the Novela matching band. We have created the matching band and feature it here today. Just like the Novela it only comes in platinum and [...]
Jan
26
2010
BrianGavinDiamonds.com Goes Live!!
We are excited to announce that after months of programming, creating, photographing, writing and discussing, our website is now LIVE!!! It is a work in progress but we felt that we were ready enough to launch and will add to it as we go along.
We would like to thank so many of our dear customers [...]
Jan
11
2010
Another Successful Diamond Recut Project by Brian Gavin…
A few months ago we received an e-mail from a longtime customer whose mother had dropped her ring and the diamond was chipped. She asked us if I could take a look at it and see if I could salvage it for her. On receiving it, I did my usual workup on the diamond and [...]
Nov
25
2009
Happy Thanksgiving from Brian Gavin Diamonds…
Lesley and the BGD team join me in thanking all of you, our wonderful customers and prospective customers, for the genuine interest and great support that you have given us over this past year. Without you all, we would not be the successful, growing company that we are today. We look forward to continuing to [...]
Nov
16
2009
Brian Gavin Diamond's Jewelry Workshop Rocks!…
Our jewelers are working around the clock to make sure that we deliver all the beautiful pieces we are working on in a timely fashion. As things heat up for the season, many of our customers have been asking for a sneak peek of what is going on behind the scenes in the jewelry workshop [...]
Sep
10
2009
Early Influences on Brian Gavin’s Artistic and Creative Talent…
Growing up in a family where my late mother Femma was a well known South African artist, and my father Ben was a jazz musician and renowned diamond cutter, I was exposed to an inordinate amount of visual and musical stimulation, not to mention the constant discussions about the current trends in the diamond market.
When [...]
Aug
18
2009
Brian Gavin's Son Jumps Off the Bloukrans Bridge – the Highest Bridge in the World – 709 feet high
My youngest son, Avraham, who is 16 and who we affectionately call Avrami, spent his summer in South Africa participating in an incredible learning and outdoors experience. He called one day to ask me to give him permission to go bungee jumping off the world's highestest commercial bungee bridge at Bloukrans in the Cape Province. [...]
Aug
03
2009
Brian Gavin Diamonds Creates Signature Diamond Engagement Ring for Hot Air Balloon Proposal…
At the beginning of July we were very pleased to receive a call from the boyfriend of a young lady who I had worked closely with in 2007 and most of 2008. They had been dating for a while and he knew that she would only be satisfied with a Brian Gavin Signature diamond. I [...]
Jul
26
2009
Brian Gavin Diamonds Creates Magnificent Aquamarine and Diamond Heirloom “Mother’s” Ring…
At the end of May we were e-mailed by a customer interested in having us create her heirloom “Mother’s” Ring. She had an 8mm asscher cut aquamarine and 6 round brilliant diamonds that she wanted to ship to us to use in the ring. She had approached many different jewelers and companies and they had [...]
Jul
17
2009
Brian Gavin Creates the “Peggy” Platinum and Diamond Pave Trellis Solitaire Engagement Ring…
At the end of May I blogged about several projects that we had been working on and featured a ring that I labeled the N.L. ring, which were the customer’s initials. The customer essentially told us how he wanted the ring to look, and sent us several inspiration pictures for ideas. He was really pleased [...]