Author Archives: Brian Gavin

Brian Gavin, “Brian The Cutter”, is an internationally recognized diamond expert and the designer/creator of A CUT ABOVE diamonds – the first branded hearts and arrows diamonds to be sold on the internet in 1999. He co-founded Whiteflash in 2000, and was employed as Executive Vice-President from June 2001 – December 2008. He is also well known for his creativity in jewelry design and photographic techniques, and is sought after for his deep knowledge of all aspects of e-commerce in the diamond and jewelry industry.

Aug
16
2010

Magnificent Brian Gavin Custom Rose Gold and Platinum Diamond Ring for Lesley’s Birthday…

Over the past several months I have been dreaming up what I was going to create for Lesley for her birthday which was at the end of July. I knew that she loved both the Serendipity and Elaine’s Reverie, and had hinted more than once how much she would love a right hand ring based [...]
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Apr
30
2010

Website Maintenance This Weekend….

We will be performing website maintenance this weekend, so you may find that we are down intermittently over the weekend. We appreciate everyone's patience  as we perform this necessary task. Have a great weekend! Brian
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Mar
25
2010

Brian Gavin's Son Participates in Google Online Marketing Challenge

A group of four MBA students from the University of Houston C. T. Bauer College of Business has a simple mission: show how much business they can generate with just $200. The limit was set out in Google’s Online Marketing Challenge. The rules of that global contest define a semester-long class for the four, and offer [...]
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Mar
18
2010

Brian Gavin Announces New Diamond Sales Team Members…

I am very pleased to announce that Denise Newberg and Jamie Carson have recently joined our sales team. Both Denise and Jamie trained under us and worked with us previously and many of our customers and readers may remember them. With the launch of our website in January our inquiries have soared and I would [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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