I dropped in at A’kasha a while ago to ask a quick question about turning a pendant into a ring, and ended up spending an enjoyable hour and a half talking with Steven, who is not only a genuinely good and caring person, but a fantastic and enthusiastic artist as well. On a practical level, I was happy about the surprisingly affordable price of the work I was asking about; on a human level, I was really touched by the extent to which he cares about the people he creates for. I’ve never heard of a jeweler/therapist, but if there were such a thing, Steven would be it, not just for people celebrating happy occasions but for people who need stones reset after a divorce or after a death, in a way that’s more creative than just reshaping a piece into something else; he showed me pictures of pieces that were not just beautiful but full of personal meaning. (He told me some pretty funny stories about post-divorce creations, too!) This is most definitely not a run-of-the-mill jewelry store; this is the place to go if you want something absolutely unique and designed specifically for the inner you.
Pros: an artist, a therapist, and a sweetheart of a guy
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