Each design is one-of-a-kind.  I buy stones cut uniquely, combine them with other unusual components, and then hand build the stone setting. I build attachments, sometimes adding cast parts, each part of the process done with traditional european metalsmithing techniques.  I work most frequently in a combination of 14kt yellow gold and sterling, I prefer that color combination.  I also work in colored golds, but am usually able to resist working in platinum.  Quality workmanship and durability are as important as creativity.  My bezel settings demonstrate this, with clean, sleek shapes, perfectly outlining the stone.  I am frequently told that the work is too 'perfect' to be hand made, but then other critics find it too uneven and rustic, you be the judge of that.