The Dillon Rose Journal

  • An Agricultural Love Story

    · By Rachel Dazey

    How agriculture, and a couple belt buckles for Prairie Creek Farm, influences our creation of fine jewelry and our impact on the natural world.
  • Rings as Talismans

    · By Rachel Dazey

    Rings are talismans that can shape your perspective. When designing these talismans I keep 3 things in mind - structure, aesthetic and story. The story for an engagement ring will be different than the story for an heirloom necklace made with your grandmother's jewels. 
  • Dillon Rose X Cult Love Capsule Collection

    · By Rachel Dazey

    Creative collaboration fuels imagination. Designing and making jewelry is our passion and fashion at large plays a role in that. The collaborative group Cult Love has been activating the street fashion and DIY scene in Tulsa for years. This project was quite frankly, just a fun way to work together. Natty Gray, co-founder and artist in Cult Love, is a good friend of ours and designed a few one of a kind pieces as well as a limited run of T-shirts, briefs and socks.  Cult Love Natty took images of some our favorite projects over the years as well as our logo in...

  • Custom Jewelry Design Highlight: Opal Pendant

    · By Rachel Dazey

    When working with one-of-a-kind stones, the stone always influences the final design. Sometimes it's a pattern or creature I see within the gem that inspires the design, sometimes it's the way it's been cut or carved by the lapidarist. Many opals like this one call to mind galaxies and landscapes, worlds ripe for imagination.  I used one of our featured opals of 2023's Opal Showcase to design this 18K yellow gold pendant for a client. Open space above the stone leaves room for the imagination to continue, the galaxy to expand. Two little diamonds, set on the edge of the brown wave...

  • Opal Showcase 2024

    · By Rachel Dazey

    I was 18 years old on a cross country motorcycle trip when Seth Dillon, my past and current crush, recommended I stop at his uncle's place in Illinois. He said his uncle Keith liked motorcycles and rocks so we'd probably get along. I had a little fishing tackle box of jewelry-making supplies and a tiny case of jewelry I was selling strapped to the back of the bike as I pulled into his uncle's driveway. He helped me change the oil on my Honda Rebel 450 and then invited me in for dinner with his lovely wife and a tour...

  • Riverbend Arts District and Tour

    · By Dillon Rose

    We have long referred to our studio on Charles Page Boulevard as a "hidden gem." We are less than a mile from downtown Tulsa, in a mostly industrial area that people aren't used to traveling through and certainly don't associate with luxury or fine art. Over the past 7 years here we have noticed more and more creatives taking over the industrial buildings and creating studios.  The zoning is friendly to artists for live / work space and real estate is more affordable. As more creatives and entrepreneurs have moved into this area, we have become the grassroots arts district that Tulsa lacked, but without recognition or awareness...