Award winning designer Mark Schneider specializes in contemporary designs. His jewelry creations are known for their simplicity and clean, fluid lines. Mark uses unusual gemstones and diamonds to create his distinct designs. Mark's philosophy of jewelry is to create designs as wearable art.
Feb 03 2012
Mark has been working on some new designs incorporating fire opals and diamond slices
(a thin slice of a diamond, without the usual facets, with a rose cut top).
He chose to pair these two stones together because they are both unusual and
different, freeform and raw, with colors that complement each other.
Check out his sketches for pendants, earrings and rings.
Here is one of the finished rings!
Tell us what you think!
Jan 27 2012
Regina King, film and television actress famous for her roles in Southland, Ray, Miss Congeniality 2, and Jerry Maguire, recently posed for a photoshoot wearing selected AGTA Spectrum Award Winning jewelry. Among the chosen pieces chosen were Mark's Platinum Tahitian Pearl earrings with black and white diamonds! The picture has been displayed in several impressive areas including Times Square and Las Vegas!
Check out the pictures below to see the earrings up close and the
view from Times Square and the Las Vegas Strip.
Jan 18 2012
If you've been following our blog for the past few weeks, you have seen the progress
on an amazing piece that we've been calling the Chair Ring.
This week, we have some more images for you. First, the raw casting.
And, what you've all been waiting for...
The final product!
Jan 14 2012
As a follow-up from last week's sketch, here are some images of the wax for the Chair Ring.
The wax went through several stages, with many subtle changes made.
Wax 1: You will notice that the chair has no feet. It also has a hinge to make the top portion able to rotate.
Wax 2: The hinge is still present, but feet have been added.
Wax 3: The hinge has been removed to make the top portion stationary. More detail has been added to the feet and there is a lower gallery.
Check back in next week to see the casting and final product!
Jan 07 2012
Mark was recently presented with the challenge of creating a custom ring for a customer. Here are her words about what she was looking for and why she felt that Mark was the perfect person to make it happen.
"I met Mark at my local jewelry store when he was visiting and I felt a connection to him right away. We have many things in common, the love of nature, architecture and furniture, especially chairs. My husband & I were re-doing our wills and I realized that I did not have any family left to leave my things to, that no one would appreciate them and sitting in a safe, I wasn't appreciating them either. So, I had a bunch of stones from various pieces that were handed down with which to make a ring. I wanted something unique and knew Mark was the one who could take all the things I saw in my head and put them together in an actual product. (He has such a gift for this!) I was inspired by medieval chairs that I saw in a furniture book and he was able to take all the things I liked, find a place for all of my stones and still make me a work of art. I wanted a conversation piece on my hand and a chair that could stand upright in my curio case as a piece of art. I'm so excited!"
Using customer's stones to creatue unique pieces of jewelry that can function as art pieces is one of the most interesting aspects of working with Mark everyday. Above is his original sketch for what we will refer to as "the chair ring." Check back next week to see the progression of this spectacular piece.
Dec 23 2011
Here is a sneak peek at Mark's 2012 New Bridal Collection
Breathtaking
Whirlwind
Captivate
Fire
Surge
Let us know what you think!
And keep checking back - there is plenty more new bridal coming your way...
Dec 16 2011
Engagement 101 Magazine has featured Mark's Vestige gents ring as one of their
Top 10 Men Wedding Bands of 2011!
Check out this link and let us know what you think!
http://www.yourengagement101.com/rings/2011/12/top-10-men-wedding-bands-of-2011/
Dec 09 2011
This week we have not one, but THREE beautiful stories to share with you.
We at Mark Schneider are proud and privileged to have been part of Matthew's recent engagement to his High School Sweetheart, Maryanne. Matthew's magical moment took place when he asked Maryanne to marry him after a family dinner in front of both of their parents. Matthew is a Marine and will be deployed to Afghanistan in February 2011. Thank you for serving our country, Matthew, and all the best for a wonderful future to you and Maryanne. Maryanne is happily wearing our Amore design.
Laura and Reuben met while ice skating at Paramount Ice Skating Rink and got married 10/17/52, soon after Reuben graduated from USC with a degree in music education. After retirement, they opened a bed & breakfast in the home that belonged to the first mayor of long beach – “The Lord Mayor’s Inn.” Reuben spent 23 years as head counselor of at Lakewood High School and Laura was an RN with Long Beach Unified School District. After 59 years of marital bliss, they are still shopping at Schneider’s and are wonderful customers. The secret to a long, happy marriage, according to Laura, is “enjoying each day as companions.”
We'd also like to share this beautiful note and pictures we received from Amanda & Christopher after their wedding.
“To Mark and ‘team’ – Thanks so much for our exquisite custom Kismet ring! You have been the CENTER of our proposal story and everyone is so surprised and in awe to hear how very personal you are. From Day 1, our experience with Mark Schneider Design has been a fairy tale and we are so very thankful to have such an amazing story to tell. Not only do we have an amazing ring to last a lifetime, but we have a fantastic memory as well! Thank you, again, for a detailed, superb ring and for a great experience. We thought we’d add a few pictures so you can know whose lives you’ve touched.”
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Dec 02 2011
Our Luxury Engagement ring has been featured on Brides.com in their
"Over the Top Engagement Rings" feature.
Check out the link below and let us know what you think!
Nov 25 2011
Check out these custom wedding bands that Mark designed for a customer at Conti Jewelers in New York!
Let us know what you think!
Nov 18 2011
Jewelrista.com named Mark one of the Top 10 American Jewelry Designers!
We are thrilled and so honored for the recognition. Here is the blurb:
8. Mark Schneider
Mark Schneider is known for his simple and clean designs. He started a gemstone collection when he was in high school, and it led to a love for jewelry and jewelry design. He is also a third generation jeweler, so it runs in the family.
Check out the link below to read the full article.
Congratulations to the other designers on the list as well!
Nov 11 2011
Mark recently traveled to see the All That Glitters exhibit at the San Diego Natural History Museum,
where two of his award winning rings are on display.
Check out the photos below and let us know what you think!
Nov 04 2011
We have even more amazing news to share! Mark won not one, but FOUR 2012 AGTA Spectrum Awards!
Men's Wear - First Place for his Platinum engraved gents ring with 0.59ctw channel-set Ruby melee and 0.115ctw yellow diamonds.
Nov 01 2011
We're super excited to share this video that was aired on NBC 3 in Las Vegas of Brad proposing to Lori
with our Alluring engagement ring after returning from Afghanistan.
Let us know what you think!
And we'd love to share your proposal story too - please send them to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Oct 28 2011
We are excited to announce that Mark won first place for the Men's category in the 2012 AGTA Spectrum Awards! We are thrilled and tremendously honored for the recognition of Mark's cutting-edge designs and the dedication of our master jewelers to producing beautiful pieces of jewelry. This brings Mark’s total to 29 Spectrum Award wins! Let’s congratulate him!
Oct 21 2011
Mark recently hosted a Gemstone Round Table with award winning gemstone cutter Stephen Avery. A select group of individuals were invited to participate, view and purchase extraordinary, one of a kind gemstones. During the presentation, they were encouraged to ask questions and Avery gave an exhilarating account of his travels buying unusual gemstones and the process by which he achieves his fiery cuts. Mark was inspired to purchase several stones, which he plans to use to create new designs to showcase Avery’s incredible technique and creativity.
What do you think of Stephen Avery's stunning creations?
Oct 14 2011
While Mark Schneider Design is most prevalently known for our beautiful bridal designs and Mark's one of a kind color pieces, we are always very honored when a customer asks us to create a custom piece, especially when it is accompanied by a touching story.
Mark recently designed this rose gold ring for a customer at Jewelry Emporium, Jodi, who now wears it to carry her daughter Alexa and late son Patrick with her wherever she goes. After Patrick passed away in May 2010, Jodi started working with the Alpha Project, a residential treatment program for young, opiate dependent men. Her goal is to help others overcome their addiction.
We want to thank Jodi for sharing her story and involving us in honoring Patrick's memory.
Please follow the production of this ring below - from sketch, to wax, to final product.
Oct 07 2011
Mark has recently designed several new one-of-a-kind color pieces that we would like to share with you. Check out the sketches and finished products!
Carnelian Drusy Pendant
Agate Pendant
Agate Pendant
Agate Pendant
Agate Earrings
Agate Earrings
Agate Ring
And this is just a few! We have plenty more to share with you soon, so keep checking back!
We'd love to hear your comments, so please let us know what you think.
Sep 30 2011
We have received a flood of engagement stories lately and are anxious to share each one with you. Thanks to Randi for the following story and pictures! Congratulations!
"How blessed am I to be engaged to my best friend! My now fiancé, Ryan, proposed on August 12 after a sixteen hour car ride! He’d just graduated from Army helicopter flight school the day before, and our time together was limited before he deployed for Iraq. We had arrived at his parents’ home in Iowa, and decided to go for a walk after the long car ride. He dropped to one knee in a wooded campsite, and asked me to marry him. For the first time in my life, I was completely and utterly speechless! I finally managed multiple very loud and extremely happy “YES” then looked at the ring, only to be amazed at the perfect ring he’d chosen, 'Fawn.' After pondering what makes this ring so ideal, I’ve come to realize that it embodies the things I love most. It resembles the leaves of nature, the fire that cooks the most tasty s’mores, and most dear to me, Ryan’s Aviator wings. So no matter how far away the Army takes him, I’m always reminded that he’s still mine, and will always come home to me. A huge thanks to Mark Schneider for the design of the most beautiful representation of our love, and to the always helpful Dipti for being ever so communicative and kind!"
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Sep 23 2011
Take a look at this stunning Citrine Pendant, fresh out of the shop! Mark designed this at a trunk show for a customer at Conti Jewelers in NY.
Please tell us what you think!