Had some more fun with tubing today. It’s kinda 70’s monumental minimalism meets your hand. I can imagine a hospital somewhere commissioned a sculpture like this for the lawn.
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Ring-A-Day: Tubes and Cubes Ring
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Ring-A-Day: Tube Ring
Cut some tubing and wedged it into a frame. I really like how it turned out. Sort of like cloisonne or filigree, but with geometric shapes.
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Ring-A-Day: Split Shank With 3 Gems
I am reading about gems and how they were incorporated into rings in Rome. Accordingly, I’m learning to set and design with stones. It’s a lot harder than it looks. When you see them in a jewelry case, they’re neat and orderly. Your eye can pick up a hairs’ width difference if everything is not perfect.
The prongs on the left are forward by a tenth of a millimeter, and yet you can clearly see it in this macro image. Practice, practice, practice.
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Ring-A-Day: Double Band With 5 Gems
Went traditional today. Put two half-round bands together and added 5 crown prong settings.
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Ring-A-Day: Hammered Sterling Rings
Have a pill box of sprues from all my castings. Took a bunch of them and balled them up with the torch. Made four giant jump rings and hammered them out. Added the balls between the rings and here it is.
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