Tried a European style shank in silver. The idea being that the bottom corners prevent the shank from spinning. My wedding ring is similarly shaped, and it’s upside down or sideways all the time. Whether or not it actually solves the problem, I like the style.
The simplicity of this ring is demanding. There’s no hiding mistakes in shape or polish. I love this kind of challenge.
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Lots of orders give me little time to do creative work, but I squeezed this one in. Thanks for all your holiday shopping everyone!
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Crunch, munch, munch. Forget about all those other clubs and affiliations you have. There is only loyalty to the pretzel!
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Wow. Learned a valuable lesson today.
I’ve been carving this ring a few minutes a day for about a week. I found the cute little piece of double cube pyrite last week and wanted to make a silver setting for it. It’s a size 12 so there’s lots of rock and metal.
So what do you think I did after a week of working on this? I crushed the rock. It was almost perfect, but the prong was just a little crooked. Squeeze a little bit more and POP!
Today’s lesson: The gem is the most important thing. You can melt down metal and start over, but you can’t melt down a gem and start over.
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The first stamped 451° ring in copper was so popular that I had to make one cast in sterling silver for Montag.
It’s available for purchase here.
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