Setting up for our exhibition at Graydon Gallery today with my painter friend Sharon Harper-Greentree
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Ring for Sharon
Just completed this 18ct yellow gold dress ring for a friend with her spare 0.50ct diamond. She had suggested a filagree style,about 10mm wide at the top with a tapered back so I designed this pierced out design, with overlapping loops and some hammered texture. A gold granual sits each side of the white gold bezel.
Having fun with repousse
Begin at the beginning
Well the job box looks a little daunting and so far I have managed to restrain myself from being too distracted and jumping ahead. Jobs 1,2 and 3 are underway…
Picture above shows the two stg.silver belt buckle’s in progress -forming the designs using the repousse’ and chasing techniques.
Above I am setting lilac amethyst cabochons into a pair of 9ct yellow gold and sterling silver drop earrings. The cone shapes will hold drop shape quartz crystals.
How I made Alexander’s wedder – August 2011
This ring was fabricated using old 18ct gold rings given to me by Alex’s mother, including a ring which belonged to Alex’s late father. This gold was melted into an ingot and then rolled to suitable thicknesses to make the outer band with the cut out pattern and the inner sleeve. Next all the off-cuts were again melted into a bar which was then rolled into the square wire which became the outer bands.
Step 1- Work out the design using graph paper- taking into consideration the finger size, thickness of each component and pattern matching
Step 2- Scribe the pattern onto a strip of gold
Step 3- Pierce out the pattern with a jewellers saw then refine with small files and emery paper
Step 4- Form into a ring
Step 5- Make the inner sleeve- stamp with appropriate hallmarking
Step 6- Form the outer square bands
Step 7- Slide the top sections onto the sleeve. This must be a snug fit and the ring size must be correct as this ring cannot be re-sized, then solder into place
Step 8- File, emery then polish.