saturated....

Well...... as it turned out I was being 'a bit' over enthusiastic about the amount of work I would get done this week and the amount of those luscious stones I would use.....  Monday night saw a major panic episode when I realized how 'blah' I felt about the work I had planned for the week......  I had one custom order to make for my lovely friend 'L'.  She wanted a sapphire ring made for Christmas and I decided to work on that and see how it goes.....

When I had ordered the sapphire for 'L' I also ordered a canary yellow sapphire and dark grass green sapphire to 'play' with.  I made the ring and was delighted by the finished product...... (actually I was beyond delighted and puffed up with pride when I gave it to her over coffee!)  So Thursday saw me sitting down at the bench with the ring design still itching at my brain..... So out came the other two stones and I made rings with those aswell......

Now before I show them to you I want to say a few things if I may? :-).....


1....I know that the market for this 'type' of ring is saturated on Etsy at the moment.  So the chances for actually selling rings like this regularly is probably not that high.  The market has already been cornered by a couple of sellers.... but...... the simple lines and the  'prettiness' of them made them a joy to work on....

2....None of the parts of the rings were bought already made.....  each ring was made from scratch from sheet silver and wire.  They were hammered, sawn, measured with a digital calipers, soldered, filed and polished by hand....... EVERY SINGLE PART!

3...... they were not cast, or carved in wax and then cast.... each was made individually and painstakingly by hand.

4.......they are not spoken for and would make a couple of ladies VERY happy this holiday season ;-)...

A canary Yellow Sapphire and a Grass Green Sapphire, both set in silver!

I love 'em........... seriously!

How pretty are the colours of these stones?

Made entirely from scratch from sheet silver, wire and tools that have been used for centuries.........

for a piece of jewellery that will last a lifetime, and be cherished forever......

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a bit of fire and a lot of love and care.....

 

nice clean lines with my initials stamped inside to remind the wearer that they were artisan made....... by a person, and NOT mass produced in an anonymous factory........

what do you my lovely friends think of them?      'Sweet'   or   'Meh............'

Personally I am in loooooove.