One of my girlfriends Dawn just got married to an awesome man, Philip and she asked me to make her wedding ring. The cool thing about Dawn is that she is super chill and definitely not a bridezilla. She gave me almost complete creative control. Her only requests were that she wanted some heriloom earrings from her Grandmother incorporated into the design and she wanted a blue center stone that was sustainably sourced.
The earrings were little diamonds with "jackets" consisting of 3 golden leaves. I cut the leaves up into single pieces and began laying out different designs.
Piercing
Soldering the band
The setting pre polish and stone setting.
Here is the finished ring alongside her engagement ring which is a lovely chunky simple gold band. You see I used 2 of the leaves, the 2 diamonds and a gorgeous blue sapphire.
I also made her wedding necklace with 3 of the other leaves and another blue sapphire. She loved them both- Phew! I think there may be more pressure when you have complete artistic control?
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The ring turned out great! The necklace is beautiful and makes a special wedding set.
It's great when you have complete artistic control because things don't come out weird or contrived. I feel less pressure when someone leaves it up to me. It means that they like and trust my style.
Thanks Anne~ I am thrilled you like it as you happen to be one of MY favorite jewelry artists!I totally agree what you said about not having something come out contrived. I think my greatest challenge was having complete control AND having to use the leaves and specific stones. I guess essentially I had 80% artistic control right?
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