Tuesday, March 29, 2011

GS: Don't Take Things Too Literally

I had a client that came to me with the idea of a Celtic knot ring. I loved the idea, but refused to just carve a Celtic knot into the shank. It would make the design (1) too obvious and (2) it had the strong possibility of looking dated over time. So I had to come up with a creative solution. And after some thought (and some creative license), I decided that I would fold the Celtic knot in on itself and turn it into the head to hold the stone.



Once we agreed on the design (of basically I told him that he agreed with the design... and he had to trust me, which he did) I went right into building it! First I built the loop prongs...





... And then I forgot to take more photos until I was soldering the shank to the head...



... And then stone setting...


And our finished ring...





The final piece is platinum with a 2 ct diamond cut color change sapphire.

1 comment:

Laura P said...

Beautiful! I love how you stayed within the theme, and yet create something that is timeless and classic.

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