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.
