What are the most common ring sizes?
I've just been making my first attempts at pmc rings - using my own handmade fine silver ring liners. It has all worked out surprisingly well! I am wearing 2 as I type this - one 'retro' geometric and one girlie flowery - and I have another two drying off prior to firing. I was just wondering what sizes of ring are most common in the big wide world so that I could make a few examples in sizes that might fit somebody!! I have the hands of a blacksmith:D and so wear an R on my 'thin' days and an S the rest of the time!! But I'm sure I'm not normal....in oh so many ways!!! So, what size are you?? And if you make rings what has been the most common size in your experience?
What's the verdict on my new rings - size R!!
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Sorry to go a bit off thread but I have done 15 posts now so think I am entitled to add stuff.:o (If I can work out how to do it!!) I have just got these 2 rings on the left - the knuckle duster-ette and the lunar craters - out of the kiln and given them a quick brush...I am so pleased with how they are shaping up!!...yes I know you can see a bit of a ding in the one on the left...I obviously rushed the filing of the naf fusing join...but they are only experiments - made to fit my FAT fingers!!...and I am just so happy!!:) The other 2 - the tiny flowers and the 'retro' - have been in the tumbler for a couple of hours but I couldn't wait to get them on after I made them and I have worn them since Sunday morning so they are not really shiny enough yet. I will wear them 24/7 for a couple of weeks to test the durability of the product and then I will make some (rather neater ones in sizes N and O!! - thanks Nic!) for my website...what do you think??
Barbara
Hmmm - you've got me there....!!
Thanks Alexandra! Hmmmmmm.....the age old question isn't it? I was thinking in the region of £35-£45 but I've not really done any research yet. (This is my very new project and I didn't expect them to work out so well at first attempt!!):) But that would certainly cover my overheads, materials and give me a good hourly rate...but how far can I go??? In the local area I think I would be pushing my luck to go over £35 so I would have to figure a discount deal for my parties (thanks for the idea Nic!)...as for the website....well, what do you think???:o
That's why I choose to work with fine silver...
HA! That would be one hell of a discount, Alexandra ....Sorry!!...and that is just the sort of comment I get from people round here too!!
Well, it took me about 20 minutes to cut, shape and fuse 4 ring liners from a strip of fine silver metal....plus a bit of inefficient filing!!!:o...should have added another couple of minutes to that but I was just soooo keen to get started!! I then worked on 2 rings in tandem - working on one while the other was drying enough to go back to work on. I am still very much a novice with pmc as I got distracted with fusing siver chains about 18 months ago!! so I am rather 'fingers and thumbs' at the moment but it took about an hour to have them both done and drying ready to fire. That's what I love about fine silver work - and pmc - it is all so clean and quick!! I don't have horrible firescale to pickle off and I don't have to wait between opperations before I can move on...I love it...love it...LOVE IT!!!!!
By the way - add me to the ranks that are pressurising you to get your ears done!! It is a drag for the first few weeks but then you have a lifetime of wearing beautiful things to look forward to!
Barbara
Poetic phrase is not my line!!
I've no idea - I'm hopeless at catchy descriptions! Somehow I think anything with craters in the title will crash and burn!! Feel free to offer suggestions!!;):o
I still want to know your ring size fellow forum folk!
Thanks Julie. I've nearly finished the piece of fine silver sheet I bought to 'play' with - and as it all seems to have gone so well I am trying to decide how much to buy for the next order. The fact that you all seem to like the finished rings has been very encouraging (and my daughter has just ordered one of the 'eclipse' rings (thank you Nic!!) so I think I can invest more than a fiver on it!!!:D
I am still interested to hear other people's ring size though.....so please keep adding to my Ring Size Database!!
bigger finger sizes are in...
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A finger IN every pie or a pie ON every finger??
Wow, thanks ben b...that was really interesting - and useful. I'll get all that information stored away somewhere for future reference. I am concentrating on women's jewellery for starters - but there is no reason why I shouldn't move on to men later..The thought of a man's ring potentially being made on a bangle mandrel is a little scary though...note to self - don't attend any Midlands Night Clubs!!=:-O Mind you - if any Midlands lasses are reading this I don't fancy your chances either:-D!!
Barbara
...but fine silver rings are DELICATE!!!
Thanks for your nice comment on my rings! It was my first foray into pmc rings with ring liners and so I was pretty happy with it as a starting point!.. This can only improve the more I make. It would be perfect if I could make adjustable ones - but with them being made from fine silver they are not strong enough to maintain their shape without being made from a complete circle. Making a liner from pure silver sheet metal also helps to make them a bit stronger than if they were made from pmc alone. I have been wearing 3 of these rings now (24/7) since I made them...that includes digging up the raspberry patch in my garden and sawing and planing a coulple of bits of wood (I don't respect my jewellery much...but it sure gives my pratice pieces a hell of a test drive!!). Surprisingly they hardly have a mark on them and have maintained their circular shape so I am really pleased....not that I would suggest to a customer that fine silver jewellery should be treated in such a way!! =:-O. [-X
As experiments go I think it has been very successful...and I have got so much information from everybody!...thanks!...you are a wonderful lot!! [[]]
Barbara