Two Very Different Rings.

[Dennis]

The first is a result of my staring at jewellery on buses. It will get me into trouble one day. It has a woven mount made from very thin sterling strips, backed by textured metal and framed.

There is a bezel set 8.00mm turquoise.

With rather a lot going on, I did not use my usual adjustable ring shank, but kept it very plain. At the back there are two little strips of D-shaped wire to cut between, should it need to be adjustable in future.

Strips for weaving: 2.20mm wide x 0.35 thick. Metal for shank: 1.10mm Thick.

The second is a thumb ring for a young man, using two strips of metal, sweated together. The background was roll textured with coarse fabric, while the top layer was textured with paper and pierced with a series of triangles, joined at their bases, six in all.

After forming the ring and soldering the join, I applied Noirit to the background with a brush, drilled the triangles and flush set some 2.0mm black diamonds.

Layers of silver: 1.10mm thick for the background. 0.80mm thick for the triangles.
Width of ring; 7.00mm

A very happy Christmas to the staff at Cooksons our super moderator and all our members. Dennis.