Hi i am a raw beginner to the art of jewellery making. i would like to attempt to make a simple celtic ring but cannot find guidence anywhere.
fiona
Hi i am a raw beginner to the art of jewellery making. i would like to attempt to make a simple celtic ring but cannot find guidence anywhere.
fiona
Can you elaborate? I've got some I make where I carved the design in a chunk of steel and then compress silver into the die to give a knotwork pattern. So all (!) you need to do there is learn the use of scorpers, a hydraulic press and basic ring forming...
Hi Fiona,
Theres a vast array of 'celtic' design rings to choose from so you need to elaborate more.
Also I would say that if you are brand new to jewellery making, then no offence but you need to start with more basic designs before moving onto a celtic style design.
Cheers,
Nick
Celtic designs usually involve some saw piercing too as well as engraving
I've got a spoon commission where I've pierced out all the negative space on it.
Got a bit carried away with it...
It might be an idea to source Celtic designs and work out which would best size down to a ring and what kind of work that would involve. Celtic isn't particularly simple but maybe you like a challenge
Basic knotwork's knot too bad. Recreating the Book of Kells - or working in the style of - is slightly more difficult.
If I remember correctly, there is a downloadable tutorial (small fee) somewhere on the lyndsay engraving site that explains how to make your own patterns.
It starts off easy enough at least.
Oh yes, I remember that one. Couldn't find it directly, but it was IIRC Tom Sterling.
http://sterlingsculptures.com/wp/?page_id=1366
Added - found it:
http://www.engravinglessons.com/On-D...0Tutorials.htm
Down the bottom, look for "Celtic" and knot "knot"...
I posted this last night, but apparently forgot to press reply:
https://www.google.co.uk/?gfe_rd=cr&...a+celtic+rings
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