I'm going to need more fingers...
...or longer fingers as the ones where the bands are etched are stackers and I've already got about six that I can mix and match with.
I've been wanting to try a domed setting for a while, and as usual procrastinated my way out of doing things for far too long. On Sunday I finally bit the bullet and had a go and I'm happy to say I didn't mess it up. The keshi pearl is a bead and IRL you can still see one of the holes as I didn't manage to push the fine silver up enough to cover it. But you really have to look to see it so I'm just happy with my new ring. And I'll definitely be playing with this style of setting again.
The etching was done with my favourite technique of using nail varnish and nail art plates, and the moon shape is the last of my bits of scrap melted and bashed with a hammer. This one was almost moon shaped so I persuaded it into shape with bits from my cheapo flex shaft (the orange and blue ones) and it now sits quite nicely alongside a large ring I had made for me about 20 years ago that no other ring has looked well next to.
Everything has had a coat of gold plating but the combination of indoor lighting and my terrible phone photography doesn't really show it up. The beauty of that though is that I can add more and buff it off the high spots when needed.
I think that I'm getting into the groove of my "style" - a friend has described it as, "the grave goods of a woman of high rank", which I quite like.
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Originally Posted by NickD
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