137/365 model magic

sterling silver and model magic

136/365 hollow form challenge

There was another group challenge for May 16 to make a hollow form ring that included a stone. I tried to make mine for about 4 hours and finally ran out of both patience and time. When it came to attaching the side panels my puny butane torches wouldn't heat the metal sufficiently, even double-fisted. This is my first design, I tried to make a different, smaller one as well. The rings made by the other participants are gorgeous, I hope to post them when I have time, but they are all on flickr in the Ring a Day group, search for hollow.

130-135/365 model magic

I have been super-busy lately, making rings is hard and making the time to photograph is even more difficult. These are made from crayola model magic.

129/365 yurman and hardy

"Yardy rings, a collaboration by two of the most unoriginal, exploitive, and successful jewelry designers of our century. Made in India and Indonesia for the benefit of the American economy."

I took focal points from David Yurman's rings and put them on John Hardy's shanks. The logo is made up as well and has elements from each.

128/365 water retention

morning bloat ring

124-127/365 more silver

I have been really busy this week, almost caught up with my rings.

I'm still working on simple designs I that I can recreate in gold.

sterling silver

121-123/365 silver and stones

The plain circle was going to have a 3mm tube set brown zircon added, the tube snapped off while I was setting the stone. The tube with the peridot was soldered too close to the "bezel" frame and I couldn't get the setting tight. Make and learn.

sterling silver, peridot

sterling silver, citrine