Wedding Set - 14k & Sapphires

14k Gold and Sapphires - Custom Wedding Set

These were made as a Wedding set, with an attempt at a complementary design.

One has finished formal edges with banding, the other is more free form with offset stones.

 

I think the sapphires fit the overall design well. 

 

Construction pictures below: 

 

Basic ring blanks and a gold square wire, I milled all of these with my rolling mill.

 

 

 

this process begins here:

 

 

Basic design layout.

Tape to hold it temporarily.

 

First pass of soldering.

Forming the rings.

Second pass at soldering.

All soldered up tight.

Next, trim to shape.  They need to be parallel.

The little strips I cut off are up above.  All by hand.

Shaping the blanks to become rings.  This is done on a mandrel with a rawhide mallet.  They need to be reheated a few time to get the shape.

Soldering the joint together.  Those little wires are gold solder.

File, sand, file again, shape and polish.

Sapphires selected.

Black dots marking where the sapphires will go.  I use a 17 degree bit to drill out the shape.  The bezel tubes can be bought or shaped using a press and dies.