{"id":8,"date":"2009-01-06T14:14:21","date_gmt":"2009-01-06T19:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/differentseasons.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/?page_id=3"},"modified":"2012-02-13T13:25:37","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T13:25:37","slug":"the-spider-ring-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/differentseasons\/the-spider-ring-project\/","title":{"rendered":"~The Spider Ring Project~"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n~ Sterling Spiderweb Ring with Detachable Spider~<\/span><\/span>
\nBy Mark Anderson, Jessica Dow and Jessica’s mother Martha Borzoni of Different Seasons Jewelry.<\/span>
\nDifferent Seasons Jewelry is a multi-artist family business. We design, fabricate and do in-house casting of custom and one-of-a-kind jewelry. We also do lapidary arts such as cabochon cutting, gem carving and gem inlay.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

This is one of the most involved casting projects we’ve ever undertaken. Our client Beth Church gave us a design concept sketch (shown below). Martha hand carved the wax model for the spider and Mark adjusted it to fit the ring and the opal he custom cut to fit the spider. Mark hand carved the spiderweb ring and did all of the opal cutting and setting.
\nI was expecting this ring to be bulky and awkward… but Mark did an extraordinary job of making the design remarkably comfortable.<\/span><\/span>
\nThe photos below show the ring progressing through concept sketch & the hand carved wax models to the final finished ring.<\/span><\/span><\/span>Mark designed the ring to make the spider removable. The ring can be worn with or without the spider. This also opens up the possibility of having more matching pieces designed at a later date.<\/span><\/span> $\"Opal$ <\/a> $\"Opal$ <\/a><\/div>\n

Mark used a small hidden screw to attach the spider to the ring. A video of Mark attaching the spider to the ring is available on our YouTube account here~<\/span>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vNlPV_jZQiI<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

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Wax Ring Model in Process. Carving by Mark Anderson.<\/span><\/p>\n

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~Similar opals to the opal Mark used for the spider ring..~<\/span>
\nWax spider model in process… we carved two for our client to choose from.<\/span><\/p>\n

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My mothr Martha is the spider carer in the family… Mark made the entire ring, did all the inlay but my mom hand carved this gorgeous spider…..she’s an extremely talented painter, gem carver and more. I’m VERY lucky to have her on our little family team!<\/p>\n

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Our hand carved spider in wax for casting, molded around the crystal opal inlay..the model had to be precisely carved to fit Mark’s hand cut opal cabochon for inlay.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Spiderweb Opal Inlay Ring being worn without spider.<\/span><\/div>\n

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\nThe ring being worn with the spider attached.<\/span>
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\nBelow are various photos of the finished ring~<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

Mark attached the spider in a manner that allowed the opal underneath to show from a profile view.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Another spider-related piece that I thought I’d add into the blog:) Our carved matrix opal pendant was in a full article in Art Jewelry Magazine.Photo courtesy of Art Jewelry Magazine September 2010 issue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A Hand carved Andamooka Matrix opal spider ready for setting into a pendant, cuff or a large ring. This is the most colorful spider we’ve carved to dae. It has pockets of gem grade opal, making t more valuable than the other spiders. This photo doesn’t do it justice as it’s a bit over-exposed.
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Carving the spider ( an excerpt from the article)<\/strong>
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The pendant from the article and another spider my mother carved for a different project~<\/strong>
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Other hand carved and cast spiders we plan on using for projects such as belt buckles, pendants or even a wild bolo tie!… we’re still not sure. Each spider is a bit different (these are obviously larger than the spider we cast for the ring).
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~ Sterling Spiderweb Ring with Detachable Spider~ By Mark Anderson, Jessica Dow and Jessica’s mother Martha Borzoni of Different Seasons Jewelry. Different Seasons Jewelry is a multi-artist family business. We design, fabricate and do in-house casting of custom and one-of-a-kind jewelry. We also do lapidary arts such as cabochon cutting, gem carving and gem inlay. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/differentseasons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/differentseasons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/differentseasons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/differentseasons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/98"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/differentseasons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/differentseasons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/differentseasons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/differentseasons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}