Setting up for a client this morning.\u00a0 He’ll be in a half hour from now, and after working with him on design, center stone purchase and smaller diamonds to go in the ring he’s making, we’ll get going.<\/p>\n
He’ll be making a 18K PD white gold engagement ring, with my supervision.\u00a0 This ring will be alloyed out of pure gold and 950 PD, and melted in a crucible.\u00a0 My client will pour his own ingot, roll that ingot out in my Durston D2 mill, and continue on until we finish the ring later today.<\/p>\n
All stones will be set after the workshop today, as we will be happy just to get the basic ring completed today.<\/p>\n
My clients yesterday, although originally wanting to make each others rings in 18K yellow, they decided, as we began to weigh up their gold and alloy, that they’d prefer rose gold instead.\u00a0 We changed the alloy, and proceeded to melt each of their pre-weighed amounts of metal to make 2 rose gold bands.\u00a0 The rings came out great, and each gave me a huge hug after the workshop.\u00a0 Their rings will be hand engraved on the outside with the words, “love, adventure, contribution” and have a few chocolate colored diamonds and garnets burnished into the ring, as well.\u00a0 I’ll take photos when they’re done.<\/p>\n
Maybe a day off someday in the future?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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