For those new to the forum, Debbie is my wife and the inspiration for most of my artistry. She came into the shop a couple days ago and looked through the gem jars (several hundred) of the cabochons and faceted stones that are in our collection and my inventory and selected a triangular cabochon of rhodonite. She handed me the stone and asked if I could make a ring for her with the “trillion.” The cabochon is about 7 mm on each side. The basic ring was not a problem, but I did not want to use standard bezel wire to hold this stone in place. I decided to make a circle the diameter of the stone, so there would be a flap on each side. Folding up these flaps would act as the bezel and hold the stone in place.
The ring was fused together in size 7 using 9 gauge half round half hard Sterling Silver wire. The bezel/back combination was pierced from a sheet of 26 gauge Sterling Silver sheet, then filed to a circle. This was soldered to the ring, then the stone placed and the flaps bent up using my homemade bezel pusher. If you click on the thumbnails you can see a large picture. The lighting makes the metal look yellowish.
John
John Rasmussen
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