I really love it when clients come to me with custom orders. They get me out of my box and usually challenge me to find new and innovative ways of doing things.
A client recently contacted me via social media and asked me if I could make a replica or something close to this:
What? As you can see the picture is very grainy and I really had no idea what I was dealing with. He went on to explain that this is a ring that Princess Leia is seen wearing in The Force Awakens.
Really? I know I sure didn’t notice it. But some quick googling yielded this:
So I sat down to figure out the structure of the ring. I seemed like it was made with one piece of metal that was twisted around itself with two bezels soldered on to set the stones.
However my client requested an open ring band which would make this continuous design impossible. So I sat down at my desk and drew out a design in three pieces, the ring, and the two interlocking parts at the top.
I chose blue sandstone instead of lapis for the stones because just look:
They look like outer space! Blue sandstone is a wonderful, sparkly stone with so much dimension that I thought it would be perfect for a ring like this.
Finally I set out to shape, hammer and solder some 14 gauge jeweler’s brass. I have to say it took me longer than I expected, mostly because I had to make the pieces fit together and be symmetrical.
But once it was finished and polished up, I delivered this to the happy client!
I’m pretty happy with how it came out. Of course the picture doesn’t do it justice, you can’t see the beauty of the stones for one. But my client was super happy and he’ll be delivering it to its intended recipient shortly. I hope she likes it!
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