Making New Rings

I'm starting to make a new group of rings. Different stones demand very different settings. They will all be in silver but sometimes the silver will be very highly polished, sometimes subtle and sometimes dark.

I haven't made any decision about these three stones. They are beautiful in very different ways and they will take a fair amount of design thinking.

This is Medicine Bow plume and is unusual in it's subtle patterning. I would be interesting to reflect that in the setting design.

This is a lovely freshwater pearl with exquisite colors in the pearl that will change in different lights. Possible dark silver to set it off but maybe not.

This is druze and zoasite. The crystals are even more brilliant in life. I might add a small red stone to the setting to emphasize the red zoasite.

These are all just thoughts. What really happens, especially with rings, is that the design seriously starts to develop when I work on the wax. Often it is the design I had in mind when I started, and often I get marvelous surprises.

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