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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 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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These are some more of the new rings for Wiscon.



They are tourmilated quartz, opal mosaic and gold druze crystal in sterling silver.

Right now I'm final polishing some of the earrings an starting to put chains on pendants.

(My cat is trying very hard to add to this post and so far not succeeding.) Also will be polishing some of my patined bronze.

The base that will turn one of my pendants into a sculpture when it's not being worn looks like it will work really well, but it still needs final fitting.

I'm starting to think about how some of the shadow photos I've been taking would work (transformed of course) as jewelry designs.
Back to work.