This is my ring for September.
The theme was 'Finish It'
This is Rainbow Nova 😊
My first question for this month was what shall I finish???
I had a good look around and I did have two rings that were unfinished, but as they were both really close to being done I decided I wanted to do something that was more of a challenge!
Instead I looked around at the various bits and pieces I had and decided to use up some of these discs to make a stone setting to go onto a ring.
First I played around trying out different designs to go onto a ring band....
...and once I had a bit of an idea I started to refine each disc and turn it into a stone setting using drill bits and stone setting burrs.
This is the design and choice of stones I settled on.
My original plan was to fix the settings directly onto the ring band so I made a wide plain ring....
...then I added a texture and refined the shape up.
Then I had a change of plan!! 😂
I decided to make the stone settings into a separate piece to sit onto the ring band. This was a first for me, a variation on a theme so to speak!! 😉
I've made lots of this type of setting before but I've never made a curved one to fit onto a ring band, normally I make them flat.
I adjusted the ring band so the stone setting would sit with the smaller stones sitting out wider than the band, so my very wide band was now much narrower (and I have a nice heap of ready powdered clay for reconstituting!!😂) .
I was really pleased with the result!
The setting fitted nice and snugly against the ring band.
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Then I set the stones into their settings as they would all be fired in place. They range from 2mm to 5mm. The green stones are nano and the blue are lab sapphires, the rest are CZs.
Super pretty rainbow colours!! 🌈
I've tried various methods of firing rings with stones in and my current favourite method is to sit the ring upright supported loosely by ceramic fibre wool. If you use this method be sure to allow room for the shrinkage so don't pack the centre of the ring with wool. As the ring fires there's a bit of distortion from the weight of the stone setting but it's super easy to correct on a ring mandrel.
I think this one is a keeper!!
My Rainbow Nova is on my finger sparkling away as I type 😉😊
I have to admit I did make this one with me in mind so I added a nice spirally texture around the ring band!!
If you are interested in having a similar ring made for you just let me know!
So we are now 9 rings out of 12 made!!
The year is flying along.
Until next time...
Have Fun!!
