Well, it will be once I’ve soldered the bezel to the ring and set the stone!
Last August I did a short silver jewellery course as part of a week of courses at my local high school. They also run silver jewellery classes during term-time, but they’re so popular that they’re always over-subscribed. I asked to be kept on the waiting list, but I was rather taken by surprise when an email arrived letting me know that a place was available!
These are the results of two evenings’ work. In the first session I made the ring, which I’m really pleased with. Much better than my first two, although I can see from this larger-than-life photo that it’s not quite flat. In the second session I made the bezel for the stone, which still needs a little filing and polishing before it’s finished. Once that’s done I can solder it to the ring, and set the stone into place.
We were advised to go for a larger stone rather than a smaller one, so I went for a lovely 18x13mm labradorite cabochon from Kernowcraft. I thought the rose cut matched nicely with the hammered ring. Everything needs a thorough clean and polish, but I hope it’ll be lovely when it’s finished.
I’ve also bought a little pile of rose quartz cabochons in different sizes (hoorah for gift vouchers!), thinking that I’d like to use the classes to practice making different types of settings for the stones. But I bought a couple of smart shirts recently, and now I’m thinking that I might like to make some cufflinks. I can feel some experiments with textures coming on, I think.