Introduction Once the ring has been sent away you think that the stressful parts are over. Not true at all. Here comes the waiting game, documenting, sending and hoping the girl wants the ring. Many of these events are out of your control so dealing with them is a big tenuous. Remember to smile and [...]
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Introduction At this point the ring is looking pretty finished, except it is in wax. The edges are a bit rough but that can be fixed. And, at this point I am usually behind and bored with working with wax. Remember once again don’t send pictures of the product to the client until you have [...]
Introduction At this phase in making the ring it is a good idea to have the image of the ring nearby. As stated earlier, don’t show images at this phase to the client, unless they make jewelry themselves. For most people it is difficult to imagine the final appearance of a white-gold ring in rough [...]
Introduction The client did not want a diamond, which was perfectly fine with me. I do have objectives to blood diamonds and they are hard to avoid. Another issue with diamonds is that they were not traditionally used in engagement rings. In the 1930s DeBeers paid Hollywood to make engagement scenes in movies using diamond [...]
Introduction At this point we had agreed to a general design and for the next few steps the client really didn’t need to be consulted. It is hard to explain to clients what a final piece will look like when it is giant hunks of blue wax. The most important thing that he wanted was [...]
