Night Stone Jewelry

This is the first of the women’s style ring based on the ring that I made. It uses silver filigree wire for the support arches. Unfortunately they don’t show all that well on this ring because the stone is so big.
I am going to make this ring design for more stones. Each will be different in that the stones are all different shapes, but the ring design will remain similar to this one.
The stone is from the Hans Peak area, in Coober Pedy, Australia
Ring size: 6.5
Ring metal: Sterling silver
Stone size: 11mm x 8mm
Stone weight: 2.5c

This is the second run for this ring. The first one had some major issues with the bezel being loose for the stone. This time around it worked a lot better.
The ring style is also one I am hoping to make more of in the future as it is a simple design but looks quite nice when finished. I have a special design for the women’s version of this ring. will be posting one of those sometime soon.

As for this ring, it’s a size 8, and the opal is from the 12 Mile field in Coober Pedy, Australia, and is 10mm x 8mm in size.

This was a rather nice doublet. Unfortunately I slipped while burnishing the bezel, and the end of it shattered.

This one took over 10 hours to make. The idea was to take filigree wire, twisted pair, and then put some details on the ring. However filing and some other stuff became a factor. It looks ok. The opal has lots of color though, which is nice. Size 5.5

Opal is 9mm x 7mm in size. Was a cracked one that I had. I used it because I didn’t want to worry about breaking a good one since this was mostly a practice piece. I have lots of room for improvement, but I’m getting there.

Just because I wanted to know.

This is a picture of a dime, one of my first 5 jump rings ever soldered, and the 2nd bezel I’ve ever made which holds in it a 3mm opal.

Actually, this is really Idaho Opal 1. This is the first cabochon I made from the rough, and it has been wire wrapped by my wife. It came out absolutely beautiful.

This one came out quite well I think. The hole drilled for the opal was the perfect size to seat it in place.
This is one that will go in line for my wife to wrap. The opal itself is 7mm x 7mm in size.

Well, there were a number of accidents with this one, including one drill point that was so off course I was wondering what the heck I was thinking, and the inlay points aren’t exactly even. Certainly not what I had hoped, even for it being the first one.