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.

First attempt atthis sort of thing. Brass wire with a floating silver bezel. The stone is an unidentified jasper of some sort.

I had a bezel that didn’t work out size-wise for another stone, so I cut a piece of Stone Canyon Jasper to fit this one. I wasn’t sure what to do with it, but the filigree wire was what ended up happening.

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.

This one came out really well. Such an interesting stone to work with.

My wife has taken some more of my cabochons and wire wrapped them. They have come out very well, especially considering that she’s just starting out.

I liked the nautical theme on these, so decided to put Sodalite cabochons in them.