Lord of a Ring

Sterling Silver Ring with Pink Gold 'blossom' feature.

September 2008

Sometimes I have these grand ideas for new projects that I plan out on paper and in my head, but after the saw blades bite into the metal and I stand back and look at what I've sawn, soldered and smacked with a hammer, I'm left wondering where I went wrong.

Not so today. Granted, the execution of this idea was not well thought out.... it was a general sort of "maybe if I..... and then I could...." I knew what I wanted in my head, and had attempted to sketch it, but in the end, it's often experimenting with the materials that will tell you the best way to get from Vague Vision A to Actual Reality B.

It's so satisfying when it just works. No dramas about things not fitting, or the silver melting into a pool of metal before the solder even heats. It just all came together and the few minor hitches were easily solved.

The Extra Awesome Bonus is that I now have a pretty new ring.