Meeting An Old Friend - A Gift With Heart

her basic concept design

the final approved art work

smooth couture of Chinese calligraphy - "heart"

sapphire blue cz with bezel setting

the sand blast like texture shine elegantly under the sun

 A two years back project worked with a very soft spoken pretty lady. She has this beautiful idea in mind, wanted to make the very unique wedding gift for her sister. I presented 4 for similar designs and ended with the most simple one - her very origin idea. We took about half-a-year to complete this assignment. The most challenging but interesting part was the ring finishing. CAD has it limit and the art work did not present whole of her idea of the finishing. So Chin, the pretty lady and me crowded in front of the jewelry bench to discuss about the finishing. We carefully stamp each holes, big and small, near and far, deep and shallow. The results did not show until a few trial attempts. The moment we manage to capture her image in mind, we rush out for the sun set. Cause wanted to see hows the ring shine under the natural light. And the shines like thousands of tiny little diamonds scattered around the "heart". The results was marvellous.
After two years, she brought back for retouching. I just can't stop admiring this master piece, the beautiful curvature of the "心", the diamond bling-bling effect and the antic-rustic finishing. Just like meeting an old friend (^,^)

KISS Wedding Bands

the 1st design:
band type: half-round (male ring) and flat (female ring)
finishing: coarse filed texture (male ring) and matte finishing (female ring) 

material: palladium silver
the amended designs that matches as wedding bands

personal symbols, only the owner will understand :)

I name this K.I.S.S. wedding bands design. Very simple but elegant. At 1st they have different preference on ring design but the outcome did not match as a wedding bands. So Chin make another exactly male ring to pair to the bride's. The design match perfectly to her solitaire engagement white gold ring. They are tattoos artists. Wise choice for them to decide on this ring design. Cause the ring will not take the attention of tattoos on their body but complement them.

Something Out from a Mood - Hammered Ring

That day I was in the factory working on rubber molds. Works done but stuck in the rain. Saw some scrap metal and got this feeling of hammering it. So go find a hammer and start hammering. When doing things with the right mood, it was very fun. By the way the scrap band fit perfectly on my finger. After that, do some filing to smoothed the edge and final part is the polishing. Wa la! My first handmade texture ring is done...:)