Custom Jewelry
The Story of a Custom Ring
This particular custom creation starts as many of these projects do with some old jewelry, a desire to repurpose that metal and gems and a dream of what a new piece would look like.
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- Old jewelry from the client and information that will help Kathryn design the new piece. You can see a clay model made while the customer was in the studio.
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- Here’s the clay model set with stones removed from one of the old pieces of jewelry.
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- A closeup of the clay model set with stones from the client. This will be used to create a wax, from which a new ring will be cast.
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- Here’s the wax and a casting in white gold of the new ring.
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- Here Kathryn fits the stones into the wax model just to be sure that everything will work as it should once it is cast.
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- Testing the wax before casting into metal.
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- Here’s the rough, white gold casting made from the wax. Next the rough will be finished by hand and set with the clients gems.
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- The finished ring.
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- The finished ring.
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- The finished ring.
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- The finished ring. It was designed to nest with the clients wedding band. The different colored stones represent her children’s birthdays. The perfect end to a story that started with old, unworn jewelry and a dream.
Below you’ll see some more of Kathryn’s creations made in consultation with clients.
