925 silver - 18 karat gold - Tiger eye - Smokey Quartz - Ring
Now we will be looking at a series of rings, made of 925 sterling silver, some combined with 18 karat gold. This ring has a tiger eye stone at the bottom, and a beautiful clear brown smoky quartz, set in 18 karat gold. On the left of it you can see a drop of 18 karat gold. The technique here is hammered silver and gold. This ring cannot be worn in any which way one chooses. The big stone (tiger eye) should point to the back of the hand, towards the body, and expose longer fingers. It doesn’t matter how long the fingers are actually but the less the ring covers the fingers, the longer they are being exposed. And the quartz above is towards the fingers.
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925 silver - Labradorite - Seal - Emblem - Ring
The next ring is made of sterling silver and set with a very beautiful indeed Labradorite stone in a beautiful gold shine. Labradorite shines depending on how one looks at it. How it reflects the light which is reflected on it. The style here in a way relates to the seal ring, very simple, very clear lines. In this next picture the stone is seen less bright but you can follow the shape of the ring which relates to the emblem ring – very simple, very solid, and can be both for a man and a woman.
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925 silver - Roman Glass - Tourmaline -18 karat gold - Ring
In the next ring I would like the viewer, as you walk in a gallery to look at the details. This ring is made of ancient Roman Glass at the base of the head of the ring. The technique used is nearly melted silver which I designed on top of the glass – two shapes – one of the “Rimon” (Hebrew for pomegranate) and a very fine drop of 18 karat gold at the head of the silver Rimon. Below the Rimon a very fine green Tourmaline set in 18 karat gold. From the next angle the silver looks like as if it grows (I purposefully use this technique) like a flower, or a branch with fruit and flowers, which grows from the body of the ring to the top of the ring, and by this resemble the ancient traditional motive of Paradise, which is taken from the ancient illuminated manuscripts.
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We shall see the motives of Paradise, which I call tradition motives, in other pendants to come.
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