Its not often that we get to experience the process by which a man selects a ring for his beloved, but RingSpotters was lucky enough to receive detailed documentation of one man's journey to design the perfect ring for his bride to be. We hope you enjoy this short narrative of his process.
Early sketches...I knew I wanted some combination of diamonds and rubies...the princess cut seemed to make sense.
I found this on a google search and we changed the middle stone to a ruby.
I was originally going to have the ruby in the middle and diamonds to the sides, but received a random text in July and she changed her mind on diamonds - and loved how sparkly they are. I immediately called to switch the combination.
Here's the 14k white gold. It comes in the form of little roundish nuggets, almost exactly like Nerds candy.
The wax is (was) inside the white cylinder in the foreground, but the insane high temperature vaporizes it, leaving a hot, empty mold. That thing with the hole in it is the crucible. The gold will be melted in that. This is also pre-heated in a kiln as well.
Melting the gold with the torch. The crucible and mold are oriented sideways on this spring-wound centrifuge When the red knob is pulled, everything spins really fast and it slings the molten metal sideways into the mold.
Melting the gold with the torch. The crucible and mold are oriented sideways on this spring-wound centrifuge, when I pull the red knob, everything spins really fast and it slings the molten metal sideways into the mold.
This is what comes out of the mold, rough and ugly with bubbles and plaster dust all over it.
Thats all for today folks! Tune in on Thursday to see the finished (and gorgeous!) product. We know, the suspense is killing you!
