A slightly different approach to it today though, with the ring being composed of an inner and an outer layer. The inner ring band is all sterling silver, while the outer features a couple of small copper pieces butt soldered against the sterling before the ring was formed. It still gives the appearance of inlay, but the copper doesn't go right through, so it won't come into contact with the skin. No green fingers!
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| Gents ring in sterling silver with copper inlay. |
This is a small gents ring, size V. The band is a little under 5mm wide and approximately 1.4mm thick.
I was fighting the fire scale demon with this one, probably due to the time spent soldering the layers together. It's the bane of anybody working in sterling. Fine silver doesn't do it, but is not really hard wearing enough to use for something like a ring band.
Perhaps tomorrow I really will take a break from the inlay work and try something else.
Nice - I like simple designs with an accent of another colour or material. And no green fingers, yay! :-)
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Very cool! Diagonal inlays would look good.
ReplyDeleteAntonia, Craig agrees with you on this one: simple = good. A lot of people, chaps especially, prefer something plain, with nice, clean lines.
ReplyDeleteRalph, good idea. Diagonal inlay would make it a good match for the "Tie Pin" brooch I did on the 12th. Perhaps I'll look at that when I come back to inlay again. It seems to me something like this, only done with white gold and yellow or rose gold as the inlay, would make a lovely, simple wedding band. It would be simple enough to do matching his and hers rings.