Julia 3 stone ring complete!!

[arjunajane]

woot!
I have been sooooo impressed with Julia Kay Taylor of etsy.
From inception to completion she has been wonderfully kind and helpful on both of my projects, and all of the "progress pics" she provides along the way are heaps of fun and a great keep sake.

My three stone ring was finished yesterday, I likely won''t receive it for about 2 weeks but I thought it would be fun to show the evolution of the ring here, and Julia also took some pro pics I can share now.

Stats are:
centre - Barry peachy pink tourmaline, 2.4cts, ~8.5mm.
side - oval violet spinel, 0.35cts.
and side - OEC diamond, 0.4cts. confirmed as L/M colour, but from the pics and Julia''s account it appears the YG has really bought out the yellow tint in this diamond, for which I''m not complaining.!
I know the combo is a lil unusual, but personally I think it really works.

The design was inspired by one of Julia''s completed rings, and she was fantastic at taking
my ideas and bringing it all to life.

Setting is Argentium Sterling silver with 18k yellow gold
bezels (sides are half bezels). Julia also put 22k YG on the top of the tourmaline bezel, which I thinks
looks awesome

Firstly, the loose stones:

 

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Julia''s lovely sketch:

 

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first stage, bezels with loose stones..

 

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outer ring complete and rough bezels..

 

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next stage, all soldering complete and bridge put in, bezels polished:

 

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whoops, sorry folks

 

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stones just sitting in, not set yet:

 

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And finally, stones all set, gorgeous polish complete and Julia''s
photos..

Julia kept raving about how sparkly and lovely the ring is IRL, very
excited to see this one !

 

[arjunajane]

adore the profile, I reckon she nailed the design, especially considering
the challenge of setting the different shaped cuts

 

[arjunajane]

ta-da!

 

[Lovinggems]

Beautiful ring, lovely work by Julia.

 

[arjunajane]

and last one, my fave showing the lovely tone of the YG bezels
and also my second project from Julia and newest favourite thing -
my custom key pendant with tiny diamond

(thread to come).


The key is my b''day gift from Fi (B''day on monday, eek!),
and the ring just happened to be completed on the same morning
I was offered my new dream job. So I will now think of it as a very
nice memento

 

[tsavvy]

Wow!! I have to admit when you first posted the design sketches, I thought it looked imbalanced and weird. Couldn''t have been more wrong. Your ring is unique and very beautiful. Enjoy

 

[arjunajane]

Date: 7/23/2009 3:41:24 AM
Author: Lovinggems
Beautiful ring, lovely work by Julia.

Thankyou LG.

 

[arjunajane]

Date: 7/23/2009 3:43:43 AM
Author: tsavvy
Wow!! I have to admit when you first posted the design sketches, I thought it looked imbalanced and weird. Couldn''t have been more wrong. Your ring is unique and very beautiful. Enjoy

Hi tsavvy,
yes I know what you mean - originally I was going to have Julia
just make a solitaire with the tourm, but I have a number of solitaires...
So I did just kind of "chuck together" my other loose stones I''ve been looking
for a way to set - I loved the pink, violet and diamond colours together, but admittedly
they aren''t exactly well matched!

Which is why I''m so impressed with Julia''s skill at creating this ring and making
it look beautiful and balanced.

Cheers!

 

[historychick]

that is so funky and unique...I love it. This Julia person sound amazing and I love her quirky design sense. You are going to get a ton of compliments on that beauty IRL.

 

[Nomsdeplume]

What an original combo! I love it!

 

[bookworm240]

Your ring is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats on the new job...my dh has a b-day on Monday, too!!
Wear everything in the best of health!

 

[MakingTheGrade]

That turned out SOO beautifully!! Can''t wait for hand shots! (And more key pics please!)

 

[kas baby]

Happy early birthday and congrats on the job offer!!!

the ring is beautiful! definately something I would be gushing over if I saw it irl, lol "where''d you get your ring- I LOVE IT!"

how cool that she gave you pictures along the way, makes it even more special, like you were more a part of the process. so cool. man, I feel like a dork

but to be honest I can''t stop looking at this page and your ring!... wear it in good health!!

 

[atroop711]

I think it''s just BEAUTIFUL! Can''t wait to see your handshots

 

[chrono]

That design worked out awesome when it’s all completed. You have a fabulous ring, AJ.

 

[Dandi]

WOW, it turned out stunning aj!!

Happy Birthday for Monday, and biiiiiiiiiiiiig congratulations on the job offer!!!!!

 

[EMPTorres]

Simply Stunning.. Hand shots of the ring and neck shots of the key, please!

 

[arjunajane]

Thankyou all so much for the compliments on the ring,
the b''day wishes and the well wishes for the job.

I have to admit, after a tough couple of months personally, this week
has been really uplifting, and the new pretties are really
a fun addition to that.

 

[brandy_z28]

Date: 7/23/2009 9:31:24 AM
Author: arjunajane
Thankyou all so much for the compliments on the ring,
the b''day wishes and the well wishes for the job.

I have to admit, after a tough couple of months personally, this week
has been really uplifting, and the new pretties are really
a fun addition to that.

I love that design arjunajane!

I''m so glad things are looking up for you!

 

[T L]

GORGEOUS!!!

 

[stepcutnut]

Happy Birthday and Congratulations on a gorgeous ring!!! I can''t wait to see handshots, it is absolutely stunning

 

[karee888]

ETA -- never mind....found the info