How to reset my original e-ring sapphire?

[Begonia]

Go goth. Dark metal and a dark but contrasting halo and/or trilliants. Substantial setting, nothing dainty. A RHR index or middle finger ring.

 

[Dreamer_D]

Hmmm indeed. Although, how about something floral? I can't help it, I'm all for florals. This comes to mind:

I am obsessed with Yvonne's lily ring and just before I saw your post I was looking at this layout and thinking "this is basically the lily ring!" lol

@elle_71125 I know you have a large lily ring with paraiba and spinel, and the center spinel appears to be larger than the standard for the setting. Do you happen to know the size of your center gem per chance?

 

[Avondale]

I am obsessed with Yvonne's lily ring and just before I saw your post I was looking at this layout and thinking "this is basically the lily ring!" lol

Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it!

(I love that ring, too.)

 

[ItsMainelyYou]

Hmmmm

Yes, in the antique style! Would look smashing.

 

[Dreamer_D]

I don’t think I like the Lily layout for these stones as much. I didn’t even take a picture lol! My center stone is much more elongated than the center in those designs, which is 5mm.

I also like the medieval vibes of the inspiration. The layout is called “cruciform”, and while I am not religious, I love Tudor English history — minored in that period in undergrad. So that connection feels good.

I do also have a suite of 5mm OECs I could use for this project if I was really wanting to go all out. Either bigger just on the sides or bigger all around. Would be huge!

And yes @ItsMainelyYou , absolutely the antique style!

Bigger side stones:

 

[Dreamer_D]

4mm diamonds



vs 5mm diamonds (they are not this tinted. They are Js. The smaller are H/I. Its just the lighting)



I think I liked the smaller.

 

[Dreamer_D]

This would be a lot of dress for a sapphire that was described as “not very good quality” by a jeweler one time

 

[Avondale]

I like the smaller, too. Better balance.

 

[BoulderGal]

4mm diamonds



vs 5mm diamonds (they are not this tinted. They are Js. The smaller are H/I. Its just the lighting)



I think I liked the smaller.

Holy Moly! I like the smaller too--it still keeps the emphasis on your center sapphire.

 

[Dreamer_D]

Agreed! No I just need to find two more little diamonds lol. The picture includes two diamonds and two CZ. The small blue stones are synthetic spinel I got just for playing around with. I think I would just have the jewler source those little ones (3mm) so the color matched my sapphire. It should not be hard as its a very common royal/midnight blue.

Which, by the way, yesterday in the sun the sapphire really lit up and was a beautiful share of blue! I couldn't capture it on camera at all. But it was nice to see! She ranges from a bright royal blue in the sun to a dark navy in dim lighting. Not all that different from the inspiration.

Here are some other inspiration rings I foun, with a darker blue sapphire. They seem common in this era of jewelry.

More images of the one I posted earlier. Russian Belle Epoch apparently.




I also like this one a lot, but I think I prefer the addition of blue to the surround diamonds. It’s French belle epoch I believe.







I was also exploring these vertical styles.


Some have the gems set into a frame. I like that. This is a modern interpretation by Caleb Meyer. I don’t like the gallery but the proportions are interesting.



An antique of similar style.


I toyed around with these. The base ring is from Sholdt. But the metal work is not refined enough for my taste.


Caysie does much nicer shank curls.

 

[ItsMainelyYou]

Love Epoque as well!

*ooh,
Don't know your special yen or niche from the period but as a fellow Tudor buff:

Amazon.com

I'm intrigued by the exploration of the extent of the French support system of AB, so will be reading!

 

[Dreamer_D]

Love Epoque as well!

*ooh,
Don't know your special yen or niche from the period but as a fellow Tudor buff:

Amazon.com

I'm intrigued by the exploration of the extent of the French support system of AB, so will be reading!

Interesting! I haven't read much on the period since undergrad, but that looks cool!

This is more what I am in to lol The Death of Kings: A catalogue of the ailments of Britain's monarchs of from Edward the Confessor to Victoria, written by a surgeon. Using the most up-to-date research, Brewer interprets historic accounts of symptoms, odd behaviour and murder to identify the cause of death for each monarch, including new diagnoses for the conditions of Queen Anne and George III. The book concludes with a location list of royal tombs.
More weird cruciform rings.

 

[ItsMainelyYou]

Ha, a girl after my own heart!
We used to joke, when in doubt, Porphyria!

 

[Dreamer_D]

I’ve always wanted to work with Sholdt and they have some interesting pieces that fit the recent design theme, but with a modern feel. It’s interesting to me.

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[Dreamer_D]

Some additional inspiration in the “compass” or cruciform family. Many of these are owned at Baubleography on IG.

 

[Garnetgirl]

I like your layout in post #66, with the smaller diamonds.

 

[Dreamer_D]

I like your layout in post #66, with the smaller diamonds.

Me too! I’ve got it sitting on my desk and it’s really pleasing to my eye.

 

[Dreamer_D]

I LOVE this idea! I think it looks so unusual and it’ll give you such lovely finger coverage too!!

I do have other suggestions if you’re still open to them:

Ever since I saw your sapphire I haven’t been able to get the idea of a step-cut diamond halo around the sapphire out of my head (something similar to the reset that @lulu_ma designed for her mom’s (diamond) EC, if I remember correctly). Then I saw the diamond OEC side stones you bought and had another crazy idea - what if you do a diamond halo around the sapphire (step or round melee) and then sapphire halos around the diamonds? And set them in a 3 stone?

But having seen this arrangement… I like it better than my halo 3-stone idea!!

These are such interesting ideas, thank you so much! I think one place I was feeling a little stuck with this project is that I felt instinctively I didn’t really want a three stone. At some point t thr last week I kind of fell into the idea of this being more of a dinner ring, proportion and style wise. Definitely not an engagement style ring. This really opened my mind and the options. At this moment I’m really liking this compass style setting. I think it would be really fun to wear and a real statement piece with the blue and white alternating pattern. It has me feeling a little excited about my sapphire!

 

[AllAboardTheBlingTrain]

These are such interesting ideas, thank you so much! I think one place I was feeling a little stuck with this project is that I felt instinctively I didn’t really want a three stone. At some point t thr last week I kind of fell into the idea of this being more of a dinner ring, proportion and style wise. Definitely not an engagement style ring. This really opened my mind and the options. At this moment I’m really liking this compass style setting. I think it would be really fun to wear and a real statement piece with the blue and white alternating pattern. It has me feeling a little excited about my sapphire!

I’m actually really digging the compass style idea too! I like it better than my original suggestion

In terms of side-stone size, I like it with the 5mm OECs (especially since you already have them) - but I would do all 5mm or all 4mm. I don’t like the mix of sizes. However, the 4mm stones put the focus on the sapphire, while the 5mm stones make it more of a “composite” ring - by which I mean that no one stone/aspect is being highlighted more than the other. So it depends if you want to think of this primarily as a sapphire ring, or if you’d rather think of it as a “diamond and sapphire” ring.

The other thing that you could do is, use 4mms for this project (so you have to buy 2 more 4mm diamonds), and also get another 5/5.5/6mm diamond eventually and turn your suite of OECs into a sizeable and stunning 5-stone ring, perhaps for your index or middle finger…

 

[Dreamer_D]

I’m actually really digging the compass style idea too! I like it better than my original suggestion

In terms of side-stone size, I like it with the 5mm OECs (especially since you already have them) - but I would do all 5mm or all 4mm. I don’t like the mix of sizes. However, the 4mm stones put the focus on the sapphire, while the 5mm stones make it more of a “composite” ring - by which I mean that no one stone/aspect is being highlighted more than the other. So it depends if you want to think of this primarily as a sapphire ring, or if you’d rather think of it as a “diamond and sapphire” ring.

The other thing that you could do is, use 4mms for this project (so you have to buy 2 more 4mm diamonds), and also get another 5/5.5/6mm diamond eventually and turn your suite of OECs into a sizeable and stunning 5-stone ring, perhaps for your index or middle finger…

This is the plan! I have another thread in RT on my anniversary ring, which I’m planing to make a sizeable five stone. So I think we have settled on searching for two more 4mm stones for this sapphire ring, and some flavour of compass style setting. However, I want to set the five stone first. So that project takes priority at the moment.

 

[AllAboardTheBlingTrain]

This is the plan! I have another thread in RT on my anniversary ring, which I’m planing to make a sizeable five stone. So I think we have settled on searching for two more 4mm stones for this sapphire ring, and some flavour of compass style setting. However, I want to set the five stone first. So that project takes priority at the moment.

I just realised I actually have commented on your anniversary ring post already! Excited to see what you end up with!

 

[mrs-b]

Love it with the smaller sides. LOVE the cruciform layout! And I know exactly what you mean - something about that layout is really balanced and restful and "right".

This is going to be killer!

 

[mrs-b]

@Dreamer_D -

My apologies if I've already missed this - but what are the dimensions of your sapphire?

 

[Dreamer_D]

@Dreamer_D -

My apologies if I've already missed this - but what are the dimensions of your sapphire?

I think I posted an estimate earlier in the thread, but it was incorrect! I got my new calipers and it is 5 x 6.3mm. So a nice size I think for a cluster design. Won't be too huge!

 

[Dreamer_D]

I thought I would continue the conversation about my sapphire layout here so I stop detailing @Timor post about her ring.

I don’t mean to derail but since you asked…

They are all sapphire. The pinks and purples are from Yvonne, 4mm pair of untreated purples and 3mm untreated hot pinks. The little 2mm pinks are heated. The center is my engagement sapphire, heated and about 6x5. I keep waffling about setting it at all as it’s not high quality, but in some lights I do like it. Perhaps I will replace it with a better stone for this layout, but the tone of the purple is a very good match for the sapphire and somehow it balances the ridiculous neon of the pinks. I would set this suite in a similar style setting you have here!

That picture is not showing the colors well. This is a bit better though it doesn’t capture the flash of the pinks in particular. The purples are not identical, one has a red and one a blue undertone, but it’s more apparent in pictures that real life and I’ve decided I don’t care as they are untreated natural gems.

The tones are just perfect together. These stones seem made for each other! I am saving your picture for color inspiration. I like everything about it and think you will have a tough time replacing that blue, since it is such a good fit.

I did buy them to go together I guess. Originally I bought the purples and two of the 3mm pinks and was contemplating a layout like this. This is a picture in pot lighting and it’s my favourite lighting for the colors.



But something wasn’t right because the purples and blue are more silky and also deeply colored and shifty. The pinks are always neon in any light. And the slight tonal difference between the purples was more obvious right next to the center.

I bought a few more 3mm pinks later thinking I would use them in a five stone layout I contemplated for my anniversary ring. Which is a very close cousin to @Timor ring that started this conversation. I bought the 2mm pinks to make earrings with the purples.



But it wasn’t until @Timor started planning her ring that it dawned on my that I could use all the stones in the layout I’m considering now.



I would set them like this:

I agree... it works especially well here because of that intense velvety appearance.

I mean I can hardly disagree when you and @Odyssey44 are both saying this! You are probably right. I prefer crystalline gems with more sparkle and the sapphire is decidedly not that. But the texture is still interesting. It can look very rich in the right lighting. If I changed it for something lighter and more crystal it would not work with the purples anymore.

Anyway, Im sitting with this possibility now. I have the gems arranged and I keep them on display under my computer so I can look at the layout and imagine wearing it lol

 

[Odyssey44]

I thought I would continue the conversation about my sapphire layout here so I stop detailing @Timor post about her ring.





I did buy them to go together I guess. Originally I bought the purples and two of the 3mm pinks and was contemplating a layout like this. This is a picture in pot lighting and it’s my favourite lighting for the colors.



But something wasn’t right because the purples and blue are more silky and also deeply colored and shifty. The pinks are always neon in any light. And the slight tonal difference between the purples was more obvious right next to the center.

I bought a few more 3mm pinks later thinking I would use them in a five stone layout I contemplated for my anniversary ring. Which is a very close cousin to @Timor ring that started this conversation. I bought the 2mm pinks to make earrings with the purples.



But it wasn’t until @Timor started planning her ring that it dawned on my that I could use all the stones in the layout I’m considering now.



I would set them like this:




I mean I can hardly disagree when you and @Odyssey44 are both saying this! You are probably right. I prefer crystalline gems with more sparkle and the sapphire is decidedly not that. But the texture is still interesting. It can look very rich in the right lighting. If I changed it for something lighter and more crystal it would not work with the purples anymore.

Anyway, Im sitting with this possibility now. I have the gems arranged and I keep them on display under my computer so I can look at the layout and imagine wearing it lol

I think we are going to wind up seeing these stones set. Can't wait to see! It was very creative to put them all together.

 

[RMOO]

I thought I would continue the conversation about my sapphire layout here so I stop detailing @Timor post about her ring.





I did buy them to go together I guess. Originally I bought the purples and two of the 3mm pinks and was contemplating a layout like this. This is a picture in pot lighting and it’s my favourite lighting for the colors.



But something wasn’t right because the purples and blue are more silky and also deeply colored and shifty. The pinks are always neon in any light. And the slight tonal difference between the purples was more obvious right next to the center.

I bought a few more 3mm pinks later thinking I would use them in a five stone layout I contemplated for my anniversary ring. Which is a very close cousin to @Timor ring that started this conversation. I bought the 2mm pinks to make earrings with the purples.



But it wasn’t until @Timor started planning her ring that it dawned on my that I could use all the stones in the layout I’m considering now.



I would set them like this:




I mean I can hardly disagree when you and @Odyssey44 are both saying this! You are probably right. I prefer crystalline gems with more sparkle and the sapphire is decidedly not that. But the texture is still interesting. It can look very rich in the right lighting. If I changed it for something lighter and more crystal it would not work with the purples anymore.

Anyway, Im sitting with this possibility now. I have the gems arranged and I keep them on display under my computer so I can look at the layout and imagine wearing it lol

I love those colors together, and especially love the setting idea! Living vicariously through you - can't wait to see it finished.

 

[Mrsz1ppy]

I love those colors together, and especially love the setting idea! Living vicariously through you - can't wait to see it finished.

I too love the combination of colors.

 

[Autumn in New England]

I mean, I would buy that ring.

 

[Dreamer_D]

I love those colors together, and especially love the setting idea! Living vicariously through you - can't wait to see it finished.

I too love the combination of colors.

I mean, I would buy that ring.

Such agreement from a chorus with such exquisite taste! These are all my favourite colors combined in a single piece. And I’ve been wanting a rhr that is low set and protective of the stones so I don’t have to worry and this fits the bill. It would be nice to wear my engagement sapphire again! It’s been at least 15 years.

Unfortunately it will be a bit of a wait as my bling budget recovers, but this may be the next item I set!