I need some inspiration

[Niel]

I have an oval Im planning to set. Not a diamond but larger CS. If I remember right it's like 8x7

Anyways. I want a somewhat simple setting Art Deco style, with baguettes.

I have some pics but they are all with EC. Does anyone have any inspiration pics with oval? Or maybe even cushions?

 

[Christina...]

I DO!! In the middle of preparing dinner for my boys...give me a bit and I'll link them for you!!

 

[Niel]

I DO!! In the middle of preparing dinner for my boys...give me a bit and I'll link them for you!!

Yay. Here are the ones I have so far. But my eyes want to see a rounded stone.

 

[Christina...]

I had to replace my laptop in August because of hard drive issues and apparently I've lost many of my photos!! I didn't even realize until I was looking for specific pics. I'll keep looking in case they ended up in a different folder by chance. :/

I really love your inspiration pics though! What type of stone will you be setting? Do you have a metal preference?

 

[SB621]

I'm in the middle of putting the kiddos down but do a search for TGal's pad. sapphire ring. It is an oval with baguette sides and very art deco but still classic. I personally love it and it would be my top choice if I had a large oval CS.

 

[Niel]

I'm in the middle of putting the kiddos down but do a search for TGal's pad. sapphire ring. It is an oval with baguette sides and very art deco but still classic. I personally love it and it would be my top choice if I had a large oval CS.

alright im on it, thanks

I had to replace my laptop in August because of hard drive issues and apparently I've lost many of my photos!! I didn't even realize until I was looking for specific pics. I'll keep looking in case they ended up in a different folder by chance. :/

I really love your inspiration pics though! What type of stone will you be setting? Do you have a metal preference?

boo!
Im sad you lost them but still id love your opinion. im still not completely set on a design. My stone is a chrysoberyl i got recently. It was very cheap at a blowout sale ($50 bucks) but the color i actually find quite unique and interesting. It would be set with a yellow gold head and white gold shank.




Ill be back i have found a few more on pinterest.

 

[Niel]

my Pinterest yielded these results. My budget isnt going to be redic high, but i plan on going with DK, and i am confident, at least the split shank version, is within the budget.

 

[lknvrb4]

I love that leon, never seen that before. I think I might save that pic for my own inspiration.

 

[pandabee]

My favorite setting is that last one you found on your pinterest search!

 

[diamondseeker2006]

I adore all of these settings! They are definitely on my list for a future project! Here are three that I have saved.

 

[Niel]

Thanks ds! And everyone.

Do you think the oval shape looks ok with baguettes. Sometimes it seems more flattering than other times. I've seen them look good in a mix of melee and baguette halo, but my oval is too chubby. And I'm trying to avoid halos I think.

 

[minousbijoux]

Great inspiration rings - all of them. Love that art deco influence. Fwiw, I find that this style is more pleasing to my eye if the side stones are proportional to the center stone. There's probably an actual size ratio that appeals and what I'm trying to describe probably has a term for it, but I don't know to say it - I only know when I see it. So for example, while I think the jade ring (at least I think its jade) is beautiful, the side stones are dwarfed by the center stone, kinda making the jade look like a zeppelin. And of the two that DS posted, again I love them both but I could stare all day at the stepping down of the proportions on the first one.

If there is a technical term for what I'm describing, I'd love to know. In the meantime, Niel, all of the inspiration pics are gorgeous - as is your chryso by the looks of it.

 

[minousbijoux]

Thanks ds! And everyone.

Do you think the oval shape looks ok with baguettes. Sometimes it seems more flattering than other times. I've seen them look good in a mix of melee and baguette halo, but my oval is too chubby. And I'm trying to avoid halos I think.

Are you thinking baguettes over traps? Is that a cost issue or just a preference? The diamond world is unknown territory for me...

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Here's tgal's pad sapphire ring. It has side half moons and then the baguettes. I probably would not spend that much on a setting for an inexpensive stone, and I think you'll really have to think about that aspect as you decide on a style.

 

[Niel]

Thanks ds! And everyone.

Do you think the oval shape looks ok with baguettes. Sometimes it seems more flattering than other times. I've seen them look good in a mix of melee and baguette halo, but my oval is too chubby. And I'm trying to avoid halos I think.

Are you thinking baguettes over traps? Is that a cost issue or just a preference? The diamond world is unknown territory for me...

I had considered those but as coat is a factor I probably couldn't go for them. I had a crazy idea to use a few French cuts and tapered baguettes. Eac side would have two tapered baguettes with the tapers pointing into the stone. Them have to French cuts on either side. In my head it looks amazing by I think it's pretty in 2d but I don't know about it wrapping down the finger.

You're right DS even though I am prepared to spend some, half moons large enough to balance out the center would be too much for this project.

Prepare for terrible pic. (The left side is more the proportion I imagine )

 

[minousbijoux]

Thanks ds! And everyone.

Do you think the oval shape looks ok with baguettes. Sometimes it seems more flattering than other times. I've seen them look good in a mix of melee and baguette halo, but my oval is too chubby. And I'm trying to avoid halos I think.

Are you thinking baguettes over traps? Is that a cost issue or just a preference? The diamond world is unknown territory for me...

I had considered those but as coat is a factor I probably couldn't go for them. I had a crazy idea to use a few French cuts and tapered baguettes. Eac side would have two tapered baguettes with the tapers pointing into the stone. Them have to French cuts on either side. In my head it looks amazing by I think it's pretty in 2d but I don't know about it wrapping down the finger.

You're right DS even though I am prepared to spend some, half moons large enough to balance out the center would be too much for this project.

Prepare for terrible pic. (The left side is more the proportion I imagine )

Ha ha, I'm not even sure I know what french cuts are! I like your image - far better than any drawing I could do. What would happen if you turned the tapered baguettes around so they tapered out? That might do away with the whole design sensibility of your drawing, and if so, forget it! I was just thinking that it might be a way to achieve the aesthetic of your tapered baguettes (didn't know they even existed btw) while coming close to the proportionality of the other rings you've posted?

That said, I swear I've seen that design idea in antique rings - maybe not as much art deco, perhaps earlier?

 

[Niel]

Thanks ds! And everyone.

Do you think the oval shape looks ok with baguettes. Sometimes it seems more flattering than other times. I've seen them look good in a mix of melee and baguette halo, but my oval is too chubby. And I'm trying to avoid halos I think.

Are you thinking baguettes over traps? Is that a cost issue or just a preference? The diamond world is unknown territory for me...

I had considered those but as coat is a factor I probably couldn't go for them. I had a crazy idea to use a few French cuts and tapered baguettes. Eac side would have two tapered baguettes with the tapers pointing into the stone. Them have to French cuts on either side. In my head it looks amazing by I think it's pretty in 2d but I don't know about it wrapping down the finger.

You're right DS even though I am prepared to spend some, half moons large enough to balance out the center would be too much for this project.

Prepare for terrible pic. (The left side is more the proportion I imagine )

Ha ha, I'm not even sure I know what french cuts are! I like your image - far better than any drawing I could do. What would happen if you turned the tapered baguettes around so they tapered out? That might do away with the whole design sensibility of your drawing, and if so, forget it! I was just thinking that it might be a way to achieve the aesthetic of your tapered baguettes (didn't know they even existed btw) while coming close to the proportionality of the other rings you've posted?

That said, I swear I've seen that design idea in antique rings - maybe not as much art deco, perhaps earlier?

Haha! I love your help. Even if diamonds aren't in you're wheelhouse you have a good eye and I appreciate your input.

I'm sell on the fence about the traps facing into the stone. I like the look but I'm not sure of it would be less flattering on the hand then say one going down your finger.

 

[Niel]

I found a few more things I like. The blue one isn't Art Deco really but shoot the split sank with that French cut at the fork is so dreamy. Hmmm.

 

[artdecolover71]

my fave is the third one on the pinterest search-so different and so delicate and so deco!

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Love the blue split shank one! Looks more like carre cuts in the little square, which would be better anyway due to the cost of french cuts. A princess would probably be less and wouldn't matter in a tiny square proportional to your center stone.

 

[Huldak]

I like that purple one just above specifically but generally I think it looks best where the side stones are wider (either one wider one or more of them, like the purple one), or take up a bit more of the real estate next to the oval, if that makes sense. Split shank looks nice too and works proportionally I think, but I'm an art deco fan so that's my vote.

 

[gemmyblond]

Similar to examples above, but thought it might be useful for proportion-pondering: the classic HW Sunset ring, in 2 variations:





Among my all-time favorites (espec the top version). I've seen photos with slightly different amounts of space between baguettes & center. I've always loved this setting loads!

 

[Niel]

Gemmyblond

THANK YOU that HW first one is exactly what I'm talking about. I wa showing some ideas to some family today. My BIL fiancé likes that too. So we will have to see about that as is feel a little bad if I had a RHR and she wanted the exact design for her e ring reset.

Buuut I still like it so we will see.
I have another pick I'll post in a moment

 

[Niel]

Here's one I like but I think would be too much $$$

 

[gemmyblond]

One more: If you tweaked this one and replaced the 2 horizontal parallel bead set dia with baguettes instead, then kept the round at the end in between them -- but bezeled it instead of bead set -- and of course, change the center to an oval, it could be interesting. (I know that's asking to visualize a whole lot, but in my mind's eye I can see it and think it could be really pretty & a bit different.)


Anyway, more food for thought. Fun project!