IRINA - Need your design/photoshop talents!

[pricescope]

Side view

 

[aljdewey]

I''ve been staring at that design, and there are several things about it that do appeal to me. The minimal design really features the stone, which I like.

It also keeps the influence of the yellow metal on the stone to a minimum.

It is also very simple, so it won''t appear too much/too dressy for more casual wear.

Not sure I''m ecstatic about the line of the piece that loops over the top, but seeing a front on view might help.

 

[pricescope]

Here you go, front of that with 2 melee bellerina style. If we get rid of those there would be just 3 prongs holding a diamond - 2 on top and one on the bottom. I like it when dangles do not have a round shape, that's what i did not like in bellerina for dangles.

 

[aljdewey]

Date: 5/17/2007 5:00:12 PM
Author: Pricescope
Here you go, front of that with 2 melee bellerina style. If we get rid of those there would be just 3 prongs holding a diamond - 2 on top and one on the bottom. I like it when dangles do not have a round shape, that''s what i did not like in bellerina for dangles.

Thanks, Irina - yes, can you remove the melee? I''m not really wanting melee on this project at all.

One thing I can''t really see from the front view is how the piece of gold loops over (what I see in the profile view)?

 

[aljdewey]

Also, at the lower portion of the leverback finding, I''d like to see the metal flare out slightly? Almost pear or water-drop shaped to break up the straight line?

Can you illustrate that?

 

[Cehrabehra]

you know what might be kinda fun.... try to follow this... if a single wire of metal started at the bottom of the stone, curved up behind the stone, went through the loop then split into two wires (but same flow) that curved around and met the stone on the upper sides. Or for more security you could have the exact thing except the two wires curving to 3/9 oclock and right before the wire goes through the loop have it split off toward the front to hold the stone at 12 noon.

 

[pricescope]

Date: 5/17/2007 5:09:26 PM
Author: aljdewey
Also, at the lower portion of the leverback finding, I''d like to see the metal flare out slightly? Almost pear or water-drop shaped to break up the straight line?

Can you illustrate that?

I though i did on this half-front

And here is the dangling part of 4 prongs two tone gold. That''s the last one with melee, i made it to combine yellow gold which is the most visible as you''d like it to be, at the same time those yellow prongs are touching diamond only as tiny prongs at the bottom (or one - for 3-prong). It''s a flowery design which forgives 2-tone i suppose.

 

[KtIceRN]

Date: 5/17/2007 4:29:33 PM
Author: Pricescope
Side view

Hey Alj.... I have to say I am really loving the design the Irina did. It''s definately my favorite thus far. It''s so open and flows really well!!!!!! Very Very pretty

KT

 

[pricescope]

no melee, just 3 prongs
Hi mercoledi, please post your drawings maybe we work something out together for Al. Thanks Kit

 

[decodelighted]

I can''t quite keep up .. but everytime I see the dangle i wish it was closer to your ear lobe. like dangling RIGHT UNDER the lowest point of skin.

It''s more flattering to the face that way too -- keeps eyes up - on cheekbones & eyes rather than jowls & doublechins & neck fat. HA! Of course - I''m thinking of MY OWN FACE -- not yours Ajd.

 

[mercoledi]

Date: 5/17/2007 5:15:43 PM
Author: Cehrabehra
you know what might be kinda fun.... try to follow this... if a single wire of metal started at the bottom of the stone, curved up behind the stone, went through the loop then split into two wires (but same flow) that curved around and met the stone on the upper sides. Or for more security you could have the exact thing except the two wires curving to 3/9 oclock and right before the wire goes through the loop have it split off toward the front to hold the stone at 12 noon.

Thanks Ira, but yours are so much better! I just love the fluidity; I don''t think I could add anything! I too would like to see what Cehra mentioned, it sounds like a maritini setting that got extruded into a dangle.

 

[decodelighted]

This is *kinda* what I mean ... dangling just under the lobe.

((I posted this for Widget the other day re: my lust for a similar pair -- but miligrained bezeled antique cut rounds, like her gorgeous studs.))

I totally agree about dangle being the key for maximum blingage. GREAT IDEA!!

 

[Cehrabehra]

Date: 5/17/2007 5:55:14 PM
Author: decodelighted
I can''t quite keep up .. but everytime I see the dangle i wish it was closer to your ear lobe. like dangling RIGHT UNDER the lowest point of skin.

It''s more flattering to the face that way too -- keeps eyes up - on cheekbones & eyes rather than jowls & doublechins & neck fat. HA! Of course - I''m thinking of MY OWN FACE -- not yours Ajd.

see I think the opposite... I think lower and my fat earlobes won''t be so obvious... I don''t like earrings *too* long but I think the length she''s got going is great - the ones right under the lobe look too short to me LOL

 

[Tacori E-ring]

Irina, I really like that last design you did. You are very talented!!!

 

[aljdewey]

Is there a way to do a search for threads in which someone posted pictures?

I''m looking for a thread that I posted the picture of the two gold dangling earrings in.......in that same thread, another gal suggested a modification that I liked.

Now I cannot find that thread for the life of me, and any term I''d search is so generic that the results are too wide. If I could do a search that shows me only threads that I posted pictures into from 1/1/2007 on, that would help me narrow it down.

 

[aljdewey]

Date: 5/17/2007 5:33:01 PM
Author: Pricescope

Date: 5/17/2007 5:09:26 PM
Author: aljdewey
Also, at the lower portion of the leverback finding, I''d like to see the metal flare out slightly? Almost pear or water-drop shaped to break up the straight line?

Can you illustrate that?

I though i did on this half-front

No - on that one, you bent the post forward. That''s not the out I was talking about.

On the picture above where I pointed the arrow, have the metal flare on either side like a pear shape......

Put another way: See on the periodot earring where the metal forms a diamond shape (in which there are a few melee stones). Instead of wire flaring into diamond shape, just widen into teardrop shape.

Does that make sense?

 

[pricescope]

I don't know if that's what your meant, but there is no place for the lock in this part where it suppose to be...Plus, you should not worry about a "straight line" - it's a very particular angle this hook would look like that, move off that precise direction and it'll always be a curve.

 

[aljdewey]

Date: 5/17/2007 10:05:49 PM
Author: Pricescope
I don't know if that's what your meant, but there is no place for the lock in this part where it suppose to be...Plus, you should not worry about a 'straight line' - it's a very particular angle this hook would look like that, move off that precise direction and it'll always be a curve.

Gosh, I confess.....I'm lost now.

What lock part? All I want is a dangly diamond hanging off the leverback.....very much like the peridot set. I don't want a 'lock'???

It's not that I'm worried about a straight line, per se.......when I first posted the picture of the diamond dangles (sometime earlier this year; another gal suggested a little detail on the leverback part that I liked.

Here's the best I could do to illustrate what I'm trying to describe. This shape happens to be a shell, but I don't want a shell. Pretend the lines aren't there on the shell, and that it's just how the metal forms on the leverback.....all above the jump ring that hinges to the swinging diamond.

It's not supposed to be quite that wide......it's just a little flare of the metal - filled in....at the bottom of the leverback prior to the jump ring.


Does this make any more sense now?

 

[decodelighted]

Date: 5/17/2007 10:36:07 PM
Author: aljdewey

Date: 5/17/2007 10:05:49 PM
Author: Pricescope
I don't know if that's what your meant, but there is no place for the lock in this part where it suppose to be...

What lock part? All I want is a dangly diamond hanging off the leverback.....very much like the peridot set. I don't want a 'lock'???

The lock part of the leverback IS on your peridot set -- Irina drew an open pear-shaped loop, which wouldn't have a firm place for the lock to join -- if it was a solid metal teardrop, there WOULD be place for the locking mechanism of the leverback.

ETA: I dunno about a teardrop shape leading to a round stone. Sounds kinda back-**wards to me maybe if it was an upside-down teardrop ... much like the pave ones on your peridot dangles????

 

[pricescope]

Date: 5/17/2007 10:36:07 PM
Author: aljdewey

Date: 5/17/2007 10:05:49 PM
Author: Pricescope
I don't know if that's what your meant, but there is no place for the lock in this part where it suppose to be...Plus, you should not worry about a 'straight line' - it's a very particular angle this hook would look like that, move off that precise direction and it'll always be a curve.

Gosh, I confess.....I'm lost now.

What lock part? All I want is a dangly diamond hanging off the leverback.....very much like the peridot set. I don't want a 'lock'???

The same lock your peridot set has right behind that "diamond shape", i assumed the "pear shape" should be "empty" because you said: "On the picture above where I pointed the arrow, have the metal flare on either side like a pear shape......

I was wrong, is this what you want?


ETA: Thank you Deco, i thought i was loosing my mind

 

[Kaleigh]

Irina, you are doing a great job!!!

 

[aljdewey]

Date: 5/17/2007 11:03:02 PM
Author: Pricescope

The same lock your peridot set has right behind that ''diamond shape'', i assumed the ''pear shape'' should be ''empty'' because you said: ''On the picture above where I pointed the arrow, have the metal flare on either side like a pear shape......

I was wrong, is this what you want?


ETA: Thank you Deco, i thought i was loosing my mind

Obviously, I''m not up on the terminology.....apologies. It makes it hard to convey.

This last iteration was more like what I was describing.....the filled pear at the bottom...just above the connecting ring.

Would this design be able to be modified to put the prongs in the 12/4/8 o''clock positions instead of the 2/6/10 o''clock positions?

Is it possible to mock it up in 4-prongs? When I was leaning toward 3, the reasoning was to preserve the swoop between the U prongs, but if this ends up with no u-prongs, there''s no reason it can''t go to 4-prongs.

 

[pricescope]

Date: 5/17/2007 11:27:57 PM
Author: aljdewey

Would this design be able to be modified to put the prongs in the 12/4/8 o''clock positions instead of the 2/6/10 o''clock positions?

Is it possible to mock it up in 4-prongs? When I was leaning toward 3, the reasoning was to preserve the swoop between the U prongs, but if this ends up with no u-prongs, there''s no reason it can''t go to 4-prongs.

No.

Yes, please see this picture. There are 2 yellow gold longest wires coming from the very top jump ring position, curving behind pavilion and coming up to the girdle forming 2 bottom yellow prongs. The upper pair of wires is wite gold and forms 2 upper prongs.

 

[pricescope]

This pic shows the dangling part from above. The yellow wires go under the pavilion and form prongs behind the diamond.

 

[pricescope]

Here is what i like for 4 prongs the most - no pear shape gold insert, i little higher/shorter like Deco suggested, all 4 prongs are white, just those 2 long wires behind a pavilion are yellow to to make it to the upper connecting jump ring in yellow gold.

 

[Cehrabehra]

Well, there are a lot of interesting concepts in this thread, all very beautiful. At this point (and I don''t mean this as pushing you alj LOL!) I still like the bellarina except I would put it in a white gold bezel THEN in the yellow gold bellarina halo with the blue diamonds that would be offset on the yellow gold splendidly. I do think Alj that if you like the arches (and I suspect you do) that you should find some way to make those work

 

[pricescope]

That''s the last explanation mock ups for those models and i am out of your way

 

[mercoledi]

Date: 5/18/2007 12:30:18 PM
Author: Cehrabehra
I do think Alj that if you like the arches (and I suspect you do) that you should find some way to make those work

I tried! This is so crude compared to Irina''s designs, but I think you could do stacked arches on a minimal basket to get a nice effect. I don''t know if this is at all structurally sound, but I think the mass is ok with where the pivot point is. I also think there may be a way to do it without the "chin strap" bit, but I''m not sure how. Hope you don''t mind my butting in Alj. They''re only blue so it''s easier to see.

 

[Cehrabehra]

what about something like this? the darkest is the prongs, lightest is the stone, 2nd lightest where the wires would be behind the stone, and the 2nd darkest is the loop which flows with the wires that come from the bottom. I don't think I can mock up the side though LOL You would definitely have 3 arches though!

oh - and you would need another little ring (oval or circle) to orient this pear shaped hole with the finding hole. it would be a free-swinging dangly for sure!!

BTW I've edited this a couple times to make myself more clear so my apologies to anyone who's read this before I hit send this time lol

 

[aljdewey]

Date: 5/18/2007 1:49:47 PM
Author: Pricescope
That''s the last explanation mock ups for those models and i am out of your way

Irina, you most assuredly are not in my way! I can''t believe how creative and lovely these are, and you can''t imagine how much I appreciate your help in trying to take my words about what I''d like to see and form them into a design.

You do AMAZING work, and I''m delighted.

I''m actually quite intriguted by the white gold upper prongs, and I think this might work nicely. I had thought two tone wasn''t going to fly, but this looks like a way to keep more white metal around the diamond without having the earring look "choppy".

I hope you''re not frustrated with me.....my questions are more to understand what my possibilities are to help guide my choices.