Setting ideas for new FCD

[chrono]

What do you ladies and gents think of this design for my FCDs? By incorporating two FCDs, I get slightly better finger coverage and only need a single ring to admire two stones. Will I still need some diamond accents or anything else? The pink is 4 mm and the yellow is 7x4 mm on a size 4.5 finger.

 

[chrono]

The FCDs in question are below. I'm not sure what colour metal to use but will remove the rose gold double band part of the original design.


Outdoor picture. Both stones are very clean so I think the black parts I see must be the reflection of my black sweater.


Indoor picture under a single fluorescent light bulb which isn't the best for photography but all I have available.

 

[movie zombie]

i like the setting A LOT.

i can see your FCD's set in it.

i'd still do mixed metals......perhaps a yellow gold and white?

i'd avoid red and/or green golds.....

MoZo

ps i do think it would be stunning.

 

[Indylady]

Lovely FCD's!


Do you definitely want to set them together?

....personally, I'd want to set them separately. They would be beautiful together, but both are big/saturated enough to hold their own IMHO. I'd set the pink with a halo of white rounds, marquises, and pears. Do you know the look I'm talking about? Sort of jagged but really interesting? Definitely a high-end look that is unique, but classic and will contrast nicely with your pink centerstone (which would be delicately bezeled in rose gold) with the halo/band in white gold.

The yellow, I'd do in the setting you posted but with a white diamond as its partner, in yellow gold. I think it would really, really pop if it were set in yellow and then placed next a white diamond.

I totally get if you want to stick to your original design inspiration; in that case, feel free to ignore the above comments!

 

[marymm]

I love that Maevona Tiree setting (confession: I've had it bookmarked for sometime for a little white diamond pear and a marquise-ish yellow zircon). I definitely like your two FCDs together - the colors are gorgeous together; there's enough contrast to be interesting, and the shapes should work well.

I don't know that additional diamonds or extras are required; they might overwhelm the organic nature of the setting. I'm thinking if you go with white metal, maybe nothing extra. But if you go with yellow metal, I wonder if a few artfully placed white diamonds would play up the FCDs. I'm not a fan of rose gold and am not sure if it would work with the yellow FCD so I'll leave that option alone.

 

[T L]

What do you ladies and gents think of this design for my FCDs? By incorporating two FCDs, I get slightly better finger coverage and only need a single ring to admire two stones. Will I still need some diamond accents or anything else? The pink is 4 mm and the yellow is 7x4 mm on a size 4.5 finger.

Very pretty colors together, I think it would work. However, once you get one FCD, it's like potato chips and hard to stop. Why not get 20 more and make a giant cluster ring!!

 

[LD]

Re: Setting ideas for new FCDh

I can see how it'd work BUT I think you're going to have a problem with metal colour. For the yellow you really need yellow gold. White gold will make it look grey and wash out the yellow I think. I most definitely wouldn't put the pink in yellow so you're left with white gold (or rose gold) for that one. I wouldn't use rose gold because it will look absolutely awful against the yellow. So how about having two rings (the pink in w/gold the yellow in y/gold) that somehow merge together so almost like a wavey stacker. To ensure it looks finished you could then have two small end rings for either side in w/gold and y/gold so that it looks like one joined ring. I hope that makes sense? That way, you also get the best of both words because could wear them on their own if you wanted.

 

[delayedreaction]

I like the diamonds together, but I only like the center ring of the stack. The top and bottom look extraneous to me and add a lot of metal for no real reason.

 

[LD]

I've got another idea.

Why don't you use white gold for half of the ring (i.e. middle back of your finger) swooping round and then holding the pink diamond in place and then the other half of the ring in yellow gold swooping around to hold the marquise?

 

[T L]

I've got another idea.

Why don't you use white gold for half of the ring (i.e. middle back of your finger) swooping round and then holding the pink diamond in place and then the other half of the ring in yellow gold swooping around to hold the marquise?

Or make the shank in white metal, and rose gold prongs for the pink diamond and yellow gold prongs for the yellow diamond. Oh and halo each one in white diamonds (sorry, being naughty again).

 

[Lovinggems]

Will the shapes work together? The ring posted has more pointy end stones.

 

[jstarfireb]

Will the shapes work together? The ring posted has more pointy end stones.

I'm thinking the same (the ring seems to flow better with pointed stones), but I'd have to see them photoshopped onto it to really form an opinion. I just can't visualize with with these stones.

 

[chrono]

I’d been thinking about how to set these two FCDs in a style similar to the Tiree but not exactly the same because obviously the oval doesn’t have any points and the pear has a single point. I’m thinking it’ll have to be a 3 tone setting with a white band, yellow gold for the yellow FCD and rose gold for the purplish pink FCD. I like diamond accents a lot and will somehow have to work it in somewhere without them taking away from the FCDs.

IndyLady,
Do you have a picture of the idea you have in mind? I cannot imagine what you’ve described.

DelayedReaction,
I agree that the metal bands above and below the stones look unnecessary and do not plan on having them in my version.

LG,
I’m thinking for copyright reasons, I have to make the ring look a little different so I was hoping the removal of the metal “bands” and using slightly different shapes will take care of that. Of course, photoshopping will also help “see” if using an oval and pear will look good in this modified design.

 

[stepcutnut]

I think the stones compliment each other perfectly! I wouldn't set the pink in anything other than RG and the yellow in anything other than YG. I like the idea of having a WG shank and the colored gold for the baskets on the diamonds. I also think that a white diamond(a marquise perhaps-laying at an angle at the bottom of the pear and the side of the oval) or another colored diamond would be lovely in this layout. I definitely think it wouldn't distract from the other two stones and it would give more finger coverage Good luck, it will be fun to see what you decide on! And the dark areas in the photos are just from the cut of the diamonds-think distinction at certain angles.

 

[marymm]

I like stepcutnut's suggestion of a white diamond marquise in-between the two FCDs - it could be set in the white gold. And I wonder if the pink FCD could be set with N/S/E/W prongs?

 

[Indylady]

Jewelfreak's avatar is somewhat the idea I was thinking of, except her avatar is only a halo of pears. I just spent a while looking for a decent picture, but I couldn't find a good example. I certainly post a picture when I find one!

 

[Lovinggems]

How about setting both east west, with the pear pointing outwards?

 

[VapidLapid]

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

I love bypass settings or renditions of them--good luck on your design.

cheers--Sharon

 

[sphenequeen]

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I love the idea of setting your stones together - What if you micro-paved the outside "wrap" so that it would have more of a diamondy look?
I think that the stones would hold up in white gold or platinum because they are so saturated (at least they look that way in the pics you provided). This way, you do not have to worry about the yellow diamond not looking good with pink gold and the pink diamond not looking good with yellow gold.

 

[chrono]

The Tiree design will remain my fallback design and because I’m avoiding another halo like the plague , I like your idea of having a diamond “wrap” for added bling. Thanks, Sphenequeen.

 

[Matata]

How about something like this Peter Indorf piece (bottom one)?

 

[chrono]

Matata,
Thank you for your suggestion. I did photograph my pear and oval in almost the same orientation but I do not want to bezel them, which sort of limits my options. The PI design is gorgeous though.

 

[Matata]

Have you thought of burnishing them = setting them into the metal, no bezel. At least I think it's called burnishing. I used to have a photo of a ring done by Tradeshop of a 3 stone ring with the pear sides set directly into the metal, no prongs. Very clean look.