Would a wedding ring work w/ this setting, and how would colored stones affect the appearance of the

[redsiren]

I posted this in another forum, but I was hoping for more opinions. What type of wedding ring could go with a setting similar to this? Would I be able to wear one at all?

If I do a setting similar to this or another with side stones, I was considering doing a alternating mix of colored stones with diamonds [ex. tanzanite, peridot(maybe s/thing else), and diamond side stones). I really love colored stones and I want s/thing unusual and striking. How do you think colored side stones would look with a diamond engagement ring--do you think it would take away from the diamond''s brillance or would it enhance the diamond and the ring? Please help--I need advice! I''d really love to hear what you guys think. Tx.

 

[valeria101]

Would I ever deter anyone from getting any colored stone? NOOOOOO ! I am too biased here for great advice.
The 'endless love' setting by Ritany looks somewat like this, and it is available for fancy shaped center stones (no pictures I know of though). The round setting is pictured on their site with a ruby center and some sapphires. I think the three-stone version gets the color treatment too. Icestore has some pictures of settings with colored diamond mele you might find interesting. And Tiffany shows some e-Rings with ruby and sapphires in them. not really like your ring, but similar stuff you may find posted at Faycullen. Some more examples may pop up at Artofplatinum (surely some earrings there have this look). More unusual ideas got pictured at Jewelryexpert.

Peridot... actually I love it (there is a Red Sea peridot sample somewhere in the mail for me) and larger stone can be world-class gems. Not mainstream E-ring material, but hey, why not?

Wedding band: it seems like it could only stay anywhere near the ring if it goes below that square head: if this setting happens to have a high profile, a band may fit. Otherwise, no idea what you could do to avoid a huge "detour" of the band around the center piece of the ring. One setting that pulls this stunt off well if the square bezel at Henrich & Denzel although that's far from your example (just a model for how such a setting accomodate a band).

Hope this helps a bit...

 

[redsiren]

Thanks valeria101.

Just to clarify in case anyone's not clear...my center stone wouldn't be colored, just a regular princess cut diamond--the surrounding stones would be alternating colored gems and diamond side stones.

Any other opinions? Please?

 

[diamond dazed]

I think it sounds cool. I'm not an expert, but the only thing that concerns me would be the alternating stones around the outside -- I think that sticking with all one color would give it more flow, and less "mother's ring-ish." I have seen a similar setting by Martin Flyer, with stones that were surrounding the center (center was white) that were tiny yellow diamonds, they were set into yellow gold, but the rest of the ring was platinum (or white gold). I could see doing something like that using pink sapphires set into rose gold, too.

I think you will have a beautiful and unique ring when you're done. And I love it when people personalize it to make it reflect themselves -- go for it!

Kris