Saturday, November 22, 2008

I don't update this enough

Heres a couple pics of the stuff I'm working on right now.


This one will have black and white pearls followed by a row of faceted stones the opposite color of the pearl. Onyx with the white and cz's with the black.


My second channel set ring. It has been milled and cast, just have to clean it up and set the center prong and side 3mm cz's.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Channel Setting




My first channel set ring. With Daves help I am getting more and more confident in Rhino. Can't wait to put together some more designs.

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Cast and ready to be set

Here it is, waiting for the stones I'll be setting into it. I am planning to put alexandrite in the center and CZ's on the sides.

My internship has been pretty much been finalized. I begin on August eighth, three days a week. When I picked up my ring David showed me some of the projects he was working on. I watched him set thousands of dollars worth of diamonds flawlessly into both gold and platinum rings. I can't wait until I am able to do things like that.

Monday, July 21, 2008

Friday, July 18, 2008

Printed, ready to cast

So here it is, finally. David, the jeweler who has the equipment to produce stuff like this is also having the ring cast for me in silver. After that I just have to get the cz's and alexandrite I want to set and it will finally be completely done. As an added bonus David asked me if I would want to come in and work with him. It'll be a little bit of a commute, but this is an opportunity I will not pass up. Plus it will be an internship getting me the final credits I need to graduate.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Its finally done!

My first real attempt at producing a printable ring from rhino is finally complete. I just got off the phone with David Dorian from 3Dworks and it will be printed in wax this weekend. I even get to go see the machine in action when I pick it up.

Heres what it looks like: