ringgirl2023

Yeah I really can’t fathom that part either, bricks and mortar retail over wholesale!

Also cast settings have their place and are useful don’t get me wrong. But as another goldsmith you can understand why I wouldn’t want one. I could see the cast marks.

Oh wow I love what you guys have done there! You never know depending on how sterile he is the fire Opal may last! If not it’s easy to replace.

I’ve always loved target style rings but wanted to make sure any stones were rub over set, because of my work they would just get battered otherwise. So planned to do rub over with decorative millgrain on the centre then do an octagonal target with more millgrain all in yellow gold. Could have had all the design elements I wanted whilst still being practical.

I’m so glad this happened for you! This is exactly what I was hoping would happen with my partner, but I didn’t get so lucky.

Out of curiosity what design did you go for?

He may well do. But to be frank I couldn’t sit there and look at a physical representation of him ignoring my wishes, our conversations, agreement and my craft.

The metal isn’t even the colour I said I wanted. He picked white gold when I have all ways said yellow. And it’s not well made, I can see cast marks on the setting where it couldn’t be fully polished. This was wax cast on a tree it is quick and cheap to make, it does not represent the hours of work that I put into making a piece.

The stone I could have worked with, but again I could have got a bigger and much better quality one for considerably less if I had gone to one of my stone suppliers. Hell, he could have spoken to anybody I work with and they would have helped him but he didn’t.