Creating the 'Three of us' ring

Clients are often interested in how a piece of jewelry is made. My pieces are either made completely by hand from sheet and wire, or a one off cast is made using CADCAM technology. I employ whichever method will give me the highest standard of fit and finish. The following illustrates how the 'Three of us' ring was made by hand from white gold.

The 'Three of us' ring was designed with CAD, but fabricated by hand from metal sheet and wire. Here are some pictures of its fabrication.

A CAD Rendering of the chosen design	Forming the ring shank around mandrel with mallet	Filing the cups in which the stones will sit.
Sawing a round disk for the bottom of the cups.	Doming the round disk with a dapping block and dapping punch.	Soldering the dome to the bottom of the cup.
Burring seats for the cups.	Soldering the cups to the shank.
After the seats for the sapphires have been burred and the insides of the cups polished, the sapphires are carefully hammer set in place using hammer setting tools.		The finished ring.