I just finished up on these rings and wanted to share. Some of you might have seen one of them on my facebook page, but now I have some semi-decent pictures. I got the lovely golden and red stone at a local mineral club show, it was really fun getting to see some local stone cutters and I always like supporting other makers. The color of this stone is gorgeous and has some stunning reds and golds swirling through it. This ring band is quite substantial, and is imprinted with a trailing vine pattern. I gave the ring an antiqued […]more
Category: New Technique
New Technique – Etching Sterling Silver
Recently I had a request to make a ring with a very intricate symbol on the front and I knew this was the perfect project to try out a new technique. I have wanted to try etching silver for a while, but the cost of silver and my own fears of just mucking it all up has held me back. Last weekend I took the plunge. First I scanned the image into illustrator and made sure all the lines were clear. Because the image was so small, I decided to test out a few different versions of the image to […]more
Excited to use my new tool – Lightroom 4
Recently Adobe released Lightroom 4 and I decided to take the plunge. So far I am glad I did. If you have used any photo editing software you will start to pick up the basics pretty quick. This software can be a powerful tool and I am excited to dig in deeper. In the meantime here are a few photos that I pulled from the archives to edit and post. And just to prove I bought this for more than just play I included a photo of my Mens Woodland Ring. Hope you like them! UPDATE: Here are […]more