Thus the story goes: boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, boy proposes to girl, boy gets engagement ring, girl gets wedding ring, girl gets more jewelry and more jewelry. I have the pleasure of being in Maui this week for my best friend’s wedding and her lovely hubby-to-be commissioned a wedding gift from me a couple months ago. Here is a behind the scenes look at commission to creation.
I start with a design and sketch of the ring, then a wax mold is made so I can see and approve the physical design. We then either hand-make the ring out of the chosen gold or make a casting. This particular one is rose gold and white gold with white diamonds. The diamonds are then selected and set on the ring at which point if there are multiple parts of the ring, they are then soldered together and the whole piece is polished. End result: boy gifts the ring and girl shows it off drinking a martini. Ta-da!!
Big Kiss and Bigger Diamonds,
JZP

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