Tag Archives: bezel

pink and white agate ring – bespoke statement ring

My lovely client Emma chose this amazing drusy cabochon to be made into this pink and white agate ring. The stone gets the amazing colour through treatment. I usually prefer natural stones, but sometimes a treated stone is just too good to pass up!The ring is a huge one at nearly 5 cm long. It makes a great statement piece, but is comfortable enough for daily wear. The stone sits on top of the finger, but allows full movement of the finger below. I love to wear huge rings, and I take them off only if it gets very hot or if I’m doing something quite manual, like building another ring! You can read more about wearing my rings here.

Emma has a number of gorgeous Silver Forge pieces, including this pink and white agate ring. Check out her charoite ring; her shattuckite ring and her haematite ring. Fabulous! It’s always lovely when she drops by to browse my gemstones and have a chat. Thanks for visiting, Emma!

Faceted Aquamarine Ring

My lovely client Natasha previously had me make her and her partner new wedding rings, set with lemon quartz.

A friend of Natasha’s admired those rings so much, so Natasha had me create a similar ring for her!

What a lovely friend to have!

sodalite, malachite and silver gum-leaf earrings

There’s a nod to the sky and the sea and the forest in these sodalite, malachite, and silver gum-leaf earrings I created last year for my client George.

As part of the design process, I sent George some pictures of combinations of different gemstones from my available gemstone collection. He chose sodalite and malachite as a lovely combo. We added the gum-leaves for a lovely subtle nature themed earring. George thought they looked great, and they went off to a new home overseas. I’m always so happy when my clients like the pieces I’ve made. It’s always exciting when they’re headed off to various corners of the globe. I have made some well travelled jewels!

Hessonite Garnet Feather Ring

I made this hessonite garnet and feather ring for a client to give to his partner.

The infinity feather is her business logo. The stone is hessonite garnet, and is such a gorgeous glowing orange colour!

Pale Pink Titanium Coated Drusy Ring

This piece was a custom order for a lovely client, who happens to be the friend of another lovely client of mine. I was so pleased!

I have only a couple of dark silver and one gold of these titanium coated drusy cabochons left, and I won’t be getting in any more. If you’d like your own piece, get in touch!

Melanite Garnet Stud Earrings

My lovely sister had a birthday recently, and I thought she might need a bit of understated bling – so I made her a pair of melanite garnet stud earrings.Love my sister!

Two Green Gemstones Earrings

To go with the ring from my previous post, my gorgeous client Natasha had me make her a pair of earrings using green gemstones.

The stones are jade and bloodstone (also known as heliotrope.) Fantastic!

Five Green Gemstones Ring

My lovely client Natasha found a picture of an amazing antique ring, and got me to make her a similar style using a selection of green gemstones.

The stones are serpentine, prehnite, chrysoprase, peridot and aventurine.

It looks amazing worn on the first finger – the stones wrap around and are all visible to be admired! Thanks, as always, to Natasha for her friendship and artistic vision.

Native Silver in Cobaltite Ring

My lovely client Rosie chose this beautiful stone from my gemstone collection.

It’s native silver in cobaltite. I’d never seen it before I came across this cab, but it is so beautiful!

I played around with some ideas, but in the end we decided the simple framed look was the best. It usually is!

Lapis Lazuli and Sterling Silver Ring with 18ct Gold Detail

My gorgeous client Rosie asked if I could make her a lapis lazuli ring. We discussed her vision, and I came up with a design she liked.

I most often just let the stone do the talking, but the addition of some tiny organic pieces of gold which follow the lines of the gold flecks in the lapis just seemed to fit!

Photography is not my forte, and these pictures don’t really do the ring justice. I’m sure you get the general idea though!

the silver forge

jewellery handcrafted by ruthie gray