I've finished my final design in wax for casting.
It's a simple design and I love it for that.
It's sort of chunky on the outside, but it's hollow on the inside so it's quite light.
Which is good, since I'm seriously considering casting this in gold.
The stone is just dropped in place for the photos -
it will be set after the casting is complete.
If you promise to ignore my roughed-up hands,
I'll show a photo of the ring while it's on my finger.
The stone is an opal from a ring that belonged to my great-aunt Irene. It was her birthstone and it is mine as well. Unfortunately, her ring is much too large for my fingers and is missing one of the accent diamonds due to broken prongs. Also, the opal itself was loose before I removed it entirely. All these things probably could be repaired, but I think there's something really nice about taking the stone and the gold from an old piece of jewelry and making it into something new. Recycling in this way is way cool.
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