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Rockin' Jewelry => Show and Tell!!!! => Topic started by: Phishisgroovin on June 02, 2015, 08:23:19 PM
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while back when i first started lapidary, i had an itch to find ugly rings and repurpose them with stones i cabbed and polished myself.
Making them pretty.
Here was one of my first attempts.
This is the ring i am working with the day i purchased it with mother of pearl seashell in it that i am not too fond of.
(http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/washingtonfishingfools/preoject%20buys/IMAG1433_zps5f4c9fef.jpg) (http://s140.photobucket.com/user/washingtonfishingfools/media/preoject%20buys/IMAG1433_zps5f4c9fef.jpg.html)
(http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/washingtonfishingfools/preoject%20buys/IMAG1432_zps68b9f7d5.jpg) (http://s140.photobucket.com/user/washingtonfishingfools/media/preoject%20buys/IMAG1432_zps68b9f7d5.jpg.html)
how it sits now. i dont know how to push the edge of the ring towards the stone to flush it up with the opal, been trying brute force and the silver is not budging.
(http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/washingtonfishingfools/IMAG1715_zpsb651baba.jpg) (http://s140.photobucket.com/user/washingtonfishingfools/media/IMAG1715_zpsb651baba.jpg.html)
(http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/washingtonfishingfools/IMAG1716_zps0e9cb2f3.jpg) (http://s140.photobucket.com/user/washingtonfishingfools/media/IMAG1716_zps0e9cb2f3.jpg.html)
(http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/washingtonfishingfools/IMAG1717_zps3a1151eb.jpg) (http://s140.photobucket.com/user/washingtonfishingfools/media/IMAG1717_zps3a1151eb.jpg.html)
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i finally got help from a jewler friend in setting the Opal i cabbed and hand polished.
this was my second opal, first one for this ring broke.
My absolute favorite is brazil opal with the purple sheet lightning flash in it.
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What a fun idea to repurpose bland rings with popping stones.