LIFE has become a little peculiar recently but in those long forgotten days of early March (or possibly late February, who knows, it all feels so long ago) a friend asked me about engagement rings.
I pointed her at my website but then realised that I have nothing on here that is particularly weddingy and it was probably time I pulled my finger out and got out of my big-stone comfort zone.
So I went and found a tutorial on line https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6gE6IEtRE8 and had a go. I have done similar things before but it can be really refreshing to follow someone else’s tutorial. We don’t always do things the same way and it is good to pick up different ways of doing things. His trick of closing a ring and then running the saw through the join before soldering is excellent as a way both of balancing the sides as well as providing a fresh, clean surface for optimal solder flow.
I used a 4mm Tunduru sapphire in a deep purple and the result is perfectly sweet and a little bland (it’s also a bit ropey as I am not used to working at such a small scale and to be honest my eyes struggle a bit) but the next one will be neater and I can go on to incorporate this kind of thing in something that is more me.
Erica Madelin 