How to Create Stunning Memorial Inlays with Channel Ring Settings
From Tungsten to Gold: Why Channel Ring Settings are the Perfect Keepsake Base. Find out why channel ring sales have been growing steadily in the industry and find out how easy it can be to make them.
Are they hard to make?
They can be super easy to make once you get the hang of it. The “channel” is a recessed groove in the band. It’s designed to hold resin (or sometimes CA glue), meaning you can add cremation ashes, locks of hair and fur, breastmilk or any inclusions securely. The “walls” of the channel protect the resin from knocks and scratches.
What are Channel Ring Settings?
We have been offering channel rings for years here on Keepsaker Supplies. They come in a variety of materials, shapes and sizes. Our partial channel rings are now handmade from scratch, ensuring artisan quality you won’t find in some otehr findings. They’re secure and tarnish resistant, and I’m working on new designs all the time so if you have an idea, please get in touch on our Facebook page etc to make it a reality.
I have many tutorials on YouTube on how to use the rings, whether you’re a total beginner or you’re just brushing up or looking for new ideas. From the low-tech roll of cardboard to the ring turner machines, there’s something for every budget.
Materials for Every Business
Whether your shop is for clients on a budget or high end bespoke purchases, we can help with a variety of materials. From the inexpensive tungsten carbide to solid gold chunky rings (by quote, due to gold prices). All of our channel rings are engravable from just £5. Watch This Space to hear about the new channel shapes and designs coming soon.
Personalisation: Engraving That Doesn’t Break the Bank
We can engrave pretty much any metal and ring blank. Text Engraving: Names, dates, or coordinates. Image Engraving: like fingerprints or small handprints, this is great for larger width rings like the black ceramic and chunky silver channel ring. You can easily upsell to your own clients by adding engraving without buying expensive machinery.
Stock Images
Stock images are always free and if you can’t see what you need after you download them, please get in touch. Please don’t use our images unless they’re stock images, don’t crop out our watermark. Some images just don’t have third party access, so I have made it for a Tree of Opals customer and has permission to share myself but that customer might not have given permission for you to use it!
The “Keepsaker Supplies” Difference
People love to buy from me because I actually genuinely care about my clients. I might not be very good at customer service (you’ll usually speak with my amazing admin team) because I’m autistic, but I love to share my knowledge in free tutorials and mentoring on our WhatsApp and Facebook group chats.
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British & Mum-Owned: I started out in the South West in England and have moved back and forth between here and South Wales, but we’re settled in Bath, Somerset now. We work in a workshop in a converted barn on an organic fruit and veg farm, by a pretty stream and a field of sheep. You’re likely to get hold of us during school hours because everyone on the team is a mum!
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Ethics: I am a Living Wage Employer and Disability Confident Employer, your supplies are being sourced from an ethical company. I recycle everything we can from cardboard boxes to every single grain of silver. I’m always happy to offer extra free mentoring to anyone going through or recovering from domestic abuse especially financial abuse.
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Baby memorials: If your piece is for a pro bono (free) baby memorial piece we can supply the materials at cost price. Please chat to Nikki about this option. If you don’t want to do free work that’s no problem, you can refer the client to my other business Tree of Opals where we will make the piece pro bono. Please don’t feel obliged to do them for free, that’s just part of my loss journey <3
- Free Education: If you buy a channel ring, I have free courses to teach you how to fill it perfectly.
Other Jewellery Settings for Keepsake and Memorial Artists
- …More Rings
- beads
- pendants
- earring settings and more…
Channel Ring YouTube Tutorial Videos
Learn to make channel rings with and without tools such as a silicone ring mandrel, a Slow Speed Ring Turner, lathe or just a pencil. These tutorials with UV resin will suit beginners to advanced students. Please subscribe to my YouTube channel here. If you like my videos, click the bell for notifications, so that you get an email every time I post a new tutorial.
