Gold and Silver Twisted Ring Setting

Description

Gold and Silver Twisted Ring Setting made of a half solid Argentium silver and half solid 9ct gold band with a solid silver bezel cup. Does not include ashes as shown in the pictures. These rings take  up to two weeks to produce and send unless otherwise stated. They are custom made for you to order and as such are not eligible for return/change of mind.

Perfect for use with our 8mm round cabochon moulds and our other cabochon and faceted stones here. You can order some ring stock images here to show your clients some mockups before they buy (please remember the instructions for use advise you to tell your clients results will vary!).

We recommend you buy a compatible necklace setting, for example a small necklace setting (for example) to accompany this ring and once you’ve made the cabochon stones you can offer to set the other one as a necklace for a small extra charge (£25 or so). Around half of your customers will take you up on this (just be sure to tell them you’ll still return the extra stone even if they don’t pay!)

Kit Contents

If you’d like to buy this ring as a kit you’ll receive:

• Custom made twisted ring setting
• single cabochon mould or a single practice bezel setting*
• pair of vinyl gloves
• 3 cocktail sticks
• resin sparkle mix sample (random colour)
• 10g bottle of UV resin
• sandpaper
• label backing paper
• 1x sachet Breastmilk Preservation Powder (breastmilk kit only) and free access to our Breastmilk Jewellery Course plus these Breastmilk Preservation Powder PDF Instructions

You’ll also need to provide yourself (not included):

• an epoxy resin starter kit or a gel nail lamp like this
• your clients’ elements (like breastmilk, ashes, hair etc) and any additional sparkles and dried petals. You can also request some practice ashes here.

And these items make it much easier but aren’t essential!

• a wooden ring clamp to hold the ring in place when setting or curing
• a curved burnisher tool to rub the silver over and hold the stone in place
• a pestle and mortar to grind breastmilk powder, cremation ashes and umbilical cord

Follow our tutorials here to prepare your clients’ elements or buy a pack of 5 or 10 sachets of Breastmilk Preservation Powder here!

Direct Pour Ring Making Video Tutorials

Rubover Bezel Ring Making Video Tutorials

Twisted Wire Ring Setting Sizes

These twisted wire rings are available in UK half sizes and US quarter sizes, please let us know in the comments and choose the size below. For example, if you would like a UK size P1/2 ring, please choose UK P and say in the comments “size P1/2”.

Please note, we highly recommend that you advise your customer to consider taking away half a UK ring size to their best fit on these comfort fit bands. For example, if they are a UK size L on a normal ring sizer, the might advise them to go for a size K½. We will make whatever size you request but four years’ experience making these bands shows us that extra size is needed because of the extra width.

Comfort Fit for Arthritis/Swollen Joints

Comfort fit bands like this ring are ideal for clients with arthritis and swollen joints etc. If you’d like us to press the ring into a slight oval shape for clients with arthritis/swollen knuckles please let us know in the comments. We recommend sizing the client’s finger and not the joint, the oval shape will help them get the ring on and because it can then be more true-to-size, it’s less likely to slip.

Gold and Silver Twisted Ring Setting Hallmarking

This ring contains solid 940 Argentium silver and solid 375 9ct yellow gold. As there is under 1g of solid gold in this ring (around 0.75 to 0.9g), there is no requirement for a hallmark. This piece is not hallmarked. Please read about Types of Silver here and Types of Gold here.

Solid Silver and Bezel Cups

The silver in these settings is 925 sterling or 935 or 940 anti-tarnish silver, which is 100% recycled. We use sterling silver solder paste. Please see our blog on Types of Solid Silver which explains the care instructions for the silver and the metal content. You can advertise these as 925 sterling silver which is the minimum fineness of the band and bezel cup.

Please remember, the larger the bezel cup, the less secure the solder join and more prone to being knocked off! I would recommend a maximum of 10x10mm around but prefer to stick to 8mm where possible. I am more than happy to make any ring style and have oval, teardrop, round and heart bezels in all popular sizes such as 16x12mm, but I am not able to replace them if the client knocks off the bezel cup or the solder comes loose. Crown point settings are very prone to knocking and will need to be well looked-after by customers too.

We are happy to do any of the settings the other orientation, for example I always make oval settings landscape (sideways) because it’s a little more secure, less prone to being knocked off due to a smaller surface area overlapping the band. If you’d like the oval settings in portrait (regular) please let me know in the comments. Always happy to do heart and teardrops landscape too for a special and unique look.

Silver Polishing Cloths

Customers may wish to give their rings a quick polish before sending, you can buy a silver polishing cloth from us here. If you have an established business and would like some branded polishing cloths we use this company for our Tree of Opals cloths!

*Most kits will come with a compatible mould, but for settings that aren’t suitable for use with a mould (direct pour or fillable only) we will instead send a practice bezel setting which is stainless steel. You can fill this with the client’s ash/milk etc to send them a proof photo before filling the setting. This way you can check they’re happy with the colours.