After my last pile of ring photos, I took a break. But I have a wedding upcoming and now it’s time to get a move on with making the wedding ring!
The plan is to make another ring that “slots” into the existing one. We’re working from a resin cast of the existing ring to build around it. This first photo is of me with a very rough carve, and it identifies a problem with physics. ie, the holes will never line up with the geometry we have. One day of learning, toss that wax.
The next day of carving I spent an afternoon on Sunday and ended up with physics being appeased, but my sense of aesthetics not being so happy. The result looked a little bit like an alien frog thing. I brought it home to test against the actual ring and was surprised when I got out of the washroom that Miranda had slotted it in and put it on! Pleasantly surprised – I hadn’t expected it to fit.
I like my alien frog thing better after comparing it to the actual ring, but it still won’t work as the gem sections are to thin to be able set the gems properly. Back to carving!
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