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RING STYLES
Band Style Rings: Including Initial, Sigil and Zodiac Bands, and Committment and Wedding Bands, particularly Celtic Style Bands .
This is an example of an incised technique which looks like deep engraving. It's not . The ring is made from two sheets, the top sheet pierced, flush soldered together. Simple initials, zodiac signs and other symbols can be fabricated using this technique. Rings like this run $200 or more.
Sigils are really spells written out , usually in a private alphabet. Email me if you'd like to know more about how to do this. This was a Sigil ring with sigils cut into the outer and inner sheets of silver that comprised the ring. This type of ring is extremely difficult to fabricate for what ends up looking fairly simple. Another view of this ring follows.
The customer made the sigils and sent them to me as a file. Bands like this run $250, although one this complex would cost $400.
If you want a more complex name ring, where the name circles the ring more sophisticated band rings caan be commissioned. In this case the customer wanted a ring that looked like it was, in his words, forged in the pits of hell. He was delighted with the ring. Rings this complex cost $300 and up.
The full name was Diabolus Darkwater, which is 19 letters and spaces. The ring was a size 10.
The ring was created by flush soldering two sheets of argentium silver together, the upper pierced with the name and the thorny rims. The background was textured and oxidized.
One of our favorites of the zodiac style rings have two sun signs separated with diagonal lines cut into the ring and the symbol to join between the sun signs. This style ring costs $250.
Here's the ring with the Cancer symbol.
Here it is with the Leo symbol.
It is possible to put up to 8 symbols on a ring like this - Sun signs, Rising signs, and Planetary symbols if you want.
In this style the band has zodiac symbols nestled between two ridges and the textured background oxidized. A style like this runs $275.
Of course you're not limited to zodiac symbols in this style ring. This ring, which did require some design work, was a Christmas present, and, I'd imagine a bit of a personal joke.
I made these rings at least ten years ago. The top sheet was cut with a jeweler's saw with a number of runes of the Elder Futhark. Rings like this would cost from $500 for a pair, plus a design fee of $100. Although I do not show this it is not necessary to incise the runes. They can be cut out and soldered to the ring in the same way as the zodiac symbols above.
This knotwork is found in the Book of Kells and shows the interweaving of two lines, a fitting metaphor for committment or marriage. Flush soldered to sterling silver this type of knotwork can also have a rim at the top and bottom.
Here the Celtic band ring is set with a moonstone inside of a heart knot. Any stone,faceted or cabachon may be placed in a ring like this. Without the stone rings like this run $225 in argentium sterling silver, without the stone which adds at least another $15.
This is a more open style of knotwork that I developed for rings from another border in the Book of Kells. Again the knotwork is high shine, the ring textured for contrast.
tIn this case the ring was given a hand made settng for the faceted synthetic emerald the customer requested. A ring similar to this would cost $250, or more depending on the stone.
These bands featured a dragon on one side of a bezel set faceted amethyst, a wolf on the other and celtic knotwork of the crossing knot style running around the back of the ring. On this side you can see the dragon.
Here's the Wolf.
Here's the the two bands for comparison of size. Rings similar to these would cost $700 for the pair plus the design fee.
Celtic band work, gold on silver, is popular and I've developed a series of different interlacements. This is one of them, with a fine large faceted aquamarine in the center.
Here's another view of the above ring. Although this was originally a combination engagement/wedding band, there no reason why the ring couldn't be used as a ring setting for a fine stone. Rings like this cost $350 and up without the stone.
Celtic Band rings are also quite popular. We have three variants. This is 14 kt gold on sterling silver.
Here's another view of the same ring. The silver background is bur finish textured, the gold high shine and stamped to create the plaiting illusion. Rings like this run from $400 and up depending on size and complexity.
I've made this style wedding band at least a dozen times. It is a man and woman, a celtic braid knot, and a celtic knot heart. The ring can also be made with two women, or two men. I haven't made a pair with two men yet but I have made a few with two women. Here's the view with the woman. In this case she's long and slim. I can adjust her size o be more
Although the two figures reaching towards the heart is very popular I have sometimes replaced the heart with a stone.
This shows the male. The ring has changed over the years as I move towards the style I'm personally seeking, a ring that looks like it might have been found in the burial mound of a Celtic King and Queen.
All the rings you see on these pages were photographed soon after I made them. As they are worn they will change color, soften in texture and stabilize in color. This is the knot side of the ring. Rings like this run $550 and up, depending on size.
