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A Hand-Forged 22k Ring with a Medicine Wheel Garnet

A 22k band forged by hand from melted gold, set with a Medicine Wheel-cut anthill garnet.

Metal
22k gold
Stones
anthill garnet, Medicine Wheel cut
A Hand-Forged 22k Ring with a Medicine Wheel Garnet

This ring was forged rather than cast. The gold was melted, poured into an ingot and taken through the rolling mill by Carol, then formed, bevelled and soldered into a band.

Its centre is an anthill garnet in the Medicine Wheel cut, held in a hand-made bezel. Edge and surface finishes, bevelled or hammered, were weighed before the band was completed.

The making, stage by stage

  1. The gold

    01The gold

  2. Melting

    02Melting

  3. At the torch

    03At the torch

  4. Carol at the rolling mill

    04Carol at the rolling mill

  5. Milling

    05Milling

  6. Forming the band

    06Forming the band

  7. The bezel

    07The bezel

  8. Soldering

    08Soldering

  9. Fitting the stone

    09Fitting the stone

  10. Edge and surface options

    10Edge and surface options

  11. Finished

    11Finished

  12. Finished

    12Finished

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