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(2003) Summer time was a good set time for taking classes that I knew I wouldn’t have the time for during the regular school years, so I signed up for “jewelry”...which wasn’t all that “bead this, string this and braid that” like I was expecting. I learned how to solder, cut, acid etch, stamp, beat, change the gauge of a wire and so on.

This ring is completely original. The knot is my own design, hand cut from silver, soldered to a ring also hand cut from silver and manually sized to fit the boyfriend of that time. I iodized the silver and then scuffed and refined with 120 grit sand paper to bring back certain areas I wanted to remain shiny.

I had intended for the ring to fit my own finger, but the only way to get the knot cut with a jeweler’s saw, required the ring to be much larger than what would fit any finger of my own. (I wear a size 7 to a size 8...this was made to a size 13)

Note: do not use silver cleaning solutions when cleaning jewelry made like this, as it will ruin the affect the iodizing gave

for full knot design without the ring: [link] IT IS NOT STOCK. DO NO USE IT.

Description
(2003) Summer time was a good set time for taking classes that I knew I wouldn’t have the time for during the regular school years, so I signed up for “jewelry”...which wasn’t all that “bead this, string this and braid that” like I was expecting. I learned how to solder, cut, acid etch, stamp, beat, change the gauge of a wire and so on.

This ring is completely original. The knot is my own design, hand cut from silver, soldered to a ring also hand cut from silver and manually sized to fit the boyfriend of that time. I iodized the silver and then scuffed and refined with 120 grit sand paper to bring back certain areas I wanted to remain shiny.

I had intended for the ring to fit my own finger, but the only way to get the knot cut with a jeweler’s saw, required the ring to be much larger than what would fit any finger of my own. (I wear a size 7 to a size 8...this was made to a size 13)

Note: do not use silver cleaning solutions when cleaning jewelry made like this, as it will ruin the affect the iodizing gave

for full knot design without the ring: [link] IT IS NOT STOCK. DO NO USE IT.