Yellow Beryl

I finished this ring yesterday. The stone is yellow beryl that a friend of mine and her husband mined at Gem Mountain in North Carolina. They also had it cut there.

Emeralds and aquamarine are also beryl. While I never cared for the color of emeralds; yellow beryl, aka golden beryl or Heliodor is quite pretty.

This piece is sold but if you would like to see similar heavy bezel settings that I have, visit my website http://www.jpstudioinc.com. 

Do over!

This is a ring that I cast several years ago. After setting the stone I noticed it was set on a slight diagonal. It was not enough of an angle that it looked like it was intentional so I decided to flank the the stone with smaller ones set in a way that it would accentuate the diagonally set center stone. After looking for years, I finally found a variety of small amethyst that would fit in the tiny space available on the ring shank. 

So...what do you think? Did I get the redo right?

Nice Surprise!

I had a nice surprise in the mail yesterday.  Even though it is called the January issue and is not due on newsstands until December 6; I received two copies of Art Jewelry magazine with my article in it.  The article looks beautiful and was not too chopped up by the editor.
There is one picture that I would have liked to replace but they did not have time to make the change.  Photo 3 does not show the dividers positioned correctly it should look like this:

Overall, it was a very pleasant experience working with the magazine and I will most likely do it again.  In the mean time, I am working on a video about carving a wax model.

Been a while.

It's been a while since I posted. Those of you who know me, know last year was not a fun one around the Eslinger house. Anyway, it's a new year now and hopefully, I will be able to keep up with my blogging. The last time I posted I wrote about an article that was accepted by a magazine. The article is done and at the publisher. It is scheduled to be published in March of 2012! I will write more once they pay me but in the mean time here is a picture of the ring I did for the article.

I had a hard time photographing it. Hopefully the pro's at the magazine can do it more justice. I am currently in the process of carving waxes for alternative designs of the same basic ring.

Ring-a-ding-ding

I love the Gieko ring tone; ring-a-ding-ding. This week I worked on an article that I am writing about lost wax casting. I carved two ring blanks and took lots of pictures along the way. I also pitched the article to a magazine. I am keeping my fingers crossed that they will accept it. I am suppose to find out by the middle of April.