Oldest Jewelry (Jewellery)

Do you know that the oldest jewelry are between 90k to 100k years old and they are made of shells? Read more at 'Study reveals 'oldest jewellery'. Interesting....

Diamond Eternity Rings

While travelling to a coastal town north of the State last week, I met a lady who has a golden ring on her finger with gemstones all around the ring. Being someone who is very interested with jewelry, I approached her and asked about the ring and later did some searching and reading in the internet.

The ring is known as Eternity Ring and hers is a Diamond Wedding Rings - Eternity Rings. It is really beautiful and after reading what it represents, I am more tempted. The diamond or gemstones themselves go all around the ring band creating thus 'eternity', which symbolizes love for eternity. This means the love of the giver will last for all eternity, it is never-ending as the circle of the ring of diamonds. Other than diamonds, strong gemstones that can withstand daily wear and tear are most suitable for eternity rings. These include Sapphires, Rubies, Tourmalines, Topaz, Amethyst and Citrine. Aquamarines, Emeralds and Opals are too soft to withstand daily wear and tear on an eternity ring. The metals for the band can be anything. The idea in my head now is how I can make an Eternity ring with wires! This way, I can make Eternity rings with my favorite gemstones. Wow! The combinations are endless.

One problem though is that I may be able to make Eternity ring with wire but it may be uncomfortable to wear as with the real eternity ring with metal band. The gemstones or diamond going all around the band may hurt the two side fingers as well as the palm. Yeah! This is very uncomfortable if not well done.

There are varieties of eternity ring styles, from vintage-inspired designs to sleek, modern pieces. The diamonds themselves can be cut in almost any style desired such as princess cut and emerald cut or round cut diamonds. It is personal preferences actually. If you are at Sndgems.com, you may check out Best Diamond Eternity Rings and Best Eternity Rings & Eternity Bands. It is always recommended to make an educated and informed decision with your purchase and it is always a great pleasure to give and receive jewelry especially if it is for "eternity".

Few Pieces Made Today

Today is relax day for me. Spent few hours catching up with sleep this afternoon as I only slept for less than 3 hours last night. Didn't manage to sleep while in the plane this morning and lack of sleep is no good for wire jewelry :) Anyway, here are few pieces made today after my nap. The Swarovski Crystal pendant and earrings (gold filled wires) are commissioned pieces while the two crosses will be for the hand phones. They are Czech fire polished beads.

Off Wires - Bintulu

I started this post about 7pm just now and now it is almost 3am but I am still at the beginning. The story is, I have to send a colleague to the hospital - he has irregular heartbeats. We left about 7.30pm (he was suppose to give a presentation - our boss took over :)) and I only got back about 2.30am. Waited for the doctor for more than 4 hours. By the time the doctor finished with him, she said he has to stay the night at the hospital. As we are to catch the flight back to Kuching tomorrow morning at 9:00 am, my friend has to miss the flight. What to do? His things is in the hotel and its 1:00 am in the morning. So, I drove back alone! to the hotel to fetch his bag. The scariest drive in my life after hearing stories of 'extra passengers' along that stretch of road.....huhu! Luckily boss accompany me on the way back to hospital again.
Thank God 'H' is fine and someone will be looking after him tomorrow morning.
Its late and I better get some sleep. Before that, here are pix of Bintulu taken early this evening from my hotel room.

Done! Tulip Brooch

This brooch took the longest time to make. The frame for this brooch was shown in my previous post here, picture right at the bottom. This is a custom made piece. The design for this piece was sketched by the customer so most of the time was spent figuring out how to wire wrap the design so that they flow and it does not look like a bunch of wire wrapped together.

For the petals and stem, I used 20ga wire while the wrapping is with 28ga stainless steel wire. As for the pin, I used 20ga hard stainless steel wire. The "springy" wire makes it more suitable as pin but it is really tough to bend it.

Wrapped the five petals with 4mm swarovski crystal near the top to hold the focal beads in place. This Brooch measures about 5 cm from top to bottom.

Few to Show Off

The last two days were busy days for me, besides twisting wires of course. Too busy that I forgot to post my latest pieces till tonight. Took the pictures, uploaded and edited them but I was in such a rush that I forgot to post..:). So, here are two pieces done yesterday and one halfway or rather almost done.

Coiled wire ring with Tiger's Eyes (6mm) focal.

Screw Earrings with Japanese Sead Beads - golden brown themed.