Black Onyx Hammered Silver Ring, size F

Hand made using traditional methods. The ring was formed from a length of chunky oval sterling silver, formed on a mandrel and the ends soldered together. The stone setting created by fitting a strip of fine silver bezel around the stone and making it into an oval before soldering it to a sheet of silver, making a cup the correct size and shape for the stone to sit in. These pieces were then filed and sanded with several grades of abrasive papers to smooth all the edges and remove scratches. The ring was textured by hammering then the cup was soldered to the ring before it was placed in a warm picking solution to remove the fire scale caused by the blow torch. This was followed by lots of cleaning and and polishing to give the ring its lovely sheen. The onyx was placed in the cup and the silver bezel shaped over the stone to hold it in place and lastly, it was burnished.