Les Triplettes de Spinelville

[VapidLapid]

I have the new red Burma Spinel from Brad, and added it to the pair of same I have from him since two years ago.

A three stone ring? Pre-Victorian inspiration pictures will be most welcome!

 

[VapidLapid]

 

[SparkliesLuver]

Wow, VL. All I can do right now is drool...and be a bit jealous.

I'll look for pictures in a minute... Did I mention I was drooling?

 

[OTL]

They look very close in color and shape, I could see them in a 3-stone ring

I forgot what does the vendor pic look like, is it a bit orangish/brownish as well?

 

[Acinom]

Wow, stunning stones!!!
A three stone will be lovely. A combination of the center stone with diamonds will look gorgeous as well The contrast would be stunning.
Whatever you decide you cannot go wrong with these stones

 

[Niel]

1. Amazing collection of red spinel. I'm uber jealous.

2. Adorable title

3. Cannot wait to see this as a ring.

 

[pregcurious]

VL. your posts make me smile. I wish I knew you in the "real" world.

Do you have any preferences besides pre-Victorian? Metal color?

 

[VapidLapid]

There is no brown anywhere. the center stone is quite nearly pure red. Occasionally a strongly lit facet will flash a light red or dark pink. The side stones from two years ago are quite red with a weak orangy modifier that the camera picks up far more than the eye in real life.

I asked for pre victorian because I don't want any stone plunked in a basket things. Metal I am open to 20k yellow gold and higher, and if I can make a 20k white gold with platinum and silver I will consider that. Must do some metallurgical research. Does anyone here have a lot of experience experimenting with alloying gold? Crazy as it was on the cat eye quartz ring to carve the seat out, I am thinking about carving the whole thing this time.

 

[T L]

I got worried when I clicked on this thread. I thought they were making spinel triplets now.

Nice stones! Enjoy.

 

[SparkliesLuver]

Here are a few.

 

[pregcurious]

There is no brown anywhere. the center stone is quite nearly pure red. Occasionally a strongly lit facet will flash a light red or dark pink. The side stones from two years ago are quite red with a weak orangy modifier that the camera picks up far more than the eye in real life.

I can vouch for red spinels looking far more orange in pictures. I've used a Nikon, Canon, and iPhone, and it happens with all 3. Even when creating a video of my red spinel, I can see in real time that my iPhone adds an orange modifier. That's why in my avatar my hand looks so pink...it's only with certain outdoor light, which makes my hand look very pink on my iPhone, that my red spinel actually appears red on my iPhone!

Indoors, my spinel will have a very weak orange modifier. Otherwise, it is red. Really. It is incredibly difficult to capture the real color.

 

[pregcurious]

I asked for pre victorian because I don't want any stone plunked in a basket things. Metal I am open to 20k yellow gold and higher, and if I can make a 20k white gold with platinum and silver I will consider that. Must do some metallurgical research. Does anyone here have a lot of experience experimenting with alloying gold? Crazy as it was on the cat eye quartz ring to carve the seat out, I am thinking about carving the whole thing this time.

How dark are your stones in person? I think putting them a setting that surrounds them in metal may darken the stones a little. Is this something you are concerned about?

Is this setting for a woman or a man? Here's a feminine setting:

 

[VapidLapid]

the center stone is .6 carate and the sides are .26 so they are not large. I am thinking for this a far more ambitious carving that may include sculpted elements and possible pierced or otherwise open work. Man or woman I don't yet know. It will depend on how attached I myself become to the stones, and what design I come up with that is the one I want to make regardless of for whom. Perhaps something muhgal!!

 

[chrono]

3 stone in high karat yellow gold with piercing work would be my top choice.

 

[T L]

3 stone in high karat yellow gold with piercing work would be my top choice.

Whatever design, buttery yellow gold is the way to go.

 

[GliderPoss]

oooooooooooh lovely stones! I'm utterly green with jealousy.

I'm thinking more a 5 stone with old cushion diamonds inbetween each spinel in 18ct yellow gold. Saw something similar by LM online somewhere... looked amazing, very vintage styled.

 

[LoversKites]

oooooooooooh lovely stones! I'm utterly green with jealousy.

I'm thinking more a 5 stone with old cushion diamonds inbetween each spinel in 18ct yellow gold. Saw something similar by LM online somewhere... looked amazing, very vintage styled.

I love the sound of this.

 

[marymm]

The other day I'd seen an elaborate Victorian trilogy ring with red stones on RubyLane, so I went hunting for it and finally found it - though seeing it again I think the bezel/rub-over setting might darken your Spinels too much.

http://www.rubylane.com/item/510967-ZAx20Ringx2003/Artistic-Victorian-Mens-Engraved-Ruby-Ring

And, while I was hunting for that link above, I came across other designs that may serve as inspiration:

http://www.rubylane.com/item/518197-RG0412036G/Antique-Early-Victorian-18k-Garnet-Aquamarine

http://www.rubylane.com/item/284190-J1749A/Art-Nouveau-Diamond-Emerald-Ring

http://www.rubylane.com/item/518197-RGA19662VA/Antique-Victorian-Citrine-Pearl-Ring-15k

http://www.rubylane.com/item/905245-PR-105/Antique-18k-Cushion-Double-Rose-Cut

http://www.rubylane.com/item/454223-752136/Antique-Victorian-Pink-Sapphire-Diamond-18k

http://www.rubylane.com/item/598821-L7009/Fine-Antique-Ruby-Diamond-18K-Ring

http://www.rubylane.com/item/726095-JWL974/British-Edwardian-Pink-Spinel-Diamond-Ring

http://www.rubylane.com/item/1155309-aa1015/Highly-Attractive-9ct-Gold-Antique-Garnet

http://www.rubylane.com/item/750954-1000372/Three-Stone-Diamond-Russian-Demantoid-Ring

http://www.rubylane.com/item/413364-3079/Antique-14K-Platinum-Morganite-Diamond-Ring


I really love your trio of Spinels - I think they'll look great together in a ring!

 

[woofmama]

Those are spectacular! I am dying of envy & will trade you my first born child for them. He's a bit old but it's time he move out anyway
Seriously, I completely agree with the YG & love HotPozzoms idea of a five stone with two diamonds. Will be watching this thread to see your final creation

 

[OTL]

There is no brown anywhere. the center stone is quite nearly pure red. Occasionally a strongly lit facet will flash a light red or dark pink. The side stones from two years ago are quite red with a weak orangy modifier that the camera picks up far more than the eye in real life.

I asked for pre victorian because I don't want any stone plunked in a basket things. Metal I am open to 20k yellow gold and higher, and if I can make a 20k white gold with platinum and silver I will consider that. Must do some metallurgical research. Does anyone here have a lot of experience experimenting with alloying gold? Crazy as it was on the cat eye quartz ring to carve the seat out, I am thinking about carving the whole thing this time.

Well, I do see brown, but that doesn't matter. What matters is you like it and don't see any. Camera does that sometimes.
I think high carat yellow gold will make them look very good. warmer and redder. Yellow gold all the way!
Not a bad idea to set the center one as a ring, the pair as earrings too. After all, it is very hard to find matching spinels.

 

[userangl28212003]

There is no brown anywhere. the center stone is quite nearly pure red. Occasionally a strongly lit facet will flash a light red or dark pink. The side stones from two years ago are quite red with a weak orangy modifier that the camera picks up far more than the eye in real life.

I can vouch for red spinels looking far more orange in pictures. I've used a Nikon, Canon, and iPhone, and it happens with all 3. Even when creating a video of my red spinel, I can see in real time that my iPhone adds an orange modifier. That's why in my avatar my hand looks so pink...it's only with certain outdoor light, which makes my hand look very pink on my iPhone, that my red spinel actually appears red on my iPhone!

Indoors, my spinel will have a very weak orange modifier. Otherwise, it is red. Really. It is incredibly difficult to capture the real color.

I here you. The pictures of my burmese spinel in my posts kept coming out more pinkish than you see in real life, and not the real red I see in person .

 

[marymm]

VL - I'm also wondering about the stone orientation if you go with a 3-stone - it might be cool if the center stone is oriented North/South, and the side-stones East/West - somehow in my mind this would serve to highlight the center stone and also emphasize the shade difference between the center and sides?

Or, you could do the center stone East/West, and the side-stones North/South - I think this orientation would make the top/bottom edges of all three stones pretty straight across, which kind of opens up more ring designs...

I'm kind of captivated by your Spinel trilogy - following your project will be fun and interesting.

 

[Lisa Loves Shiny]

If you replaced the pearl in the middle with the larger red spinel.........

 

[movie zombie]

oh, what fun you're going to have wearing the ring no matter how you set the stones!

 

[VapidLapid]

Thanks for the kind words and inspirations everyone!! This is going to be a long adventure I think since I can't even say if it is to be a men's or woman's ring. I will consider and work up plans for either as they come to me until I have one I just have to work on. Not all ring designs are gender specific so I have a lot of freedom.

SParkliesLuver those rings are all very pretty. The skills that are necessary to do that kind of work are not mine.

PregCurious, Thank you so much for getting me, it is not the first time I've said that to you but I mean it. The ring you posted looks huge to me, like a Bishop's ring.

LisaRN that is a very beautiful ring. Somewhat Van Craenysty in the metal work. I may not be able to produce refined ornament like that, but it is the spirit of carving I may go after, at least in form.

I looked at the Victoria and Albert museum website and searched for gold rings and looked at everything it gave. I figured that since I am a brute at best that I should only look at things that were made without modern tools. I will post some of them here, even some that may seem less relevant to this quest, because they were any combination of interesting, odd, clever, innovative, beautiful or appealed to me for some other reason. I will check the rings in the collection at the Met tomorrow too.

 

[VapidLapid]

I like the metal work on this design.


This is so nice I can't believe PSers havent been having this made.

 

[VapidLapid]

This one speaks for, or against, itself

 

[VapidLapid]

I'm not looking to make a memorial ring, but I like the elements and carved ness of this, alot

 

[VapidLapid]

I just thought this one was cute

 

[pregcurious]

I like the metal work on this design.


This is so nice I can't believe PSers havent been having this made.

These are by far my favorites, but I am partial to feminine rings as I am usually buying for myself.

Have you tried putting your stones in a mocked up aluminum foil setting with aluminum bezels to see how dark the stones would look when surrounded by metal? It tried this with my stone, and I did not like how it looks, so I am avoiding halos and bezels for it.

The ring I posted is a honker, isn't it? I mostly like it for the flowers. I like the idea of metal decorations for your ring, but I can't say no to white diamonds either against a red stone.