Need to find tiny Pale Pink Pears..
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Can't the design work with more usual sizes? What is it?
... e.g. these are 40 pts each - the sapphire pears. The marquises about quarter carat each.
Pears under 3mm... can't recall having seen much of that. Perhaps some colored bits on fancy watches. But it doesn't strike me as a desirable thing - the shape gets pretty dull that small. Maybe it doesn't have to be and the explanation lies in the way melee sizes are cut: only rounds are made fine in super tiny sizes. And this goes for diamonds.
Don't know what the answer might be, but for pink spinel I would ask Dutton Diamonds or their supplier HERE. Not 1.5 x 3mm by all means, but... wonder how small these could go anyway.
Pears under 3mm... can't recall having seen much of that. Perhaps some colored bits on fancy watches. But it doesn't strike me as a desirable thing - the shape gets pretty dull that small. Maybe it doesn't have to be and the explanation lies in the way melee sizes are cut: only rounds are made fine in super tiny sizes. And this goes for diamonds.
Don't know what the answer might be, but for pink spinel I would ask Dutton Diamonds or their supplier HERE. Not 1.5 x 3mm by all means, but... wonder how small these could go anyway.
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Thanks everyone for the info. It''s very helpful. I think my design is going to need some reworking. If I use bigger stones in my current design it gets gaudy (sp?) and horrible looking in my opinion. I like elegant but fairly simple.
I decided to continue with my design on the computer and then make modifications when I am closer to done. At least I can see how it looks with the current size in the computer. I''ll post renders when I finish so you can see. Then maybe everyone here can help me with the design from there.
I just really wanted pears because of their shape.. but might have to go to rounds as suggested.
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Ukieza
I decided to continue with my design on the computer and then make modifications when I am closer to done. At least I can see how it looks with the current size in the computer. I''ll post renders when I finish so you can see. Then maybe everyone here can help me with the design from there.
I just really wanted pears because of their shape.. but might have to go to rounds as suggested.
Thanks!
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Okay, here is my design that I need these stones for... What do you think? Would it be alright to go bigger? Just imagine though.. the stones would be a little more than twice as big per stone.
Here is a link to my thread with pics.
Custom Design...
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Ukieza
Here is a link to my thread with pics.
Custom Design...
Thanks!
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A little, yeah... I would image that your 'real estate' is a 'box' with the width much as the external ring diameter, 2cm long and about 10mm deep. Err... unless you wanted to end up with one of those trendy 'between the fingers' rings. This being a cross-over design, the flowers can get allot larger than 'half a box' each.
And then, there are examples another quite close to what you have in mind apparently.
of rather conservative size.
These can get allot larger... although finding an example for that online proved a bit of a challenge. At least this is larger, although a different take on the idea may have been a better sample. Hope some of this helps.
Is there a story behind the number of petals? Because if not, their shape, width and number can easily vary according to what you can find and can be cut. I would avoid overly skinny marquises - they tend to be terribly glassy.
Just an opinion, of course.
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See in this photo how the ring takes over the whole section of her finger?
It''s a beatiful ring and it''s what inspired my design. My fiance doesn''t like rings this large. My fiance''s fingers are skinny and she feels that they are too thin to take a large ring like that. My design too large will look gaudy. The ring in that picture above is not gaudy at all, so don''t get me wrong there, it''s a different design and the different shaped stones are what really makes that ring wonderful.
As for the marquises, I guess their is no real reason why I can''t use them other than I just thought pears would be wonderful looking. The number of stones? 10? Nothing special, just thought 5 pedals each would be perfect. Any less and it looks less like a flower and more like a clover, more and it''s too many. The advantage of pears is I can put the small diamond in the middle. *shrugs* I''m going to change the design now that it''s built to 5mm long pears and see how that is. It''s easy enough to change.. just a little work on mounting to the ring.
Thanks for your help and comments, please, keep them coming, this is something I wouldn''t mind actually making. I was thinking about giving this as a wedding gift on our wedding day. *shrugs* You think it''ll just be another ring? Maybe I make it a pendant and go for even larger size pears?
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Date: 3/17/2006 1:17:53 PM
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Thanks for your help and comments, please, keep them coming, this is something I wouldn't mind actually making. I was thinking about giving this as a wedding gift on our wedding day.
Lovely, moving idea! There's isn't much that can compensate personal attention about jewelry. Seriously.
You think it'll just be another ring?
Hm... there seem to be a good handful of very similar designs in every shape and size. But if you wanted, you do have the right tools and options to go far beyond what the CZ shop next door has.
Maybe I make it a pendant and go for even larger size pears?
Regardless of what the piece of jewelry would be.. One thing I believe would be feasible for a custom piece and not for mass production is combining different shapes, sizes and colors of stones. Perhaps in the manner of the upper flower on the pink diamond ring. You can start with a small collection of small, finely colored spinel and sapphires of different shapes and proportions and play around. Perhaps starting with a selection of existing stones would yield something both feasible and surprising.
A random idea...
A pack of fancy color, small and finely cut spinel in pastel violets and pinks should help. But not too pastel - bight as these are, they are not as bright as diamonds and light color means 'glassy' sometimes...
Here's what I am talking about:
The listing says "We cut about 100 carats per month these bright clean fancy spinels." You wouldn't need that much! And there are more matched shapes and colors on the list. But the selection is quite befitting a one of a kind combination, IMO. And I wonder if Dutton Diamonds (the Partners) could not help put together the piece of jewelry.
There must be hundreds of similar arrangement possible with any jeweler you can think of - this one came up as an example.
I am not sure if such a setting is amenable 100% to CAD & casting in one piece. probably not. But any drawing software should make a neat tool. I am more used to handling wax sheets and gems... and hand drawing - ways of making small jewelry projects that do not relate strictly to a manufacturing process like CAD does. So... this should skew my view on things one way or another.
Last summer there were quite a few 'pastel' sapphire pieces of jewelry - from the uninspired to the sublime all over the shops. Learned a lesson... of how beautiful these neglected gems can be if many different shades are put together and the cut is OK. In particular, I was very surprised by how these look together with pearls - especially the fancy colored freshwater pearls.
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valeria: I agree with you 100%. I think a combination of colors and shapes can make a brilliantly gorgeous ring that screams beauty. Look at the ring that inspired my ring, it has the shapes, granted the color isn't varying in that ring but the shapes are. The reason I'm going pale pink is because this is my favorite color on my fiance, she wears pink and she is stunning when she wears it. Granted, she's stunning in any color but for some reason, pink is my favorite. I bought her earrings and a necklace that has pale pink that I gave her a while back. I thought a pale pink ring to match would be fabulous. That's why I was using just pink.
As for shapes, I'm really not good at creatively putting together a ton of different shapes. I'm an engineer by trade and used to sharp geometric lines and the such. Very mathematical. I'm not a fan of fractals or other varying shaped type of things. I like simple and clean lines. My fiance seems to be the same. I think as I do more pieces (if I do another after this) that I will become more creative. I like things that look machine made rather than hand made. I like precision and details but not overly... simple and elegant, that's my moto. hehe. I don't know, maybe I'm just babbling. But still new to doing jewelry design I'm not as creative as some of the other designers that can pull off multiple shapes and make it look beautiful. The Leighton ring is a perfect example of that. As beautiful as the Leighton design is, I tend to like my design better because of the simplicity that it has.
How long have you been into jewelry valeria? Have you done a lot of design? Sounds like you have. Thanks a ton for all your help so far. I really do appreciate it.
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As for shapes, I'm really not good at creatively putting together a ton of different shapes. I'm an engineer by trade and used to sharp geometric lines and the such. Very mathematical. I'm not a fan of fractals or other varying shaped type of things. I like simple and clean lines. My fiance seems to be the same. I think as I do more pieces (if I do another after this) that I will become more creative. I like things that look machine made rather than hand made. I like precision and details but not overly... simple and elegant, that's my moto. hehe. I don't know, maybe I'm just babbling. But still new to doing jewelry design I'm not as creative as some of the other designers that can pull off multiple shapes and make it look beautiful. The Leighton ring is a perfect example of that. As beautiful as the Leighton design is, I tend to like my design better because of the simplicity that it has.
How long have you been into jewelry valeria? Have you done a lot of design? Sounds like you have. Thanks a ton for all your help so far. I really do appreciate it.
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I''m not... it is a hobby... making things up.
I see what you mean about geometry. Probably understand, but not too well, I suppose since my usual use of math has nothing too ''precise'' in it (statistics with social science data! - more interesting about counting errors than results).
It would be silly not to admit that precise symmetry is not a great way to look at any sort of botanical form... and jewelry exploits that side of things too. It just didn''t occur to me to look that way this once.
[ PS: tried to find a certain web gallery of Scandinavian design and failed - there is a serious wave of ''Nordic design'' jewelry you might like to peek into... ]
These are really cool. Trillion shape is one of MY favorites. She''s not as much of a fan as I am. But I don''t really wear stones.
Only jewelry I wear is a chain necklace with a cross and a loop earring. heh.. soon to be a wedding band... which I might design. hehe.Thanks for the pics and ideas!
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If you''re still looking for pink pears, you might try this:
http://www.jewelrytelevision.com/index.aspx?tid=7443&No=24&N=50%20233%20224&Ns=p_priority|1&Nrppo=0&cm_re=Results*1*3&cm_pos=27&bca=GP2701&ptid=7362&R=2377749&cm_sp=
The stones in those parcels are usually pretty varied, however -- it''s kind of catch as catch can.
Good luck!
http://www.jewelrytelevision.com/index.aspx?tid=7443&No=24&N=50%20233%20224&Ns=p_priority|1&Nrppo=0&cm_re=Results*1*3&cm_pos=27&bca=GP2701&ptid=7362&R=2377749&cm_sp=
The stones in those parcels are usually pretty varied, however -- it''s kind of catch as catch can.
Good luck!
Thanks, I''ve tried that site a bit before. I think I gave up on this project. It turned out to not really be what I want to do right now anyway. Maybe I''ll open this project again at a later time and maybe just switch stone shape. *shrugs* I might go with something else as a gift for her.
Thanks everyone for responding!
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Maybe I''ll open this project again at a later time and maybe just switch stone shape. *shrugs* I might go with something else as a gift for her.Thanks everyone for responding!
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