Cornflower - CNC is evil

[Karol]

Dear Masters,

in Poland we have a lot of beautiful flowers. And women. Truth is that they are much more beautiful.

Unfortunately I do not have sufficient amounts of gold and talent. Therefore I could only do one little flower.

The beginning - 13 g of gold.
At the end - 6,5 g.

Please, look at this painful journey.






















A magical moment, which is the most well-liked by all the goldsmiths. When you can ruin the current achievements - a soldering.




Before setting.
Yes! You are right.
Why this madman left a such short pillars?!
I have no idea.
And I do not have a nice swiss mechanical hammer to close these hard white gold tips...
Remember! I am only just a poor and humble craftsman with two, naked hands...






But finally!






















P.S.
Dear Modeartor,

I am very sorry for littering the forum. If the number of photos is too large, please remove them.
Thank you for your forbearance.

 

[Mike Cirelli]

That came out beautiful. A lot of work and it shows in the finish ring.

 

[scott99]

HI,I agree very beautiful. personaly I liked the photos of the work very interesting.

scott99

 

[devonsaunders]

Looks amazing! To save material refine you models as much as possible drill all the holes and rough cut all the lines.

 

[Karol]

To save material refine you models as much as possible drill all the holes and rough cut all the lines.

In wax, before casting?

 

[Dave London]

Now that is what I call strong fingers

 

[Karol]

Now that is what I call strong fingers

Oh! A good joke.
I had to be a pianist. My Mom had such a strong dream.
I left that job to others, far better.
Let me introduce the the best of us:

[video=youtube;OWLQGv6TdmY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWLQGv6TdmY[/video]

 

[monk]

all good engravers wear clothing on their hands. it would seem, however, notwithstanding your lack of personal funds, perhaps they're not needed in your case.

 

[Haraga.com]

Now that is some talent.

 

[Karol]

Dear Monk,

thank you.

 

[Chujybear]

I hope all the little extra touches are appreciated.

 

[tundratrekers@mtaonline.n]

You dont often see that kind of workwomanship (even workMANship).
Where have you been hiding?
Its as if you have exposed an lost treasure chest for us to feel the works of times gone past.
Thank you very much !
michael

 

[rayf24]

Excellent work thanks for showing us the quality shows in the finished work

Ray

 

[Willem Parel]

Incredible work, very good craftsmanship!

 

[Gemsetterchris]

That's a great old fashioned coroner cluster
A few too many claws on the centre & yes maybe a fraction too short..maybe you could have left it as a rubover but nevermind!
You have learnt well the "old school" goldsmithing & your setting is also very neat..keep posting.

 

[Arnaud Van Tilburgh]

very nice job on the ring and sure worth every 6,5 g.

arnaud

 

[Karol]

A few too many claws on the centre

It was planned. This solution is very safe for the stone. Owner's style o wearing jewels is so dynamic...So I had to do this.

The smaller stones have additional protection, too - type of wings, shock absorbing the potential impacts.

I always start from function. The form is secondary.

 

[Terrezar]

A wonderful piece of work! And thank you for posting pictures of the entire prosess, I realy enjoy seeing the art in the making