Maw Sit Sit Ring

A silver ring I made featuring a beautiful piece of Maw Sit Sit.

I have always been very fascinated with the Maw Sit Sit gemstone. I guess the name was the very reason that got me hunting for the gemstone many years ago. Maw Sit Sit is mined from a place in Myanmar called Maw Sit Sit (hence the name). Originally, Maw Sit Sit was thought to be a variety of jadeite. It was first identified in 1963 by the late Dr. Eduard Gubelin, who also gave it its name. Maw Sit Sit is formed from a composite of different elements, but the primarily ones are chromite and jadeite. Good quality Maw Sit Sit exhibit intense green with black mottling. Because of its rarity, it is usually not found in mass market jewelry.

Smokey and Coral

Two new items I made this week.

The first one is this rather huge pendant measuring 45mm in length. It features a flawless smokey quartz cabochon set in a fancy bezel cup. I personally like things that are not cluttered, with clean lines and highly polished.......




......which is why this second item I made is so not me. But this ring is made with a message in mind. I was watching a documentary abut the destruction of coral reefs around the world. It prompted me to try and create my little own "coral" in the form of a ring. I added a pearl to the ring to complete the picture.

Pearl Rings

I was quite inspired to make some pearl rings after I recently sold some on my store. The first I made is a 18K gold ring. I like gold, but it is really tough working it. Long before I started working with gold, I always thought gold is soft. Well, I was wrong. Pure gold is soft, but 18K and 14K is hard, really hard. I always have to anneal the ring several times if I am hand forging it.

The gold ring is made from a piece of 2mm thick gold wire. With the way prices of gold are heading nowadays, I wonder how much longer I can afford the luxury of working with it. Let's keep our fingers crossed.....






Lily Pearl Ring
I was at a local park last week and saw some of the most beautiful water lilies in a large pond. I decided to make a ring of it. I made the pad from a silver disc, one that has been domed sawed and pounded away with two different types of hammer. The ring shank is made of a single piece of 16 ga wire.




Quite proud of my work this week. Let's see what inspires me next week.

Prehnite Ring

I made a new ring yesterday. It features a beautiful winter lime green colored prehnite cabochon.



This ring is available for purchase at the following link:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/45812955/prehnite-ring

Candies ...... Anyone?

Don't they look like candies? I just acquired a parcel of sapphire cabochons. They look gorgeous, don't they?

New Items

I made some new items over the weekend. Well, not exactly entirely handmade by myself. I got some rings my friend cast in his studio. They were some old rings that were lying in the corner, so he made molds and cast them. I was fortunate to have visited him last week and got a few items from him.

Though I did not hand make the items, I spent considerable time polishing them and setting the stones onto the ring. I think they look quite good. What do you think?

Peridot Ring

I love peridots. For some strange reasons, I have a soft spot for peridots. And because of that, I have actually bought quite a lot of peridots for my collection.

I made a ring from my latest acquisition. My suppliers brought me, amongst other gemstones, a parcel of really beautifully cut peridot cabochons.



And from this parcel came about this ring:




This ring is available in my Etsy store:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=43584091